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Re: Tower crane (WAS: Adjustable 4 wheel steering)
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 29 Nov 2000 01:03:09 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes:
> With a tower type crane though, I imagine you could make a far stronger
> boom than my mobile crane... it could be interesting to see how much
> load these beams can take when assembled in the "box" type structure
> common to tower crane booms. The best I've seen so far is Dennis Bosman's
> crane, which really is something else:
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Highway/2290/bmnr04.html
WOW! I figured it'd have to be pretty good for Jennifer to rave
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 Dennis' :-(
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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