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Offline pault

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Meccano at the tt
« on: July 29, 2014, 08:03:26 PM »
this goes for a hour but may be of interest
james may and a  Meccano bike round the island
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Re: Meccano at the tt
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2014, 09:04:50 PM »
No link ....

This would be it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxrJ67akNxU

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Re: Meccano at the tt
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2014, 09:21:33 PM »
Quote from: Bluey on July 29, 2014, 09:04:50 PM
This would be it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxrJ67akNxU


That one only goes for a minute, but that was plenty long enough!
Remarkable effort, though, to build even the engine from Meccano parts.
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Re: Meccano at the tt
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2014, 09:39:16 PM »
Watched this on the teev last night.. absolutely crazy, possibly the slowest ever lap of the TT course.  :eek
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Re: Meccano at the tt
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2014, 02:45:49 PM »
watched this on TV. also, I agree with the slow lap. maybe if his passenger had ditched the kippers and bread he might have gone a bit quicker.....
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Re: Meccano at the tt
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2014, 05:00:44 PM »
Just ditch the passenger. He didn't add anything to the show other than weight to slow the bike down.
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Re: Meccano at the tt
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Re: Meccano at the tt
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2014, 12:44:34 PM »
A true record and test of mans endurance. Off to bunnings now to fabricate an F1 car made entirely from PVC plumbing pipes and fittings.  :H
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Re: Meccano at the tt
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2014, 08:09:42 PM »
Has anyone stumbled upon info about the engine?
I know Meccano have included clockwork and electric motors in their kits, but none would have been big enough to power this.  And I can't see how you'd make an IC engine out of Meccano parts- all those holes!!
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Re: Meccano at the tt
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2014, 09:20:41 AM »
On the tele show they showed how they used a heap of the little motors geared and chained together, with additional drive for steep bits from a golf cart motor on the right hand side.
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