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(...) NO KIDDING! "8459 follows the footsteps of 8460, rises to godly stature" We can now proclaim the 843x block taken by 2004 Technic sets and reissues! W00t! (Yes I know about 8432=8428 and 8437, just conveniently ignoring them) Keith (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Capacitors
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(...) They can demonstrate energy storage. Wire together a capacitor and a motor (put a nice wheel on the motor so you have a way to turn the axle). Turn the axle, and the motor will act as a generator, pumping energy into the capacitor which will (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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I visited LEGOLAND Deutschland last Saturday, and while browsing through the City Shop...I discovered an 8459/8464 in the new 2004 Technic-style packaging. I think that it was given a new number - 8439 - which is currently unassigned accoriding to (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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Andrew- You have a nice idea, but the problem I see with it is that there is no digital counter to measure the distance of the piston at its starting point. Here's a link to a pretty neat website about air suspension: (URL) you looking for ground (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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What can the 4x4 green capacitors be used for concerning mindstorms? I am involved with a team of elementary scholl kids who have recently received nearly two-hundred of them. We just can't see what they could be used for, especially for a FLL-type (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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How would you go about creating a pneumatic suspension system? I don't see thaty you could, unless you only had a partially-filled cylinder. Andrew (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What's a Spybot? (was Re: Bring your spybots to Brickfest)
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(...) Apparently there are only two kinds left, at least at shop.lego.com. There used to be 4: (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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| | What's a Spybot? (was Re: Bring your spybots to Brickfest)
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(...) for it turned up only this: (URL) which doesn't look anything like what's on Steve's page, nor does it look particularly programmable. Being too much of a cheapskate for Mindstorms, I'm always on the lookout for cheaper alternatives, so, what (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help building a truck
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Thanks Mark and Jennifer for the inputs. I have to now start building the model! Jennifer: I have seen your work and its impressive! I won't be anywhere close with my work. John (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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Good post Mark:- "Mark Bellis" <mark.bellis@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:I2AKGz.1uzE@lugnet.com... (...) axles (...) for (...) I had forgotten about that application... also there are some all terrain cranes that are 8x8x8. (...) that one (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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