Carsten Svendsen
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Nice, I like seeing equipment being constructed. I would probably like it more if the rakes went up to the full 90° -
Wow, that looks complicated, and I have no idea about what's going on in that picture, but I like seeing ingenious contraptions like this
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Use them for creating 90 degree angles. If you're building a big box, these would be really useful
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[WIP] Tower Ride
Carsten Svendsen replied to m00se's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
I'm thinking something like this: The rope attached to the gondola for lifting it to the top, would be attached to a platform inside the tower. The platform is pulled down to lift the gondola You install airbrakes at the top of the tower that the platform will hit and contract The airbrakes could be a pair of normal cylinders in each corner which has been pumped to the correct pressure using the older brackets. Then, there could be a switch at the bottom which is automatically flipped when the gondala bottoms out to relieve the air pressure, so that the gondala will remain stationed at complete ground level. -
Wow, I am very impressed with this write-up. A lot of great knowledge has been shared here. Though, I would like to see a revision on the typos, there is quite a few of them, still not so bad that I can't understand it.
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Anything else but a vehicle. It could be a thrill ride like you see in amusement parks, or some sort of farm equipment that's compatible with earlier tractor versions. Cars and trucks just get old really fast for me
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You need help with a FRONT axle that has an L-motor on top as a functional showpiece which drives the REAR axles? Or did I not read it right? Anyway it should be easy enough to accomplish; Have a look at the axle thread for ideas. Then all you do is put a couple of gears down to your differential from your motor. Right?
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These pieces already has that connection. I've only found a use for that part leppen a couple of times and I've always found a better way. I don't think that part will appear any time soon
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Are you running all four XL motors from the same port? If so, don't If not, adding more power to the Sbrick in the first place won't help as the overload kicks in anyway No, you will not fry anything by linking more battery boxes up to the same Sbrick. The circuit is in parrallel and therefore only Amps are doubled, not Voltage. The amps will only flow if required by the device, and never more than what the device is rated for anyway. Also, maybe the limitation is not the Sbrick, but the battery box it self. If that is the case, then sure, add another into the loop.
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Something like this?
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Sorry mate, but no one is going to read that wall of text. Break up the lines man, you ever heard of an "ENTER" key?
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Several? I count six in total. They would most likely be either painted, or printed by the person who's got them, or maybe they just forgot to set the color correctly when adding it to their inventory.
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Reversing gearbox
Carsten Svendsen replied to chlang's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
On the top of the ride, connected to the ship it self, run a 90 degree gearing with axles running down it, into a gearbox. This gearbox is a one way to two way converter, easily done with a differential. Between those two outputs, put your PF switch. On your tyre that is operating the ship, put a differential between it and the motor like you normally use it. Have the other output of the differential go to a counter weight (think heavy wheel) or some other form of heavy resistance, so that the tyre will always go a little faster than the ship, making it speed up. For speeding down, you could replace the heavy counter weight with a lighter one, essentially moving the energy created from the ship to the weight. -
Yes it has be oriented in this configuration, it's absolutely critical. The relation of holes in bricks and plate heights are different, and this works better. It is not possible to rebuild it with snot techniques, as it has to be very strong. The tiles would have been a good option if the 1x3 came in black, alas it does not.
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Thank you, I think I will go with the dusting option, as it seems there's no clear way to combine plates bottom to bottom
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Hi, my build has got the bricks turned upside down, and I was wondering if there's a way to make it look nice, as in tiled, with as few layers as possible. I'm a technic geek, not a system builder, so any help is welcome
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No, but that's also a good idea for a moc ??? I'm not quite sure what you mean
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I'm not quite sure what you mean with the first part, but I get the umbrella idea Interesting, with a little modification this could work somewhat Not quite, actually you're miles off the mark, but hey, sounds like you found yourself a good project ?
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It's definitely a prototype looking model, but it works flawlessly. The fact that the air cylinders lags behind a bit is just a restriction of using Lego in the first place. I'm sure someone else will try and recreate something similar. I'd say, mission accomplished ?
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The motion can be as slow as a tree growing up (ok, maybe not that slow), and it doesn't have to retain a perfect circle. The smallest diameter will be approx. 13 studs and then grow to about 16 or something. It's all just a variable really -
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone has got any ideas for how to recreate the mechanics of this video. If not, then what other ideas do you have? I need a fair bit of travel, and there would be room to put a motor inside of it
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I'm no expert, but I would imagine that 9v is supplied to the rotary sensor, and there's a resistor inside, that is shunted by every 8 rotations (as it's old tech). This causes the 9v to drop. If I had one, I would test it for you, but try putting it on a converter cable and plug it into the sensor port of the NXT. Put a push button block in the program, and count the number of pushes for 1 rotation.
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Cool stuff bro, Keep it up!
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No it's not possible to animate anything, you can only construct in their software. Its easier and looks so much better than mlcad and ldd which is quite outdated though. Besides, SR3D Builder had quite a few bugs that never got fixed. I tried using it long after support ended, but it was just a pain
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I suggest moving over the Bricklinks application. It still needs work, but it's coming along very nicely