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Re: Ideas for new sets?
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:38:16 GMT
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Some vehicles prototypically have brakes on
> the transmisson(not cars though I'll admit).
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 more thinking of coolness factor, and caliper units which the flex
system activated, and gripped onto a 4x4 pulley seems way up there to me.
Even if it does mean a fixed solution. As of right now I have a train brake
car (there's a DAT been posted of the bogie solution), but haven't played
around with a auto brake.
James
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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