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(...) I wonder why competative winching has bever been a sport? What you'd do is connect the winches on two trucks, and whichever drags the other to the mid point first wins. You wouldn't be allowed to connect the trucks to anything but you could (...) (16 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Heavy Haul Trailer and Winch Truck
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Hello everyone, It has been a while since I posted a 'story' on Lugnet, however.... Here is the latest completed project. (URL) 16 wheel detachable goose neck low boy with a 16 wheel jeep and a fully functional winch truck. It is designed to haul (...) (16 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce)
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| | Undercarriage
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For the past 6 months on and off I've been trying to create a Technic construction vehicle... with all tries miserably failing, until recently I managed to pull up a nice undercarriage system which, in my opinion, is kind of huge. I originally (...) (16 years ago, 24-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | PF Speed controller test
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Hi all, Had my camera back so figured I'd upload a video of the new PF controller controlling some old 9V stuff. It's hooked to an original PF battery box, don't have he new one and haven't tested the old 9V b-box. (URL) (16 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) Right, that's what I meant- sorry for the confusion. (16 years ago, 18-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) He probably means two clutch gears in a single axle, meshing with two other gears which also share an axle. That way (in parallel) they should slip at twice the nominal torque. (16 years ago, 18-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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"Tim (Smith)" <tsmith7057@comcast.net> wrote in message news:KI7yAw.23B@lugnet.com... (...) You won't get twice the allowable torque. What you'll get is a proportionate increase in torque as the load on the output from the clutch gears approaches (...) (16 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) That's not a bug- it's a feature. The point is to protect the motor from damage. That said, I bet if you used two clutch gears you'll get twice the allowable torque. I don't recommend it- but you could try it and see what you think. (16 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) With the PF and NXT motors, i perhaps agree with you. Of course, you can get any torque limit you want by gearing up and then back down, it's just more awkward. (16 years ago, 16-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) For most applications it dosen't really pose a noticeable problem. However this inconsistancey is due to the internal structure and the way in which friction is achived. (URL) the only problem I have with it is that the clutch slips way too (...) (16 years ago, 16-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) I think it's a non-issue for the most part. The torque isn't really "over a range" - it's different for different clutch gears, but for any *single* clutch gear it's pretty constant. After all, if it has a point at which it starts slipping, it (...) (16 years ago, 16-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) (URL) you can see the writing, and why the torque over a range. Is a non constant-clutching like this good or bad? What do people think? (16 years ago, 16-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Shock absorbers stiffness
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An approximate measurement of stiffness of different shock absorbers at full compression. (3 URLs) Philo> (16 years ago, 13-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed on gear spacing, and another question
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(...) No! They're properly aligned. ;) They just look like that, because the way the worm termination is done. However the screw works continuous and smoothly. (16 years ago, 8-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed on gear spacing, and another question
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(...) Is it just me, or do those worm gears look like the haven't been aligned properly? (16 years ago, 8-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed on gear spacing, and another question
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While the worm and 1x4 rack pitch are not the same and they do not mesh perfectly, it is still possible to make them work together in a reliable way. You may see one example below, (URL) Originally posted at TechnicBRICKs (URL) (16 years ago, 7-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed on gear spacing, and another question
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(...) For instance, have a "floating" worm-gear-based gearbox sliding along that axle, with the 8t gears engaging an external stationary rack? If the worm gear doesn't have very far to travel, you could also substitute a rack gear or two for a (...) (16 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Help needed on gear spacing, and another question
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(...) Although not by far as nice and compact as Mike's suggestion I stumbled upon the following solution after a bit of tinkering: (URL) (16 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Rafe, Must the worm gear mesh directly with the gear rack? Or, could you put a 24tooth gear in between? (worm->24->rack) Steve (16 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Help needed on gear spacing, and another question
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(...) Try this inversion trick: (URL) (16 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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