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  13. Posted · Edited by piterx

    yeah! you don't even need to make it that big...its enough if you make it like this

    if the model has really a lot of torque you could cut a 3 studs axle in 3 parts and put it inside of the empty part of the rubber (sorry i hope i've been clear xD)

    this because those rubber parts tend to bend on theirselves if the torque is too high...but with an XL motor we all know what usually happends xD

    i solved that problem filling the rubber parts with a "self made" 1 stud axle :P

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  17. Posted

    sorry guys im not here to ruin your party but:

    i think that when you build something you're actually earning something (having fun in this case)

    why is everyone so happy to pay or get payed for instructions?

    i mean, i have an awesome concept in my mind for a remote gearbox and clutch...in some days ill check if it works and then, if it works, ill SHARE it TOTALLY FREE with you all !!!

    in my opinion selling instructions is only going to increase "industrial espionage" between builders...and we're only gonna have more topics titled "that guy copied this" "that guy copied that"

    increasing also jealousy between builders because: lets suppose i build something and i expect to earn some money right?

    Then here comes the Dude who bought my first idea, develops it better and gains 10 times what i gained using my idea...that's not gonna be nice, you know what im saying :P?

    The point is that to me knowledge has to be free so everyone can benefit of it... but i understand that many of you would like to see their "time" converted into money :)

  21. Posted · Edited by piterx

    ...hmmm you know what guys?

    im new on this forum and i don't know personalities, so my opinion (based on what i read) could be totally wrong, i apologize now if someone gets offended (and i also apologize for bad english XD):

    if the most of us is probably here to have fun just like me, there are some builders (in this case sariel) who act like damn rockstars....

    i mean, lego is just a toy! calm down everyone, who gives a single damn about who invented what and when?...no one invented nothing!

    all we do is trying to re-design with legos third's inventions...

    what i personally do when i design something is "SHARING KNOWLEDGE" because i'd like that someone else can take benefit from it. I dont give a damn if he's gonna put it in his website or whatever...

    seriously, can someone of us claim himself the first inventor of something?

    if you think you're an inventor and you want to be quoted in others creations, well you'd probably better not share things on a forum before u get a patent!

    im tired of this rat race...c'mon!

    i'm writing this after i've seen the two models...yeah they're similar, probably the guy took various ideas from the sariel's model, but damn! they're not built in the same way....and even if they were i dont think sariel bought a patent on his model!

    so you can accuse the guy of beeing a copier and not beeing creative but you cant expect that you'll be forever the only one who did something!

    and by the way, its just a damn toy -_-

  23. Posted

    i don't know how i could face something like in this case...

    yeah it's true, he copied your model but you haven't lost nothing...

    i mean, it's not fair copying a model and partecipating to a contest, but it depends only on the other people morality...

    no one has a copyright on his models... and if i think that a solution that someone else found, could fit perfectly into my model, it shouldnt be a problem if i adopt it too...

    maybe copying an entire model is a display of lack of fantasy :P but i dont know...

    i share my models because i'd be happy if people build something based on my idea... it's just knowing where is the line that separates "im happy i gave you inspiration" between "you copied my model"