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    Re: Ideas for new sets? —Steve Lane
   (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Ideas for new sets? —Simon Bennett
     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)
   
        Re: Ideas for new sets? —James Powell
    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)
   
        Re: Ideas for new sets? —Henry Chea
   (...) I've tried making such a system, and unless lego comes out with high-friction pads, there is no way to clamp down a 4x4 pulley hard enough to notice any braking action. The ratio between 4x4 pulley and big wheel is too great, plus us humans (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Ideas for new sets? —Ross Crawford
   (...) How about putting a rubber band in the groove of the pulley, and have the calipers grip opposide sides (ie accross a diameter)? Not as technically correct, but a lot more stopping power. Or use rubber bands on the calipers themselves? ROSCO (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
 

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