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Re: Slide glide door geometry
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam
Date: 
Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:43:52 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Keith Hui wrote:
   Allow me to pull you guys off the excitement around the 2006 Technic sets to ask a question...

Does anyone know of a working linkage or geometry for slide-glide doors usually found on low floor transit buses, with door panels being 5 studs wide when built?

Yes, that would be for my Orion VII scale model.

Thanks
Keith

I think what you need are two external arms, half the width of the door, top and bottom. Connect them from the door frame to a point half way along the door. This gives you four hinges.

You then want to construct a mechanism that attaches to the bottom right hand corner of the right door. This mechanism should pull the corner of the door in a straight line toward the centerline of the bus. The door will then follow an arc defined by the hinged arm.

Looking down from above the mechanism will form a shallow y shape which will steadily flatten out until the door is flush with the sides, exactly 90 degrees away from it’s start position.

Steve



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Allow me to pull you guys off the excitement around the 2006 Technic sets to ask a question... Does anyone know of a working linkage or geometry for slide-glide doors usually found on low floor transit buses, with door panels being 5 studs wide when (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, FTX)

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