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Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 5 May 2005 14:55:22 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Jeff Van Winden wrote:
> The 'water' can only be 2 2/3 bricks above the baseplate
> There is room outside the 24x48 stud Lift for the Motors
> and RCX.
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> Any sugestions would be greatly appreciated...
Hmmm. To expand the idea of climbing up four gear racks at the corners, the
problem would seem to be burying a motor (or several) in the water+boat system
to power the on-platform gears that crawl up the racks. One possibility is how
much room do you have in the boat (and that doesn't move... *yet*... right?).
Another is to use a single worm-to-gear system attached to the moving frame, but
free to slide along a long vertical axle that is driven from a hidden motor(s)
off the moving frame. The only problem now is getting a single axle long enough
for the 20 brick lift - a 16L would only allow less than 14 studs of vertical
travel. You could use the 32L axles (you only need one of 'em), and hide the
excess in a support pillar for an observation deck.
--
Brian Davis
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