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| | | (...) Indeed - but would this not also reduce the effect when in crab mode too, where all axles should be steered equally? I was wondering if it would be possible to get an assymetric effect from the linkage, so that having the control fully one way (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Adjustable 4 wheel steering —Ross Crawford
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| | | | Jennifer, Jennifer Clark <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:G4nnIJ.1uM@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Well, you could make it so the fulcrum of the "open I" link isnt in the middle. Or just make the controls movement biased towards (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Adjustable 4 wheel steering —Julien Kubesh
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| | | | | I have had luck with an air selection system. Utilizing the 1.25" cylinders for engaging the axles from one steering setup to the other. This takes a lot of room as you have to run both pinion shafts to each axle and have a cylinder there to engage (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Adjustable 4 wheel steering —Jennifer Clark
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| | | | (...) Watch out, it gets addictive - before you know it you'll be wandering past building sites thinking "a Lego model of that would be cool, how could I make the bit that does... ". The next stage is when the people you are with see something on a (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Tower crane (WAS: Adjustable 4 wheel steering) —Ross Crawford
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| | | | Jennifer Clark <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:3A22D54A.66E2F8...h.ac.uk... (...) Ive (...) make (...) in (...) in (...) building (...) backwards (...) the (...) Hmmm. Maybe I should stop now..... 8?) In fact, I'm doing one of (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Tower crane (WAS: Adjustable 4 wheel steering) —Jennifer Clark
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| | | | (...) I found with my mobile crane that the limiting factor really started to be the strength of the boom - 6 batteries at a fair distance from the fulcrum represents quite a substantial load moment with respect to lego beams, and you can actually (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Tower crane (WAS: Adjustable 4 wheel steering) —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | Jennifer Clark <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:3A23CC3E.C55DD6...h.ac.uk... (...) the (...) you (...) (URL) these, the boom isnt the problem, see (URL) (the one on the right). It is lifted from the end, so really only has to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Tower crane (WAS: Adjustable 4 wheel steering) —Steve Chapple
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| | | | (...) about it. Dennis' crane is truly incredible - I am humbled. Dennis and Jennifer have set the bar so high, (fifteen feet?!?) that I can't help but feel like there's no point even trying with MOC. SRC StRuCtures - only about a third the size of (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Tower crane (WAS: Adjustable 4 wheel steering) —Jennifer Clark
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| | | | (...) I wouldn't have said so; while Dennis Bosman certainly seems to have the large truck side of things sorted out, and I am able to make reasonably competent facsimilies of Technic figure scale construction machinery, there is certainly more to (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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