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Re: Flex tube material
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:52:33 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> In lugnet.technic, Jim Hughes writes:
> > The brown soft flexible tubing in the 8002 set is different from pneumatic
> > tubing, it has thinner walls and has a smaller diameter.
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> Ho-HO! Wow, so there are TWO (maybe 3?) kinds of rubber tubing?
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> 1. Real pneumatic tubing, as seen in pneumatic sets and in the 1998 Aquazone
> sets, and
> 2. This new thinner rubber tubing, as seen in 8002 Destroyer Droid and
> 8503 Scuba.
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> How does the old black rubber tubing from 483 Alpha-1 Rocket Base compare?
> That's not shiny like the newer pneumatic tubing, but is it the same
> thickness?
They should be same ones from 8841 Desert Racer and 8860 Auto Chassis. I
may not be correct, but they have a little larger outer diameter and a
little bit larger inner diameter as well. Their appearance is duller and
their color is more black then the regular black pneumatic tubes today,
Additionally, they all have the same size (both from 8841 and 8860) but
I can't recall how much is it exactly. Material may also be a little bit
different since the newer pneumatic tubes feels more "sticky".
What about the first pneumatic tubes (8851, 8843 and 8040)? Are they
same with the present ones?
> > To my knowledge
> > this tubing came with one of the throwbots, the 8250/8299 as the connection
> > between the regulator and scuba tank and the 8002 in brown.
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> I can confirm this, at least for 8002 and 8503 -- just checked, and they are
> the same diameter, and both definitely thinner than regular pneumatic tubing.
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> But these still aren't Flex System tubes, right?? A Flex System inner-cable
> does fit sorta cleanly into the thinner rubber tubes, but gives LOTS of
> resistance when turning or sliding -- unlike the real Flex System plastic
> outer tubes, which glide most wonderfully. :)
>
> --Todd
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| (...) Ho-HO! Wow, so there are TWO (maybe 3?) kinds of rubber tubing? 1. Real pneumatic tubing, as seen in pneumatic sets and in the 1998 Aquazone sets, and 2. This new thinner rubber tubing, as seen in 8002 Destroyer Droid and 8503 Scuba. How does (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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