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| Ok, Im online at the moment, still waiting for a better wether, and in a process of completing a few models, so I have something to fill my sparetime with. Anyway, enjoy www.jts-modeller.com (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Great. Thanks for asking. Today I reached ´The end of the world' (in Ushuaia on Terra del Fuego). Great place. (...) I know it. The cylinders are too weak. Otherwise you have to make a smaller crane (of less heavy). (...) OK. That will be (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Hey Lenny, I just wanted to pipe in with my two cents. I've been working on a ship with a rotating mid-section, though it's probably not as large as yours is looking, it's a medium minifig scale ship, and it only has one rotating section, in (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) The key thing is keep the center of gravity of the ring at the drive axle. If it is 1mm off then you will need a lot more torque, and the rotation speed will be non-uniform. (...) You can just use 3 bevel gears or this piece (URL) to do (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space)
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| (...) There are a couple of option without resorting to mods: (URL) Use a large technic turntable. This is probably preferable, as the ring will be large and it will give you a better mechanical advantage, and allow a much more sturdy connection (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space, FTX)
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