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Re: Too much crane?
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 18 Mar 2002 16:52:26 GMT
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"Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message
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> Now I understand why you needed the grey minifig hands!
Well spotted! I thought things were maybe getting a bit much when I started
to worry about the colour of the minifig hands being used as fake hydrualic
pipe connectors, but once the idea was there, it just had to be done :-)
> I also like
> the barcode truck wheels. They are a favorite of mine, being so
> realistic loking.
They are indeed excellent and you can get them in very close to the turning
point of the steering, a big advantage IMHO. The only downside is that they
are a bit large for a technic figure scale truck, the upside being that they
are ideal for a technic figure scale all terrain crane. Another interesting
point is that with the weight of the crane (3.6kg) they start behaving like
real pneumatic tyres.
> I'm looking forward to seeing the how the suspension works. With that
> much weight, you cannot be using sprung axles? I'm guessing you're
> using some kind of tilting axles, or perhaps a combination of the two.
A combination - I took a different approach to the suspension, I suppose bit
like Bob Fay suggests about changing the nature of the problem to be solved.
Rather than the goal being to smooth out bumps in the road, I changed the
goal to being "keep all six wheels on the ground at one time", which makes
things a lot more doable.
Jennifer
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| Now I understand why you needed the grey minifig hands! I also like the barcode truck wheels. They are a favorite of mine, being so realistic loking. The model looks very nice, as usual. It was probably very interesting to build it. I'm looking (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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