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| tmuir |
Set7 Octopus Fair rideThis can be made from a set 7 not sure of the year of this one as my booklet is missing first few pages, got it with a job lot of red and green meccanohttp://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/tmuir1/Meccano7/octopusa.jpg http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/tmuir1/Meccano7/octopusb.jpg |
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| oldstuff |
Ooooh! This is the one for me!
It will need some updating, however. Our test passengers have complained that the ride was too short and feel safety belts a reasonable solution. 
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| Mamodman123 |
Imagine connecting that to an SE3  Pop some caps with that bugger
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| Steamgirl |
That's the sort of thing I always used to try making with my brother's Meccano! (I wasn't allowed my own set  but he never used his so I borrowed it!). I also tried to make a carousel type roundabout, but I was only 9 so I never finished it. I must NOT get into Meccano. No. No. No. Mamods will have to do for now. But very very interesting and I'd love to see video of one being run from stationary Mamod...
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| SPOKESMAN |
It would turn it too fast MM, well without gearing!! |
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| Mamodman123 |
I know! it would look quite funny don't you think?
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| oldstuff |
The G forces would disfigure the passenger's faces...permanently! But so what? That's what we have plastic surgery for...
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| steamyman |
i think this ride would run quite nicely with a Jensen or Wilesco engine which has a speed control valve. | ||||
| SPOKESMAN |
A Mamod SP3 or MEC1 would be the engine of choice . . . .
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| xlchainsaw |
this ride would be best driven with a te1 converted to a showmans 
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