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Hi Ross, that crane is fantastic! What is the real hight in cm? Is it over 2 metres? Should be, because the crane is much taller then you at the "me.jgp" ... Is the boom just build with 12-Technic-axles? The model comes very close to the real one. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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Hi all, The second in my line of minifig-scale construction equipment - a mobile crane. (URL) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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Sorry about the poor quality of some of the photos, this stupid camera doesnt like taking close-ups :( 1.a motorized helicoptor: (URL) the use of the 40-teeth gear to attatch the rotor blade. In the 3rd picture, the motor is the large block thats on (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic)
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(...) 8?) Or maybe New York subway... ROSCO (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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at (URL) Exo! Cahdok and Gahdok! Nifty. (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) What, you mean like this? (URL) half-wondered if it was possible when I wrote the original post, but when I saw your reply, I knew I'd have to have a go. It's drawn in MLCAD, but it works, the locking table has been built and added on to my (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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One is here: (URL) the other: (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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This is a quick reminder that the initial registration deadline is rapidly approaching. If you haven't made up your mind yet, now's the time! BrickFest 2002 will be even better this year with lots of Technic and Mindstorms related activities going (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How to program 8479???
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Thanks so much, Rob, I'll be checking this out! Jean-Marc (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | 8872 at last - purrrr!
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Just finished building my boxed (with plastic tray) 'remove the dust and it would be mint' 8872 (low-loader with fork-lift) which arrived in the post this morning. £16 plus postage from eBay - I'm a very happy bunny! Time to stop messing around with (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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"James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:GxCEMC.Ayo@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Hey! That's me!... (...) (NALUG) (...) Mario Ferrari built a sensorless version of my switch that worked well enough. I had to use the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I've had a couple people say that now. :) (...) Normally the switch won't even have it stalled for a few seconds; it takes less than a second of power to flip the switch over. Just tapping the button isn't *quite* enough time, but it's not (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I had looked at that thread a while ago for ideas, but skipped a lot of the suggestions because they involved sensors or complex-seeming technic assemblies. Looking through it again, I find that my switch is *very* similar to Carlo Ottolina's (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) The instructions are updated: (URL) moved the completed model back to the top of the .mpd, although that makes the instructions feel backwards to me. thanks, James (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) 20 minutes?!?! Yikes! I've stalled my motors often, but only for a few seconds. I imagined that would be the same situation for your switch. Leaving it on for 20 min- you're boldly going where no Technic-head has gone before... ;-) TJ p.s. I (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Take a look at this thread: (URL) Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr> (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, I'll update it tomorrow; I don't have MLCAD installed at home. Sorry about the poor .mpd; this is not just my first motorized switch, it's my first time using MCLAD. :) (...) Thanks! I owe a lot to other people who have done these in the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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<SNIP> troubleshooting time on this assembly. (...) Will you be posting a new .mpd file to your brickshelf account showing the changes? BTW the othe .mpd file was *not* right. What I mean by that is that usually when one creates a .mpd file the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, some good, some bad. The good is that leaving the motor going in one direction for 20 minutes causes no separations and no apparent stress to any parts. The bad is that it did overheat the motor, which wouldn't run again until it cooled (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hmm, Ok. Since it sounds like I'm not risking the motor, and I have lots of 8 tooth gears, I'm going to experiment by leaving the motor on for a while, and seeing what happens. thanks very much for the information, guys! This is exactly the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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