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Re: Ideas for new sets?
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 30 Mar 2001 08:03:09 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, James Powell writes:
> 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 rear drums would be neat (I'd rather see a caliper piece to go
> onto the 4x4 thin pulley than a sealed unit!)
Why make life difficult for yourself putting brakes in the wheel assembly?
It would probably work better if you put a brake on the transmission
instead. You would then only need one and it could be put anywhere between
the rear dif and the gearbox. If room was tight just add a gear to the
propshaft, run a shaft off that and theoretically you could have the brake
anywhere on the car you liked. Some vehicles prototypically have brakes on
the transmisson(not cars though I'll admit).
Steve Lane
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| Steve said... (...) I would suggest you've answered your own question, we who care about representing 'real' engineering in brick form would rather have a solution which is as close as possible to the real thing (this is why I am attempting to make (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| Some vehicles prototypically have brakes on (...) not quite true. One of the cars I drive on occasion has its brake on the dif (it has no transmission per se, just a chain and dif aft of the engine...its a replica of a 1903 Locomobile) I'm just (...) (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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