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fastification? KEvron

the fastest will stop being the fastest the moment you put it to task. rpm max should be weighed against torque. 5292 has mid-to-high rpm's and is very powerful powerful. the right gear ratio may very well make it the "fastest". i may be wrong, but i think using philo's values in the following equation should determine for you which motor is potentially fastest: max rpm / torque. correction: no, that equation doesn't work. derp! it's in there somewhere, though. i'll figure it out.... even more correction: max rpm X torque should do it. the higher the value, the greater the "fastness" (fastocity?) KEvron

there are two versions of the same tire: 32298 and 32298pb01, the latter bearing the words "TECHNIC POWER" on the walls in white lettering. both have become quite rare, but the hubs are still widely available. complete assemblies can also be purchased. either way, expect to pay an arm and a leg if you intend to outfit your behemoth in them! KEvron

dunno. you'd have to ask the designers, themselves. a clockwork motor (so called because they were initally applied to watches and clocks) is essentially just a spiral spring. when wound, that spring stores potential energy. while wound, the housing must be durable enough to contain that potential energy. to release a clockwork motor capable of powering the kinds of models you mention would require a much larger motor than currently offered; such an element could put lego in a position of liablity were the housing to tragically fail. you could try multiple motors working together simultaneously for more power, or have each fire independently in sequence for greater duration, or even a combination of both. KEvron

i'll second that. more idler gears, and some annular gears would be nice, too. KEvron

i've heard lithium grease is a good lube for lego, but don't quote me on it. it's available at bike shops. i tried graphite once.... once. KEvron

is there such a thing?! KEvron

you're gonna have to do your homework because there is no definitive answer. lego education can cost you more than a bricklink purchase, but some of their items are competitively priced. the last time i checked, chain links are much cheaper at lego edu than any bricklink seller, but you must buy in bulk. shop and compare. you have to do the same when shopping only at bricklink. KEvron

i have no idea yet how i'll use them, but i'll be ordering them as soon as they become available. gotta have some of everything in the inventory, because you never know. KEvron

i predict some construction vehicles, a couple of recreational vehicles and probaly an aircraft of some kind. KEvron

there was a time when the transition would have been much more natural.... KEvron, old-school curmudgeon

both PhiloYT and neomomonga have powered timepieces with wind-up motors. yeah, i've got a one-track mind. KEvron

i loved legobodgers' entry! the marriage of steampunk and technic couldn't be any more natural. always nice to see someone thinking outside the blox, and if it was cross-over appeal that aided the tally, then more power to you for playing the game well. KEvron

two words: safety goggles. KEvron

furby? KEvron

the solution, of course, is to order your own custom elements or modify an existing element.... how is that purist, again? i wonder to what extent custom elements might inhibit tlg from releasing similar elements. as i understand it, they don't accept unsolicited designs so as to avoid copyright issues. pre-existing custom elements may carry liability for tlg. KEvron

that's a pretty loose definition of purist. reminds me of a steven wright joke: "this is the hatchet which george washington used to chop down the cherry tree. i've had to replace the handle three times, and the head twice.... but it occupies the same space." KEvron

this is where the bean counters again come into play, and i can appreciate that. if they can't afford to produce a broad range of colors with each seasonal catalog, then they should vary the pallette with each season; if they forego blue and white in 1H, then they should make them available in 2H. KEvron

an affliction i suffer all too often. i've found that the only remedy is to try to build the thing, myself. application makes the abstract more tangible. KEvron

actually, my purist sensibilities are fine with that. i've mad 7L axles the same way. as long as the end result resembles what's found in the catalog, it ain't heresy. KEvron

custom parts is a very tempting notion, but, for me, part of builidng with lego is working within its limitations. those limitations must be overcome by ingenuity, and in that regard, lego teaches us to teach ourselves. still, i could really go for a 20z scapewheel.... KEvron

i'll let lying dogs lie. KEvron

i've noticed some trollish behavior here in the technic forum. not on the level you find at youtube (a desolate place, youtube), but i was still surprised to see that anyone would bother with it here. KEvron

searching there at first can seem a little daunting. start at BrickLink. underneath the banner, click on Catalog. under the heading of Browse Catalog Items, click on Parts. scrowl down that window until you get to the Technic, Gear category. there, you'll find a list of all the gears ever produced. click on any entry and it will take you to a page with info on that element; unit weight, years of issue, available colors, etc. there are other links on that page that will tell in which sets the element appears. from there, you can further refine your search; to search by year, click on Summary. KEvron

a cursory glance at bricklink's catalog of gears reveals that.... samsonite sets were produced '65 - '67, expert builder sets '70 - '77, the technic line began in '77. bricklink catalog is your friend. KEvron