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Re: Znap overhead monorail
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lugnet.znap
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Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:13:32 GMT
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Nice job of engineering! Znap lives again. The gondola is really cool!
--
Bob Fay
rfay@we.mediaone.net
http://bobfay.50megs.com/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/
"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message
news:GHMJun.7A3@lugnet.com...
> This is a prototype of a Znap overhead monorail. The car (only one for • now) is a
> gondola style, hanging under the overhead rail. I went thru several • iterations
> of design for the traveling carriage (along the overhead rail) before • settling
> on this one. For a long time, I thought it would need a wheel riding on • top of
> the rail. Experiments show that that is not the case. The side wheels (6 • at
> present), are more important (as they keep the everything from falling • off). The
> assembly on top seems to slide along the Znap rail with little or no • friction.
>
> I still need to do some work on the attachment points to the gondola. As • you can
> see, I'm using some 2x2-2x2 brackets, which have minimal stud/plate • holding
> power. Once that is ironed out, then I'll work up a motor drive.
>
> The support structures for the rail are almost all znap, except for one • double-
> bent technic beam (near the top) and a few perpendicular technic • connectors.
>
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6016>
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> One thing that drove me crazy when interfacing znap to technic (or system) • is
> the odd spacing of the pin holes in znap. Pin holes on the znap beams are • spaced
> in odd multiples (relative to system) of 1, 3, 5, 7, etc studs.
>
> When building with Znap, technic pins with friction and technic axle pins • are
> you best friends. This is my first experience building with znap, • certainly will
> not be my last.
>
> Ray
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