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New silly axle
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 7 Oct 1999 20:35:56 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> BTW, while we are talking about the new Technic sets this year: I've
> noticed this really odd new axle: About six studs long and there is a
> cylindrical element next to one end. (Sorry about the imprecise
> description: I don't have the part myself.) What purpose does this part
> serve in the sets? If I remeber correctly, there is one if 8445 and
> 8448.
It's 5.5 studs long. 4 studs of crossaxle, 1/2 stud (minus the
width of the collar?) wide crossaxle-diameter round axle,
a larger-diameter collar (as on the stud end of a 1/2-peg),
and another stud length of axle. The 3 in 8448 simply fill the need
for a 5.5-axle, which is to say, none. I can't see any good use
for it, but since it's Technic and not decorative, there
must be some some intended use.
The basic idea of a bit of round axle next to the collar
might be useful e.g. in situations like the steering, which
allows (due to the spring placement, as opposed to the new
small-vehicle steering parts, which do it by their own design)
no axle other than 3-with-stud, which makes for *extremely*
wobbly front wheels.
This as well as other features (e.g. non-axle flex-axles; low-height
steering knuckles, which do their part in making the front wheels
up-down wobbly, and leave no room for steering arm reinforcements,
which leaves them front-back wobbly - a first!) had me, despite the
few useful new parts, for the first time ever thinking seriously
about mailing the set back marked "unsatisfying".
-gbr
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 | | Re: New silly axle
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| (...) Ah, if it has a length of 5.5 studs, then I can see the use for it. I've often had the need for an n.5 stud lendth axle, and by matching the 5.5 axle with an axle extender and another axle, it may serve this purpose. Sounds useful enough for (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New angled beam
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| (...) Sorry, I have no idea about that. While I have the 5571, I haven't even held a 8448 box in my hands. Hey, I haven't even _seen_ a box in a shop yet! BTW, while we are talking about the new Technic sets this year: I've noticed this really odd (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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