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Re: New angled beam
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 6 Oct 1999 09:51:54 GMT
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Johannes Keukelaar <johannes@nada.kth.se> writes:
> > But when it comes to technic functions, the 5571 is kinda daft.
> > Reinhard Beneke has done a great job of "Technicifying" the 5571 at:
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> > http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego/mod_team/mod_team.html
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> His pendulum axle construction looks interesting, certainly something
> I'll have to try. But what does he mean when he talks about some problem
> with the differentials? Still, a very good looking modification.
The problem is that you cannot drive the differential directly with a
24t crown gear perpendicular to the diff. So to overcome this problem,
Reinhard Beneke filed off a part of the central "bushing" in the crown
gear. Without this modification, he would have had to put a gear (a 8t
cog, say) between the diff and the crown gear.
Fredrik
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| (...) I'll admit under pressure that I've actually considered buying a 5571. I found it once in a shop in some other city that I rarely come to for about $100, which seemed like a good deal to me. Of course, luck being what it is, I didn't have any (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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