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Re: New technic MOC: Gecko Seven
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:45:53 GMT
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Neil <mennre@leeds.ac.uk> writes:
> If anyone is interested in the tech specs of the 60s GP cars I talked
> about, try the following link. If you click on 'Lotus 49 Special',
> there is a good description of the front suspension setup: [...]
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> http://www.isanski.freeserve.co.uk/frameset.htm
Cool!
I was actually aiming for the look of these cars, but I didn't have any
images to look at. I simply built it from my childhood memories of
some small motorized cars I had.
(What's the name of those again? The cars that go around in laps, and
the only thing you can conrol is the speed. I know the Norwegian name
of the toy, but not the English.)
Fredrik
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 | | Re: New technic MOC: Gecko Seven
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| In lugnet.technic, Fredrik Glöckner writes: [snip] (...) Are you talking about the "slot" cars toy? they run on a plastic track with metal rails imbedded into it? I am not talking about the HO scale that is around today but a larger scale car. Each (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: New technic MOC: Gecko Seven
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| the generic term is "slot cars" due to the fact that they have a tab or pin which rides in a "slot" in the track. the slot provides power and, of course, steering. -- -Steven "Nothin' But Net!" "Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New technic MOC: Gecko Seven
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| If anyone is interested in the tech specs of the 60s GP cars I talked about, try the following link. If you click on 'Lotus 49 Special', there is a good description of the front suspension setup: "On the front bulkhead of the monocoque a tubular (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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