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Re: Mini-review: 8457 Power Puller
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:15:34 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Huw Millington writes:
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> The load is a fairly simple chassis with 2 elastic bands which pull the
> battery box towards the front as the tractor moves. I think the idea is that
> initially the load presented to the tractor is small. Then, as the battery
> box moves towards the front and the bands tighten he load increases and
> finally once the battery box his the end stops, the load is at its maximum.
> I think this is called 'Full Pull'.
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> The set comes with a video, which predictably has no commentary. It is
> nevertheless quite informative. It follows a 'day in the life' of the power
> pull tractor that the set is modelled on. Power Pulling seems to be a
> competitive sport in a European country (Germany?), and the team featured is
> sponsored by LEGO. It shows the engines being built, travelling to an event,
> preparing the tractor, competing and (funnily enough) the driver receiving
> gold at the awards. There is also a parallel thread about 2 kids that mimic
> what the grown ups are doing with their LEGO toy.
> Huw
Tractor pulling is really big in the Midwestern US... check out
http://www.ntpapull.com/ for the National Tractor Pull Association's website
or http://www.fullpull.com/ for FullPull Magazine's home to see some of the
radical tractors we love to go see tear up the track... one of our local
favorites sports twin Allison aircraft engines for a totally different setup
Dave
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| I have just finished building this. It is not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Unlike most new Technic models, this one is build using mistly traditional components: There are a few bent beams, flexi-axles and other new parts but by and large (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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