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Re: Another Technic Creation
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 15 Nov 2000 19:31:55 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark wrote:
> There have certainly been some interesting points made here, and I think
> they are relevant to a greater or lesser extent depending on many things.
I agree with this, and most all your other points.
> I recently got this
> with the gearbox on the 8448, which is surprisingly complex - even the
> mechanical engineers at work had to check it out for a while before they
> groked (sp?) it :-)
"Grokked". Sorry, I had just looked it up, and needed to do something with
the soon-to-be-useless knowledge.
I know what you mean about the 8448 gearbox. I just can't quite make that
final mental step towards grokdom on it. It keeps eluding me. One day,
I'll break down and dismantle the model so I can get a better look. But
for now, I'll be satisfied with not knowing.
Steve
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| (...) There is a good section about gearboxes on (URL) , which should shed some light on the matter. It turns out that the 8448 gearbox is very similar to that in a real car, apart from not having synchros, although as someone has pointed out to me (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| There have certainly been some interesting points made here, and I think they are relevant to a greater or lesser extent depending on many things. First of all, as Mike points out, not all kids have a problem with complex lego kits. Having seen (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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