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Re: A realy good set (7471)
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:54:19 GMT
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The wheels apparently also don't steer like in real life.
The photos I've seen of the Lego model turn like this:
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Left-turn, overhead view.
In photos and video I've seen of the real rovers turning, they make a circle
with their wheels and perform a zero-radius turn:
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Overhead view again.
This allows it to spin in place.
Of course, to go straight, the wheels are like this:
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Anyone know if the set can be easily modified to turn more realistically?
"John B Wood" <jwood@execpc.com> wrote in message
news:HsKt3x.1u4w@lugnet.com...
> > I also hoped that they made the front pair of wheels so they
> > also could be folded in to make less space in "transport-mode" .
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> The Mars Rover is a cool set, but I also was disappointed that the front
> wheels don't fold up like in real life.
> Perhaps someone out there has already modified it?
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> John
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| "Neb Okla" <n_okla@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HszJ7I.o2@lugnet.com... (...) circle (...) from what I've seen on the video: (URL) (click on the big image) the wheels do both. giving directional steering like a car, and footprint steering (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: A realy good set (7471)
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| (...) Not really any help, but take a look at Rob Stehlik's work found here: (URL) Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) (remove SPAM when e-mailing) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: A realy good set (7471)
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| (...) Way back I made an animation to illustrate this: (URL) see it in context and see more on a LEGO mechanism to turn like this: Go to (URL) select From menu: Going in circles. Eric Brok (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A realy good set (7471)
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| (...) The Mars Rover is a cool set, but I also was disappointed that the front wheels don't fold up like in real life. Perhaps someone out there has already modified it? John (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
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