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(...) Service catalogues (for Australia at least) refer to these as (cyberslam) cannons or launchers. HTH James (who's afraid Richard will field these next brickwars) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, they might not be up there yet. In the castle context, we call them trebuchets... in technic, I don't know. -Shiri (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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What is the preferred name of the "guns" used in sets like (URL) couldn't manage to find them in any of the parts inventory so I guess I am using the wrong name for them. Kerry -- ===...=== Dr Kerry Raymond, Distinguished Research Fellow (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks Dave I got the picture now, nice job on the ASCII diagram. jt (...) -- ---...--- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) the (...) Not to jump in for Mike, but I think this is kinda what he's talking about: (bear with my wonderful ascii) rubber '24' cog gear |***...*** band __/\/\/\__ (I tried) | ***...*** _\ /_ | *******\* / | < ***...*** > | /_ _\* | /_ _\ | (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I also have an 855 Crane set, as well the 853 Car Chassis - in both sets I experienced problems with the 1x16 bricks breaking in two (I would crazy glue them together, but it's just not the same - sometimes they would break again). Also, some (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Mike, Just recently the topic of rubber band gun out of LEGO came up here at the office and I was thinking of making one this weekend. Your idea sounds good and simple, but I'm having trouble picturing the design. Could you supply a pic or (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I experimented with this a while ago. I managed to fire a 10 stud axle about 5 meters using an elastic band setup with a beam stricking the axle. However, this didn't give a very gun-like contraption, and I never quite perfected a trigger (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) David A. Karr made a LEGO machine gun that can fire 17 2x4s in 1.9 secs. See it at: (URL) . Alan (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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one word cool you know what would be cool? If you made a movie with you firing the 'gun'! - (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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My latest avenue of lego research is lego firing. I am trying to make a contraption using only lego peices that will fire a small projectile (eg a black friction peg) as far as possible. At first I tried to use springs, but the results were very (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I hope this helps: (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Nope. Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> wrote: : So there are none of the fancy knuckle arms in this set? (25 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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So there are none of the fancy knuckle arms in this set? (25 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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It uses 3 of the "small" shock absorbers -- see: (URL) rear wheel uses one of the "81" shocks. They don't work independently. The third shock is the "97" version. It doesn't provide suspension in the main model, but it works as a spring in the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Suffering cats, David! This is supercooled. I can't wait to see how it looks when Belle's finished. *smile* -Cheese (...) out, (...) Personally, (...) <snip!> (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.underground, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic)
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Hi Can anyone here telle me how much power a stalled Technics motor (the new geared ones) draws? I'm trying to figure out how cheap I can make a bunch of H-bridges for those motors. (I need a bunch of'em :)) Regards/Mvh. John Jensen (25 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Does anyone know what a good price for this set is in the UK at the moment? I have seen all the reviews and really want to get it, but I want to make sure I get it for a good price. Thanks. Mike (25 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Perhaps Mini-me scale, yes (...) Most definitely-a finger drill perhaps. ;-) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.underground, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic)
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(...) any of their light and sound drill things on it for effect? :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) Guide ((URL) the wildlink ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.underground, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic)
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