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Re: Props for Hovercraft
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 7 Feb 2003 05:38:51 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Mark Haye writes:
> You inspired me to tinker a bit, but I am still unsuccessful. Putting gears
> around the
> z24 to help stabilize it is problematic because, at standard LEGO distances,
> there is
> sufficient space between the gears to allow the z24 (and the prop axle) to
> wobble.
> I thought about coming up with a gear combination that might mesh snugly
> enough to
> eliminate the wobble, but I'm concerned that such an arrangement would have
> as
> much friction as I am trying to eliminate. Also, the amount of structure
> that needs to
> be added to mount these supporting gears would be precisely where you don't
> want
> extra structure: in the airstream. Apologies for my "negativity," but I
> don't consider
> this part to be functional; it is merely ornamental.
What about attaching another 24t along the same axis with a friction pin,
then having an axle in that? You'd probably need to drive both to stop
rotation at the friction pin.
ROSCO
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| Yes, I had tried that. I was unable to prevent all the rotation at the friction pin, and even a small amount of movement there caused significant wobble/binding. Mark Haye "Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| You inspired me to tinker a bit, but I am still unsuccessful. Putting gears around the z24 to help stabilize it is problematic because, at standard LEGO distances, there is sufficient space between the gears to allow the z24 (and the prop axle) to (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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