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Nice work. Your use of the differential is really clever. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Silverstein" <amnon@best.com> wrote in message news:G5182G.B1I@lugnet.com... (...) strikes (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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That is so cool! I really like its prey. Great creation! -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) McDowell" <Skiing_Scotsman@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G51D7G.K37@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It would appear that there are some very large mobile cranes which can have independent control of each section, but it is still done with a single hydraulic ram and appears to done under computer control. I think the operator inputs the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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How interesting! I've always wondered how the telescoping booms function. I originally thought the individual boom elements could be extended individually, but it appears that one of the elements control the other(s), as you've shown us. It looks (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Some questions about the 8457 Power Puller How many chain it has? What kind of motor? How are the flex system? thanks (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sounds good except that you need a lot of links and last time I looked links are hard to fine (where I live anyway) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hey gang =) I just put pictures of my Micro Scout powered scorpion up at (URL) The parts mostly came from the Droid Developer kit but I had to throw in a few more gears and some other random parts. When the scorpion walks, it moves it's claws and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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I came up with a Lego implementation of a clock striking device that strikes a bell to indicate the hour. At 1:00, it rings the bell once, at 2:00 it rings the bell twice, etc. It is powered by a weight, and it will play the sequence of hours over (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) What you are thinking of is generally referred to as a "multi stage hydraulic ram", but as far as I can ascertain, that is not how real multi sectioned booms with more than 3 sections work. An engineer friend of mine suggested that using this (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Neat! I'd often thought about trying something like this! When I was a kid, (pre-technic!!) I built a gantry crane that used a complex series of cables (string) and pulleys. I only had 1 (4.5V) motor at the time, so all movement had to be controlled (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Jennifer, (...) 3-sectioned crane! I also thought how THIS might work in real an came up with that kind of cable-mechanism you used! But I never was able to fit it into a technic construction ;-(( But how does a real multi sectioned boom work? (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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There has been a lot of talk about crane type mechanisms recently, so to add to the pot, here is a mechanism to achieve the subject of this post. (URL) Clark (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic) !!
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I saw <set:8521 Flare> and <set:8522 Spark> yesterday. Not for the first time, of course, but it was the first time I looked at the number of pieces on the boxes. Spark had 33 pieces, and Flare had 42. In the Lugnet Guide, and in a LS@H catalog (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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I saw <set:8521 Flare> and <set;8522 Spark> yesterday. Not for the first time, of course, but it was the first time I looked at the number of pieces on the boxes. Spark had 33 pieces, and Flare had 42. In the Lugnet Guide, and in a LS@H catalog (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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<G> Its nice to be remembered.let me know if you have any questions about it : ) John (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Could this be what you're looking for: (URL) evah, John (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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A while back--a year or more--I saw a great model v8 technic engine one somebody's site. Of course I have no idea who. It had a LOT of good pictures from all angles, and I think a scene of the engine block suspended from a stand with that lego (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It was about 20 years ago, and I must confess that I ran and hid for five minutes after it happened, but it was virtually instantanenous, I am certain that bits flew off, and that it made a short sharp noise. This is also corroborated by the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) For the wing back, try this: (URL) the wing front, try this: (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I am particularly interested in the wing front and back pieces and also a propellor. (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I would tend to think he's reffering to parts used in wings. Like those in the 8480 Space Shuttle. Technic sloped beams, small bevel gears for flaps and such. Fred (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Do you remember how it "blew up"? I'm uncertain about just how a motor would do that. Some possible results that come to mind: * Windings repel themselves (possible explosion) * Shake to pieces (possible explosion) * Windings vaporize (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yeah...actually I think those are the only sets that used green beams; they aren't very common (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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A fair number? Maybe not. But the 8446 Crane Truck and the 8479 Barcode Multi-Set come to mind for a few. (...) to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Are there any technic sets of recent vintage (up to 4 or 5 years) that had a fair number of large(ish) green beams ? Why I want these: I found an 8862 Backhoe Grader in a consignment store the other day. Its about 98% present (missing a couple of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I s'pose. But it's not really a keyboard, then, unless you can get each key to set the sensor to the appropriate position... And it's always gonna be limited to monophony unless you can get multiple RCXs to talk to each other...oh, no, I feel (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Gray parts? Which gary parts? The only gray parts that I had at these times are the ones from 8860, 8845, 8841. Just a few plate and even less bricks. And a 10x20 basebrick from my first set (a universalkasten from 1968)..:-) I won't even (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Na, with a rotation sensor for pitch it would be easy. Or use a light sensor, but that would be harder to control. Jürgen (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Check this out. It is a modle I made a year and a half ago and never really finished. It was a radio controlled 4WD 4WS w/limited slip differential. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) C&C airplanes? It would be pretty neat if someone could make a Lego Orca... (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It escapes me at the moment just what kind of parts are "airplane parts". Since you are posting in lugnet.technic, I guess that you are not refering to black wing shaped plates. If you could clarify this, perhaps someone can help you to find a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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And even trickier to get a whole bunch in close proximity side-by-side 8?) Amnon Silverstein <amnon@best.com> wrote in message news:G4tr6A.2rt@lugnet.com... (...) piano (...) The (...) octaves, (...) on (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I think this is an understatement. I think it would be a huge challenge to build something strong enough. A piano key, however, would be a really cool project. I saw a diagram of one once, and I thought about trying to build a Lego model of a single (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I currently own an 8448 supercar and I want to get into making airplanes, an F-14 and mabie some of the C&C airplanes and I want to know what set is the easiest & cheapest set to get if I want some black airplane parts sutable for making this kind (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hmmm. I imagine a piano action wouldn't be out of the question, either. The main problem I can see is with the strings - if you're looking at 4 octaves, thats 48 fairly tight strings, which is going to put a fair bit of strain on whatever base you (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Myself being a keyboardist, I've been seriously considering making a single manual harpsichord (with the strings non-LEGO, of course). I've worked out workable mechanisms for the key action. However, it'll take a while to collect the parts for 4 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Using a non-lego element(ie fishingline) a harpsichord could work. Deap sound box under vs a soundingboard should give air room to spread and amplify a bit. Might try it myself. RCXed tension motor pitch bender for leslie/vibrato/triggered... (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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You may be able to make an electronic keyboard using an RCX, but you'd have to use some non-lego to get any decent range of notes.... ROSCO (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nothing particularly clever... but it should be possible to "tune" one of the electric motors and play notes from an arbitrary scale on it. The faster you drive the motor, the higher the frequency emitted, and vice versa. This works really (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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