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Another cool and somewhat pointless K'NEX item made by me. this one has a car that gets pulled up and down a track by a chain that circles the track.
it's a pretty simple design, and easy to make (though if you make the track long like mine it can use up a good amount of pieces).
mine is 4 FT. 3 in., but it could be made lots longer.
it is made up of a two long lines of yellow connectors connected with green rods. it has supports every 4 yellow connectors. and front of it has two sets of gears(one hooked up to a motor) that the chain is looped around to send it in the other direction. the back is a almost exact copy of the front. the gears are in the same place, just there is no motor.
well, i hope you like it!
a very similar one is posted here:
http://www.balmoralsoftware.com/knex/tram01.htm
it's a pretty simple design, and easy to make (though if you make the track long like mine it can use up a good amount of pieces).
mine is 4 FT. 3 in., but it could be made lots longer.
it is made up of a two long lines of yellow connectors connected with green rods. it has supports every 4 yellow connectors. and front of it has two sets of gears(one hooked up to a motor) that the chain is looped around to send it in the other direction. the back is a almost exact copy of the front. the gears are in the same place, just there is no motor.
well, i hope you like it!
a very similar one is posted here:
http://www.balmoralsoftware.com/knex/tram01.htm
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that care is really nothing new or great. it's just a simple car with no treds on the wheels. the wheels fit perfectly on the track, the "curve" on the wheel rims make it so the car can not slide off of the track.
the top has a rod and connector that hooks up to the chain. it is made so it can turn and move in all directions so it can move when it reaches the turns on the ends of the tracks.
i used a black gray rod in this because it would not work well with a bent rod. black rods are more straight then regular grey rods because they are more resistant to bending.
the pictures are pretty self explanitory.
the top has a rod and connector that hooks up to the chain. it is made so it can turn and move in all directions so it can move when it reaches the turns on the ends of the tracks.
i used a black gray rod in this because it would not work well with a bent rod. black rods are more straight then regular grey rods because they are more resistant to bending.
the pictures are pretty self explanitory.
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"i used a black gray rod in this because it would not work well with a bent rod. black rods are more straight then regular grey rods because they are more resistant to bending."
just some info the reason they are stronger is because they are made of carbon rather than plastic
His does have supports, although it does bend because the supports in the middle are shorter than the ones at the edges.
The front is exactly the same ('cept for the part under the gears where you have your grey rods inline and he doesn't).
Your back is a little bit different because you modified it to use a different motor.
Even with the slight differences you claim to have, this would still only counts as a slight modification and a reference to the original design should still be made.
I have a knex computer on KI that I built after I was inspired by one I found on the internet. After I made one using a similar mech, and I had severely reduced the size by completely redesigning it (one can no longer recognize it as a modification of the original) I still gave credit to the original. You only slightly modified it (it is still recognizable) and you didn't even give Scott a single link.
Negative twelve internets to you!