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| (...) Hi Kevin, Wow!!! You have quite a talent! Now, why is it that I have to read all your postings 3 or 4 times? If I understand right, you are able to continually adjust the timing in each direction up to 45 degrees? Other valve gears that are (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Hi Paul, Sorry about the posts not making sense. The differential lets me make continuous timing adjustment through 360 degrees. The two pistons are offset by 90 degrees, as are the switches. The differential lets you set the angle between the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| (...) You have no need to apoligize. Your way of understanding is completely valid and brings to light many new ideas way outside the scope of my thinking and that of many others, I'm sure. I believe I do understand your explaination. So, it makes (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| Here are two pictures, the left image shows the engine running forward. The right image shows it running backwards. You can see that the differential case is turned about 90 degrees between the two images. (URL) still haven't worked on building (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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