 | | Re: Erroded axles —Mario Ferrari
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| | | (...) for (...) to (...) And also take apart easily when under load, or when your vehicle runs over rough terrain :-( I love their modularity, but they are much less than optimal for all the other aspects. Mario (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: Erroded axles —Mike Fusion
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| | | | | "Mario Ferrari" <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote in message news:Gsx3AG.HM3@lugnet.com... (...) looking at the links it would seem to me that you could increase the tread over rough terrain by adding grip plates to the bottom. or maybe slip plates (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: Erroded axles —Jack Gregory
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| | | | I read this in your [fantastic, best LEGO robot book ever] book as well, but don't understand it. The snapping action of the links doesn't open in the direction they would be loaded in use, so how do they come apart? Did you try them in both (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Erroded axles —Thomas Avery
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| | | | (...) The come apart when side-loaded, or when they snag on something (like carpet). They also can come apart when put into too much tension. (...) You can attach small 1xn plates to the links, but the connection isn't very good. You can't count on (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Erroded axles —Mario Ferrari
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| | | | (...) but (...) the (...) you (...) Right, I came to the same conclusion. They're good enough (except for the null grip) if used on a smooth surface and with not too much tension. When for any reason the links are no more exactly aligned, the force (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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