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Re: Ideas for new sets?
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 30 Mar 2001 00:05:18 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, James Powell writes:
> I've done a clutch, but it ate LOTS of power, and didn't work all that well.
How come it eats a lot of power? Once it's locked, it's locked... right?
After one part of the clutch stops spinning in relation to the other part it's
just a (bulky) part of the drive axle, or did you use a more complex
implementation with a lot gears and friction?
> > I also would love to see a bigger motorcycle set (bigger than <set:8417> &
> > <set:8422>) with a leg operated gear box (I thought about it and I don't
> > know how to make one with more than 2 different gear ratios)
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> How about sketching out one with 2 ratios? I might have a go (I have 3 of
> the 4 motorbike sets)
Tom Newsom has made a great bike with 2 gear ratios:
http://www.jnbr23283.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bike/index.htm
> James
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| (...) The problem was that it took 3-4 shafts (I forget, since I have since dismantled it) to build one that worked (at least 3). The more separate shafts you have, along with end thrusts, the more power drawn off the motor. It worked, but was not (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I've done a clutch, but it ate LOTS of power, and didn't work all that well. Brakes would be nice. A hand brake is probably doable in the current supercar (I haven't tried). Foot brakes would need something like flex system to activate. Even (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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