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Re: All Terrain Crane
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:21:10 GMT
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"Duq" <lugnetpost@skipthisbit.duq.tmfweb.nl> wrote in message
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> About the axles in the steering and the middle axle drive train that act
> both for driving and pivoting: why didn't you use those 16 tooth
> gearbox-gears? They will always spin freely, no matter how much friction
> there is on the pivoting of the axle. I guess in the steering it might be
> lack of space, but in the drive train it would have been possible?
Good point, it hadn't occured to me to do this in this context, I think
attempting to fit all the bits into as small a space as possible was
clouding my judgement. It would be good to try it on the drivetrain but I'm
not sure if it would be possible now - the centre axle doesn't have too much
friction on it anyway since those wheels are relatively lightly sprung. I'm
going to have to look into this :-)
It is possible to optimise the drivetrain BTW, using less gears - I had to
do this after replacing the 2 PP3 battery packs with a battery pack
consisting of 8 AA NiMh rechargeables giving 9.6V and a lot more current.
The extra power made a huge difference, but trashed the drivetrain as it
was.
> If the crane survives the trip to Brickfest, is there any chance of seeing
> it in action in Holland somewhere?
Definitely, a trip to Holland would be great, and seeing the sights would be
excellent!
Jennifer
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| BONK! (Intended to be sound of jaw dropping on desk...) What keeps surprising me is how much functionality you manage to squeeze into so little space... Anyone else attempting all these functions would end up with a model twice this size... About (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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