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I've often wondered why it was that LEGO decided, when making their technic motors, to have them with such a ridiculously short axle that you almost ALWAYS will need to use an axle joiner to extend it. What would have made more sense (at least to (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Actually that's a pretty good idea, not bad at all. Just think before those axle joiners came out, I used to use a couple of z24s linked together using the axle slotsto extend the output. Legomaster www.mylegomaster.com (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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You mean like the gear reduction unit in 872? See (URL) for details. You basically have a 4L axle bushing running across the block at the bottom, and a 2L in the middle. Very useful thing to have... Duq "Mark Tarrabain" <markt@lynx.SPAMBLOCK.net> (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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No, it's not just you... I've found myself many times in the same predicament, and just like you, end up doing something less compact to get around the problem. I haven't peeked inside one of the motors, but I suspect there's probably not a lot of (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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As an afterthought... Lego must have realized the problem because the Microscout, Manas motor unit, and Spybots ALL use an axle socket for motor output! With the recent revision of the 9V motors, it would have been nice if they could have (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) You could always search for a few of these (URL) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) You know, I found myself having *exactly* the same problem a month ago when I was trying to decide where to put the motors in a custom model. There were some very good spots where the motors would have fit in quite snugly but the geartrain was (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) When looking at the axle piece from the motor it seems there is plenty of space, and the redesign of that part would suffice. But then I'm not a mechanical engineer. Jürgen (22 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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"Mark Riley" <markril@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H4LzAu.965@lugnet.com... (...) have a look that all of thise units are much bigger than technic motor so I think that lego has to think about positioning and bearing the axle notice that (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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<<snip>> [please notice glimps in the eye before flaming me] Sorry, but Bah! 1) We all have the same limitations to work with here - it's part of the challenge. 2) We all have the same limitations to work with here - it's part of the challenge. :) (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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<<snip>> (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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