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Re: Aviation Tractor MOC
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic
Date: 
Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:00:58 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Jan-Albert van Ree writes:
> Looks AWESOME!

Thanks.

> About powering the beast...
> I've been looking into powering my 5571, which is also quite heavy. My
> solution was to use an old gearblocks as found in 872 (the square ones),
> place them so the output axle goes perpendiculair to the frame. Put a motor
> on both ends. If this still isn't powerful enough, use 2 gearblocks (still
> working this out, specially how to fit it in a 5571 without ruining the
> looks and how to keep it from crushing gears)
> 
> Hope this idea will be of some use. Good luck with this awesome project!

That's a great bit of lateral thinking - I have one of those boxes so if my
attempts to simplify the drivetrain don't work I'll give it a try. Thanks.



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  Re: Aviation Tractor MOC
 
"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> schreef in bericht news:GxuDD5.KxH@lugnet.com... (...) one (...) MOC. (...) Looks AWESOME! About powering the beast... I've been looking into powering my 5571, which is also quite heavy. My solution was (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)

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