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(...) Ross, Check these pics out....the first one is my favorite "boom flex" photo, and the second one is a pic of the boom flexing on the original cc8800-Twin! Enjoy... (URL) (16 years ago, 10-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) You mean plastic bends?? Dang :) I actually have had a good bit of success stiffening up the boom. The majority of the give in the boom was coming from the point where the sections are pinned together. The axles were flexing and letting the (...) (16 years ago, 10-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ha! You're not a real crane builder till you've had at least one massive failure ;) Looking good Alvin. And you'd be surprised how much steel booms bend - check out this pic for an example: (URL) up a piece of paper along it to see the bend) (...) (16 years ago, 10-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks for the compliment! Yes the 8297 has great and cool new parts. Mainly the new differential seems to be a good move forward, and kept hidden from our eyes until the new sets release. Many analysis from available photos and videos were (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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If you go to the very excellent www.technicbricks.blogspot.com you will find the building instructions for all three of this summers technic models. Looking at the instructions for the 8297 off roader I noticed that we will get a new differential (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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