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Re: Beef about LEGO motors (rant)
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Sat, 26 Oct 2002 20:45:58 GMT
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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 room for an axle socket. I agree, that would have
been the ideal solution.
Mark
"Mark Tarrabain" <markt@lynx.SPAMBLOCK.net> wrote in message
news:H4LqHB.DqM@lugnet.com...
> 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 me) is to not have an axle in
> them at all... instead, have something a lot like an axle bushing in
> them that you can plug in whatever axle length happens to best suit your
> design. If a short one will work, then you plunk in a short one, if you
> need a long one, then you use a longer one. Actually the biggest
> problem I have with using axle joiners on the motor's axle is that it
> seems like 9 times out of ten the place along the axle where I would
> have wanted to place some sort of gear mechanism is along the place
> _where_ the axle joiner happens to cover -- so I have to rethink my
> design, usually resulting in a model that is probably not as compact.
>
> Okay... I realize that this topic may be a bit pedantic, but I'm just
> wondering... is it just me? Or does this annoy other people as well?
>
> > > Mark
>
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Beef about LEGO motors (rant)
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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)
| | | Re: Beef about LEGO motors (rant)
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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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| | Beef about LEGO motors (rant)
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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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