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Re: Building a realistic working road grader from Technic LEGO parts.
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:43:11 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
> I've been looking at how to do a properly done, realistic road grader for
> some time now, from Technic LEGO, and I've become stuck trying to properly
> emulate a realistic design for the front steering.
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> As anyone who's seen a road grader knows, they have a true three-dimensional
> seering system.
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> It can lean to one side or the other, turn, and handle driving over drilled
> runs with ease. Larger graders, especially, are articulated using
> hydraulics at the cab-blade beam joint, making really tight 360 turns
> possible.
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> As I understand it, in order to properly build the front end I need to use
> some sort of universal joint assembly for the steering on the front wheels.
> Does anyone have an idea how to do this in Technic?
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> Has anyone attempted a road grader in Technic? The few models I can recall
> LEGO themselves doing didn't address the steering aspects needed.
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> Cheers ...
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> Geoffrey Hyde
I did a large technic road grader in 2006, and although the steering works, it
does not work exactly like the real thing. I tried to modify it to make the
blade rotate further, but it did not work and the design in the pictures is
finished.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=148840
Below are links to other great technic road grader designs.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=149690
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7980
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=235621
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=101542
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