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Re: Fredrik's Loader
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Date: 
Sun, 6 Feb 2000 19:41:26 GMT
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This is just for Fredrik, and anyone else who wants to know.  I built
Fredrik's loader and have some pictures on my site.  It is not exactly • the
same one, but who cares.  It is at http://www.lcs.net/users/oglewood/

Way cool!  The Rock Raiders wheels look great on the all-black body.
Are they wheels plastic, or do they have a rubber tread?  If they are
plastic, then they may lack a bit traction, but I'm sure it works well
on a carpet, say.

The wheels are plasic.  I made a drivable car with them and it slid all
around the floor.

I'm impressed that you managed to build it from my poor instructions.
I've been thinking about redoing the instructions for a while, but
I've been busy building new models in stead!  :-) And now that John
Jensen has drawn the bucket in LDraw, all the parts for this vehicle
are soon official, so I don't have any reasons not to redo the
instructions anymore.

I usually build instructions from Ldraw.  I step throught the model peice by
peice until it is done.

It's also cool to see from your images that you've used the lift and
tilt functions of the bucket.  I spent two evenings tinkering with a
"draft" for this model before I figured out how to get both functions
so easily available in such a small space.  It was also hard to get
the bucket to stay at the same angle when lifting it.

I love how you did the tilt.  I had tried to do it before, but had the same
problem as you, kepeing the bucket at the same angle.

You've probably also noticed a "dirty fact" about this model: If you
turn the top steering wheel one way, the central steering turns the
opposite way!  So steering this model around takes some time getting
used to.  To be honest, I didn't notice this fault myself until the
model was complete, and I couldn't figure out how to fix the problem
without adding much more structure, which would look bad.

So the model isn't perfect :)

I've added a link to your model from my page here:

    http://www.math.uio.no/~fredrigl/technic/loader/

I was very happy to see that you built my model, Adam!

Thanks

Fredrik



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