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Re: a question for those with lots of technic
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Mon, 5 Mar 2001 19:14:04 GMT
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Looking at Dennis Bosman's trucks I'd say it has to be possible, and you
should use the tyres he's using: the old solid tyres. The big ones as found
in 853 for the truck, and ones like in 8848 for the trailer.

Duq

"Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message
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Gaurav Thakur wrote:

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)

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 details.

Jennifer Clark




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(...) The only trouble with this is that the scale of the truck will then be too small for the supercars. These wheels do look great for trucks though, it has to be said. Jennifer Clark (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)

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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)

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