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Re: Amazing new part!
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 6 Dec 2006 02:24:49 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Steve Lane wrote:
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”
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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| | Amazing new part!
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| 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)
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