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Re: a question for those with lots of technic
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 3 Mar 2001 00:51:00 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Jonathan Wilson writes:
> Has anyone considered building a car transporter thats to scale with the
> 8880,8448,8865 supercars?
That's a neat idea; I probably don't have the pieces needed to construct it
(it would have to be very large)...it probably is possible, but the main
axles would have to be VERY strong and the truck would also probably require
a lot of wheels/axles than span the length of the truck.
> Sortof! The wheels on the trailer of those vehicles are often very small, a
> bit like those on a low loader, so I think the 24x43 would be fine in this
> case,
Your're right; the old 24x43 tires/wheels would probably work very well here
due to their stiff design. The newer, air-filled tires of the same size
(8857/8880, 8448, 8457, 8458, etc) seem to look flattened when a lot of
weight is forced upon them. My guess is that this is probably due to the
fact that Lego tires are not airtight and therefore the air can escape
rather easily (and that the air is not pressurized in the first place).
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| (...) I imagine it would be possible to fill them with the foam stuff that sets to a solid type substance... I actually don't have a clue what I am talking about here but I've seen it somewhere before in my life, but have no recollection of the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: a question for those with lots of technic
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| (...) If you look closely you can see tiny air holes in the hubs for the air-filled tires (at least all types I have have those holes), so they are by design not airtight. It might be an interesting project to change that and apply pressure :-) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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