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Uses for the Wind-Up Motor from 4995 & 7738

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Hi, everybody!

I think that the Wind-Up Motor from the Creator Cargo Copter and Coast Guard Helicopter is a very interesting piece! It allows you to include a button-activated motor in your MOCs without wasting a lot of space! So, I was wondering, besides the two uses that TLG provided (winch & propeller), what other functions could you use it for? Automatic Catapults? Wing-folding mechanisms for Star Wars ships? Just post anything that comes to your mind! :classic:

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I havent had the time to experiment with it.

But I was thinking it may be good for a minifig scale forklift?

where you could push the forks down, load cargo, then press the button to raise them up?

It would be a step up from the simple spring loaded forklifts, if you could get that winch hooked into some kinda small pulley system.

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Hm... Forklift is a pretty good idea! :thumbup:

I just thought of something: landing gear! Pushing the landing gear into the plane or whatever makes it wind up and when you want it to come out, you just push the button! :sweet:

Anybody else got an idea? :classic:

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Landing gear sounds neat, if it can be made to work.

Potentially a winch cable to flip the legs up/down can be a lot smaller than technic gears and whatnot.

I'm not a Castle fan, but drawbridge?

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Wings on a Jet Fighter plane? Star Wars ship w/ re-tracting wings?

A Crane?

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Draw bridge is a very good idea! :oh: I'm no big castle fan either, but I still like it! :thumbup:

I'm pretty sure there is an easier way to make the wings on a jet or X-Wing or whatever fold out :sceptic: but it certainly is an interesting idea as well. :classic:

Anything else? :sweet: Just think about stuff that goes back and forth! :wink:

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I don't own the actual brick so I dont know it's length or strength but why not make a house with a working elevator? Or kind of working since it'll always go to the top floor. ;)

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