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(...) Indeed. Here in Melbourne recently, a tower section was being added when the counterweight detached & fell, killing one worker. (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Tell me about it. I've had a model finished - and photos taken for nearly a year now, and what with finishing my degree and what have you, I havn't started writing it up. Then I took that model apart and I've nearly finished a new one - which (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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that's just amazing - the mind boggles - I'm an in awe. (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Jennifer, this is exactly what I'd hoped your superb Technic creations would gradually evolve toward: from being brilliant Technic models to being fantastic Model Team creations with all the functionality (and more) you could hope for from a classic (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The PAT company also makes weigh-in-motion systems. The bending plate uses a strain-gauge to measure the load. What's interesting about this is that the approach path needs to be pretty level, so I designed a simple accelerometer that fed into (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Will the first one be toting your shotgun John? Steve (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Darn it! I felt sure you were going to say there was a gyro or something involved! I've been thinking that an RCX compatible gyro sensor is the logical companion to the latest new sensor idea I've been working on - an accelerometer. Now, if I could (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ha! There IS something you don't know about cranes! Basically, they have pressure transducers on the hydraulics that control boom luffing. Then there's a really complicated bit of software that's customised for each and every crane geomoetry (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Jennifer, Once again you have set a new standard in technic models this is amazing, keep up the good work :) James (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message (...) think (...) always (...) I think the enthusiasm comes from just being interested in the subject matter, with these models the documentation is really just an organised brain dump. I (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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