Posted on July 27th, 2008 by William Cox in Hobbyiest
LEGO has recently
come out with a new linear actuator piece as part of their new Power Function sets. The new actuators have a movement range of 5 studs, or about 1.6 in (4cm), which correspond to 26 full revolutions of the input shaft. The actuators also have a built in clutch mechanism to prevent damage from over-extension.
Klocki has more pictures of the actuators. This may be a useful alternative to
much more expensive linear actuators, like the ones from Firgelli.
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August 4th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Nice design of linear actuator. And it’s good that it can be use as an alternative to other actuator that is too much expensive.
December 30th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Nice. Where can I buy them? Did not see them on the lego web.
February 14th, 2009 at 8:15 am
I´m searching for this as extra part for my creations …
cant find it on the lego hompage
Article / Spare part number???
distributors??
February 21st, 2009 at 10:26 am
Goofy,
The actuators appear in LEGO sets Excavator 8294 and Telescopic Handler 8295. If you just want the actuator, looks like you can buy them off of BrickLink.
March 14th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
are you sure because I looked all over that website and didn’t find anything
May 11th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
$8-15 each, depending on where you live. Much cheaper in Europe for some reason.
http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?q=actuator