To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.technicOpen lugnet.technic in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Technic / 15454
15453  |  15455
Subject: 
Re: Amazing new part!
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic
Date: 
Wed, 6 Dec 2006 02:24:49 GMT
Viewed: 
5567 times
  
In lugnet.technic, Steve Lane wrote:
   I’ve just stumbled across this post

http://news.lugnet.com/market/brickshops/?n=1674

and apparently the snow mobiles track is made up of a new track!


You can see it on this picture.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-Technic-8272-Snow-Mobile/dp/images/B000HHJUSE

It appears to be five wide with two stud holes!

I wonder if it can withstand more load before snapping apart?

I’m stating the obvious but it’ll be great for crane and stuff.

Steve

Well that new “link”...



looks like its now the size of standard “bar” items... like these...



Can anyone confirm or deny that?

If so, I could see that part being used for much more, in many other builds, aside from just something that requires tread if it can clip on to many other parts.

Also, hard to tell on those pics but so the stud holes actually line up? Or are they offset? For example, could you stick a 1 by 3 plate on to it assuming the middle stud wasnt in its way?


Janey “Red Brick”



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) A continuous track requires a hollow behind the bar in the horizontal plane to allow for idler gears or the sprocket, which would determine what you could connect too. You could of course attach parts that don't meet these criteria to the ends (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) I saw a copy of this set get built right in front of me at last night's NELUG meeting, and I had a chance to check out those new link pieces myself. I must admit that I wasn't testing for compatibility, but the holes are at standard stud (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) It does look like that bar peice. Nice to see TLG maintain a standard, however the linking socket must then be bigger than the standard "clip" items so that friction between the links is minimised. It seems limiting that there is only one (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)

Message is in Reply To:
  Amazing new part!
 
I've just stumbled across this post (URL) and apparently the snow mobiles track is made up of a new track! You can see it on this picture. (URL) It appears to be five wide with two stud holes! I wonder if it can withstand more load before snapping (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)  

16 Messages in This Thread:







Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR