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New Toy - Tie Fighter on a pole!

Avoneer - 14/9/05 at 07:36 PM

Just look what the postie brought me today:

A tie fighter on a pole.

Beautiful piece of engineering - expensive though.

Pat...
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Avoneer - 14/9/05 at 07:36 PM

And another pic:
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Avoneer - 14/9/05 at 07:36 PM

And another pic:
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ChrisGamlin - 14/9/05 at 07:54 PM

Looks nice Pat, is it the Stuart Taylor one?

Chris

OX - 14/9/05 at 08:48 PM

ooooo very nice

Triton - 14/9/05 at 09:42 PM

fancy tea pot holder that mate

JoelP - 14/9/05 at 10:05 PM

i thought it was something for the missus...

Avoneer - 14/9/05 at 10:15 PM

Yep, Stuart Taylor one.

It's my mechanical "nowt on my tranny tunnel top" paddle shift mechanism thank you very much!

Pat

mike-ktm - 14/9/05 at 10:56 PM

how much was it Pat ? what else is needed to make it work ? Ihave a locoblade with conventional setup at the moment.

Cheers,

Mike

Avoneer - 14/9/05 at 11:04 PM

A few rods, linkages and sperical bearings.

Will post some pics when it's all bolted in place.

Pat...

Hellfire - 15/9/05 at 01:15 AM

It'll never fly...

mad4x4 - 15/9/05 at 05:32 AM

and it's for what exactly?

mookaloid - 15/9/05 at 09:48 AM

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Originally posted by mad4x4
and it's for what exactly?

I think it's something to do with those wierd cars with motorcycle engines in them - not like cars with proper engines - like mine

Mark

Coose - 15/9/05 at 10:37 AM

'Proper engines', otherwise known as a 'boat anchor'!

Winston Todge - 17/9/05 at 08:32 PM

I'm putting together some ideas to use a paddle shift at the moment... I was just wondering what the general concensus was on travel? 2 inches I hear is about the norm?

What is the distance from the pivot point on the paddle to the pick up point for the bulkhead end of the cable, Pat?

I would have thought this makes a big difference to travel / force required to change up and down?

Thanks,

Chris.