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Re: 2001 Model
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 29 Mar 2001 22:34:47 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Steven Combs writes:
> With the tow truck
> and the shuttle, people look at it and are impressed, but when you show them
> what they can do, the wow factor really kicks in
I've recently bought both, second hand, built up, but I must say I'm not
impressed with either. Don't get me wrong, the sets are brilliant, for
parts. but when I came to play ( I mean operate, 25 year olds don't
play)with them I soon lost interest.
I had a truck already built up in the scale of the tow truck. I seated the
front wheels into the wreckers rear lifting frame(spectacle lift).Would it
then raise my truck? would it heck as like. I had to shift the mounting of
the pneumatic tube back towards the rear, reducing range of movement but
increasing power. It was still too weak to lift my truck so I attached the
crane hook to the frame. By using full pneumatic power and cranking the
crane/winch and in the process bending the crane mounting I just managed to
lift the truck! what use is a wrecker that can't lift? I ended up turning
the truck round and hoisting it up from the rear. Without the heavy cab the
wrecker managed to support the rear end and finally tow my truck. When I get
round to building a mobile crane it won't just lift one end of a truck(half
the weight) it'll lift the whole thing clear of the ground and more. Less
than one hour after looking at it, it had been reduced to it's component parts.
And as far as the space shuttle goes after seeing it's nifty functions once
or twice I soon got board of that as well (especially as all it's drive
belts slipped). Both model have now donated their parts into my latest
creation which will work a heck of a lot better than the wrecker designed by
Lego.
My basic point is I much prefer building working models of the prototypes I
choose, which is what I think Lego should be all about.
Steven Lane
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| You surely have pressed the limits of what the pneumatics are capable of. As a new user, I have not had a chance to experiment with the actual capabilities of the system. Great to hear from someone who has. (...) I agree 100%. Legos is about (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Spectacle lift! It took me a moment to get that :-) I built up my tow truck last week, and must confess to trying a similar range of experiments to yourself, with a similar mixed success rate. It would probably work quite well with more (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: 2001 Model
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| After "operating" my tow truck for a few minutes, I noticed a few similar limitations. My mods included: -adding a second pneumatic piston to raise/lower the lifting frame. -better steering (tighter turning radius). -stronger crane arm / motorized (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | 2001 Model
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| I just started following Technic Models to support my Robotics habit and have begun looking through some older catalogs. I have even purchased the Lego Tow Truck and the Space Shuttle from a couple of years past. However, I was wondering, is it me (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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