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(...) The stores closest to me here in Sweden still has them on their shelfs. Perhaps I should get myself a copy before the dust hides them? I recently bought the 8480 Space Shuttle in a store so it's no rush for the larger models here in the middle (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) If you like technic sets you probably have by now a big collection of technic engine cylinder heads and round engine pistons. I know I do. I don't like single purpose pieces and I tried to think of an alternate use for them. What I came up (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I read this article recently, although an immediate disadvantage that springs to mind is that if you want to move the cylinder quickly you won't be able to anymore. Another article (perhaps by the same author?) suggested that a good (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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The biggest problem I could see, especially while I had my JCB Backhoe set, was that with the handpump, directional motion in one direction was dependent on the load being levered up - the directional motion on the other direction depended on how (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I see your point, although I have to plead ignorance as to what a reduction valve is. I assume it has something to do with pressure regulation... Would it be helpful if the tank had a plunger of some type in it, which can change the volume of (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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