Uses for 'Arm with Gear 8 Tooth and 1.5L Axle' part

[ozacek]

When I discoved the existance of this part (24014), I was really curious what uses it could possibly have. But when looking up the models that make use of it, I was disappointed: it's only used as a decorative element. 

Now I'm planning to build a MOC with a mechanism that actually makes use of this part (already have an idea how). I don't know if I'll succeed, but I was wondering if anyone has ever used this part as a functional element in some mechanism?

Edited May 22, 2019 by ozacek

[doug72]

There are six used in the Akiyuki Catch & Spin GBC robots

Check out the GBC forum pages.

 

Edited May 22, 2019 by Doug72

[ozacek]

2 hours ago, Doug72 said:

There are six used in the Akiyuki Catch & Spin GBC robots

 

Nice! Very clever use of those parts.

[Oliver 79]

It's not Technic, but..... Also used in creator turbo track racer 31070

For the door mechanism. 

(one of my favorite sets!) 

[Leewan]

20 hours ago, ozacek said:

But when looking up the models that make use of it, I was disappointed: it's only used as a decorative element. 

What do you mean ? Every set that has this part uses it for a mechanism, even if it's always a simple one.

[ozacek]

3 hours ago, Leewan said:

What do you mean ? Every set that has this part uses it for a mechanism, even if it's always a simple one.

My bad, I actually only looked at technic sets, and only bionicle makes use of those parts (if that can be considered technic...), so I assumed they were only used as decorative parts.

[SNIPE]

They can be used when you only want a certain rotation that is not 360 degrees I guess using its axle as a limiter.

[ozacek]

On 5/22/2019 at 4:51 PM, Doug72 said:

There are six used in the Akiyuki Catch & Spin GBC robots

I'm normally not at all into GBC, but this particular module's mechanism looks like quite something, and I have to build it :)

I don't really like yellow though, and I also barely have any yellow parts, so I'm planning to change it for blue, and I finally got my hands on a couple of those hard-to-come-by 'Axle and Pin Connector Perpendicular 3L with 2 Pin Holes' in blue, so now I'm all set!

[TechnicRCRacer]

3 hours ago, ozacek said:

and I finally got my hands on a couple of those hard-to-come-by 'Axle and Pin Connector Perpendicular 3L with 2 Pin Holes' in blue, so now I'm all set!

Woah, those are really pretty! Did you get them via BrickLink?