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Re: Another Technic Creation
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:14:58 GMT
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"Holger Matthes" <matthes@fh-aachen.de> writes:
> For me, building and design the models is the most interesting part
> (exept having so well working models as Jennifer builds). I
> specialized in non-motorized models, because 15 years ago the
> Technic 4.5 V motor wasn't that useful for my models.
As a child, I only had one of the large, bulky 4,5V motor with black
housing and built in gear. I actually found it pretty useful, but
then again I never put my hands on any other kinds om motors.
The most useful feature of the motor was the strength and durability
of it. I put it through all kinds of stress. For example, I made a
fan by gearing the output of the motor up by a series of four
40t-to-8t gear ratios. This setup required so much tourque that I had
to manually start the fan by hand after turning on the motor --
otherwise it would stall. Once started, the fan rotated so quickly
that any movement of the contraption would cause the blades and/or the
chassis to be torn apart.
I haven't tried anything like this with the current 9V gear motor, but
I would be surprised if it was strong enough. In retrospect, it would
naturally be more efficient to use a non-geared output motor to make a
fan, but I didn't have such a motor at the time!
Fredrik
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 | | Re: Another Technic Creation
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| My own building experiences: (...) That'S the first step of getting into the buisness of creatin own models. Building by instruction gives good ideas of how the technic bricks could be used. But that just covers just 20% (or less) of the reasonable (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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