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Does anybody have any links to a Technic engine/transmission similar to those found in wind-up toy cars? I realize that it isn't as simple as winding an elastic around an axle since a clutch mechanism would have to be used to allow the drive (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sorry, I know following up my own post is a little weird, but allow me to clarify what I mean by "wind-up toy car": I'm thinking more along the lines of those cars that are wound up by rolling them backwards, and then zoom forwards once (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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"Dave Cheng" <dmc@vex.net> wrote in message news:GDE8qK.AD6@lugnet.com... (...) be (...) I guess you know about set 5223 - which Lego call 'Wind up motor' regards lawrence (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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How about: (2 URLs) one of my favorites, but with no free-wheel mechanism: (URL) and following pages. as evah, John C. (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Dave Cheng writes: At school, our class was given exactly this challenge. We we're all split into groups and given about an hour to construct such a vehicle. (...) It was EXACTLY that simple, as that was exactly what I built. I (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I once made a car with a technic liftarm 1 x 3 attached to a cross-axle and some gears to the back wheels. (URL) attached the rubber bands in another part of the chassis and lay them over the technic liftarm and then wound up the engine by (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) For a simple rubber-band-driven biped, check out (URL) you can transalate from japanese into English at (URL) is one of the many Lego Bipeds on my list at (URL) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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