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Re: Mini-review: 8457 Power Puller
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lugnet.technic
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Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:27:30 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Huw Millington writes:
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> "James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message
> news:FzyuxD.69J@lugnet.com...
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> > > Yes it does. And I should have mentioned in my review that it sucks big
> > > time. The steering wheel is connected to the front steering mechanism by
> > > flex and it doesn't work very well. It is very dependent on the • positioning
> > > of the flex tube
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> > Huw, didn't you see in the video...the real things steer like a stuck pig, • or a
> > steamroller with the pin in (dif pin)...:)
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> > Lego is only trying to make it easier for you!
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> Yes, of course! I don't suppose the real things veer to the right all the
> time, though...
Some of them do. It's a real challenge keeping the front wheels on the ground
at all with many of them, and therefore they are somewhat influenced by the
differential to give one wheel or the other a bit more power (depending on
engine or driveshaft rotation direction) because no differential is perfect
These make a godawful noise, especially when one chap was using surplus Bell
Helicopter engines instead of reciprocating engines.
++Lar
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Of course, it's full throttle and keep your foot close to the left and right brakes... but don't dare stop a wheel completely or your sunk... momentum is the tractor puller's friend, gravity his worst enemy... :) Dave (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Mini-review: 8457 Power Puller
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| (...) Is there a rules requirement for rear wheel drive? This seems like a natural for FWD, with any of the minimal steering required done by the rear wheels. Any benefits to RWD I can think of (like, say, using the load to increase traction) seem (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| "James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FzyuxD.69J@lugnet.com... (...) positioning (...) or a (...) Yes, of course! I don't suppose the real things veer to the right all the time, though... Huw (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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