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(...) I must say I feel very tempted by that offer too. I never got an 8462 when they were widely avaliable, so I'm trying to get one now. However, as I live in Berkshire, Glasgow's a little out of the way :-) Mike (25 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Eelco Kooiker" <eelco@kooiker.demon.nl> wrote in message news:FzDKKF.9zK@lugnet.com... (...) are (...) Correct. Longer, and different profile. Huw (25 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:3999D666.3AC858....com.au... (...) in (...) (URL) them fairly well Huw (25 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Excellent :-) When I get some spare time I'll get cracking on a design too and see what happens. BTW, for anyone from the UK here, Toy Stack in Glasgow (St Enoch Centre) have a pretty good sale on at the moment, although I have no idea if it (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: RC control on Pneumatics, gearboxes and polarity switches
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Ok! The project page is up and running. I'll update it as the work goes on: (URL) if the page is slow, I'll move it to another server when I find the time for it) /Tobbe - (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That would definately be an improvement, that way you could at least keep pressure all the way, and btw, it is quite easy to control the valves with a axlejoine and say a 4L axle, but sometimes it really looks stupid:). The idea about using (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) No, so far I have seen on the pictures, they are much longer and have not a "cross-axle" between the end and the begin. Greetings, Eelco Kooiker (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:FzCswI.H9D@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) Those connecting rods aren't the same element as used in 8880 Supercar, are they? Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (25 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Does anyone have a picture of either of these 2 elements? (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrd4s4mzh6d.fsf....uio.no... (...) Yes, it is the same element. IIRC there is only one other new piece used in 8458's suspension - a long connecting rod with sockets at each (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hmmm. Sounds like a great idea. I've tried making pressurized peashooters (actually, spitwad) with LEGO without much luck. I'll give that some thought. Thanks! Randy -- Randy Anchikoski randy@viclug.tzo.com "David A." (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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email me if you need them. I don't know if you guys are familiar with what I have done with the UCS sets. I created a jpg image of the sticker sheets so you may print them out on whatever you have, and don't have to use the originals. They are (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I just got a box with the 8006 Swamp Craft, and it appears to have two of the large, angled suspension arms which are also used in the 8458 Silver Champion! Well, I don't have the 8458, but I assume they are the same element. They look very similar (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Are technic ideas books still produced? Some of the old ones on brickshelf are quite amazing. Just wish I got some of them while I had the chance! Mike (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I got the same letter, but keep in mind, LSAH ships from Connecticut, and I live in NJ. So if I order in the morning, I get the package within 2 days, usually the next day! So I was billed on the 11th, received on the 14th. I ordered it as (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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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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