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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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"Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message (...) Any chance of a wee explanation about how these things work? The trouble with looking deeply into a subject is that it usually generates even more questions that you had in the first place, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Stunning as always. A wonderful piece of work. Congratulations! (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) At first glance, I thought this link was wrong: (URL) I couldn't find any pictures of Lego models. I thought they were all real cranes. Incredible. Jeff J (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) You page is fantastic! Well worth the wait, IMO. The amount of detail you've added provides readers with so much interesting information not only about your model, but real cranes too. Your presentation of different suspension systems is (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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"Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrigl@math.uio.no> wrote in message (...) It was initially a problem, especially since the vehicle is very heavy. The solution to was use a gear motor geared down by 36:1 which provides enough torque to overcome the friction (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) little modification to the parts either, after all, specialised pieces are fine when you know there isn't an alternative. There are quite a few 5 and 7-long axles in my collection now, and beams with odd bumps and corners filed off. The notes (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Cool! Two criticisms, one the images are blurry, two they're to big to be seen in one screen even at 1024 x 768. None the less, cool! -- Thanx~ Nicole (URL) Daniel" <ldaniel2@Prodigy.net> wrote in message news:Gy97Lz.7Hn@lugnet.com... (...) came (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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hello, I have uploaded some pics of a new clockwork my friend and I just came up with. (URL) is compact and all three hands rotate on the same axis. It is constructed using 2 technic turntables. Each turntable is driven threw its center 24 tooth (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I've been waiting for this ever since you posted the pics on BimP. I think I've said before how great this MOC is and your explanatory pages are always excellent - How do you keep the enthusiasm to do so much writing up once you've finished (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I like the compact design of the tilting steering axle. I notice that the axle pivots around the axle used for the pinion. My experience with a configuration like this is that the weight of the vehicle makes the pinion very hard to turn, due (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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