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Hello, When I see those very big cranes, I wonder how the pivoting points at the bottom of the large booms can hold it out. Are two or more beams with a technic axle enough to handle the enormous force ? I was wondering if it's possible to build (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Probably, but I think an easier solution is to have multiple shearing planes on your axle (a normal Technic axle). You can kind of see this idea in my crane: (URL) don't know how much shear force an axle can take, but I know it's quite a bit. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well... there's always the technic turntables-- you can build on top of them with regular bricks... (URL)... (...) Probably. Although it might be considerably larger in order to get the sturdiness necessary. I know I contemplated it many times (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Definitely. Although it doesn't need to rotate much, I've used such an idea on my bridge (URL) for the main support hinges. Also, as it only takes forces in 1 direction, I've only used 2 corner (macaroni) pieces on one side. The sections of (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) One thing I noticed about Technic Axles is that they seem to have a bit of rational flex. You have to have something with a bit of mass being rotated about the axle to notice it. Look at my znap/technic ferris wheel here ... (URL) The center (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) same thing on the helicoptor rotor I've made. To counter this I made a 'one-direction'-drive that 'slipped' when the motor stooped. See (URL) (fifth item in list) and (URL) the axle driving the rotor also had to bee strengthened. I put an axle (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) about (...) the (...) and (...) (URL)Also, the axle driving the rotor also had to bee strengthened. I put an axle (...) note the rotor axle was actually 2 joined axles, and extended about 10 studs without support. ROSCO (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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