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(...) Ah! I thought they were refering to the wheel suspension! Thanks for clearing it up. Fredrik (25 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think that it is talking about the thing hanging off of the back of the tractor. It looks like it is supported by three parts, that is, one beam and two axles. Will (25 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) says that the vehicle has "three point tiller suspension". However, from what I can see, this vehicle does not have any suspension at all. Is there something I am missing? (I set followup to lugnet.technic.) Fredrik (25 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Michael Firman writes: and I am working on installing motors in the (...) Hello Mike, As this is one of my favourite Lego models I have not disassembled it from 'first build'. Unfortunately for you, and anyone else considering (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Has anyone had any luck motorising the 8880 supercar? Having just aquired a rotation sensor I wanted to put it to good use in a steering mechanism, so I rebuilt this monster. I have managed to incorperate an RCX in the front in place of all the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Welcome to the 8002 owners club! It is one cool model. To answer your questions; If you mean the head when you say topgun (not the movie) I've had that problem. My solution was to add a rubber band for tension to hold it on. Hook the band over (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hello, I have just build the 8002 droid. When it "unfold" often the topgun fall off and the side guns dont unfold. Is this a known problem or could I have build it wrong. I have also problems making all 3 guns unfold. Often only the legs unfold. Do (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) (URL) to them as "32074 Cannon", and their "ammo" as "32133 Projectile". Ran (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) A really wonderfully designed single shot rubber band gun can be found at (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Lookout James, The current castle range uses these as assault weapons, Technic in a castle disguise. I have a couple and I know Richard has at least one pete.w (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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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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Exactly what suspension pieces does the set use? (25 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Belle is a labor of love for me to build. Ever since the Rock Raiders came out, they have been taking so much heat from the Lego community at large. Personally, I think it's the best color scheme (behind M-tron, of course). I decided that such a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.underground, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic)
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I paid $40 U.S. for mine (list price is about $60) and at the sale price I think it was well worth it. The main reason I bought it was to have something for my 8462 Tow Truck (on order) to tow, but the 8428 by itself has really exceeded my (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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To:M-tron Command The M-tron Commandos have discovered that the Rock Raiders are building a mech to combat the Overkill class mech. I only wish we had been able to get a picture of the whole thing, but it isn't completed yet. I pray it never is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.underground, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic)
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Well, I don't mean to annoy anyone and post marketing spam, but if you goto lugnet.buy-sell-trade newsgroup and look for Etys Dya Shopping, you might be able to pick up an 8456 from them. But you'd better hurry!! Deals like those on Etys' site don't (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) This set appears to be on clearance all over... is it any good? I bought a 8266 on clearnce for $22.50 on Sunday. What a turkey that set is. About 10% into the instructios I decided it was a waste of time... what a dud! Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks, I found it there after hunting a bit. For anyone else who may be intersted the URL is: (URL) Matthews <jmatthew@columbus.rr.com> wrote: : I recently saw the cheat for that on the LEGO Turbo Command site... : Build On! : John Matthews (25 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) car :-) I'm just trying to shrink the front suspension system a little to improve the ground clearance. (...) Thanks for the help. Keep the ideas coming though. -Duane (25 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have worked quite a bit with steering wheel suspension. Here are two examples which may inspire you: (2 URLs) can take a look at the MPEG animation in the first site for an explanation as to how the suspension works. Here's more food for (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I am working on a vehicle which requires two sets of steerable wheels. Unfortunately, I only have one set of suspension arms from <set:8858>. See: (URL) would like to come up with a custom arraingement which performs the same function, only using (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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