(...) Non-lego motor -- for lower weight and higher RPM. Non-lego skirt -- because there isn't anything in Lego that can do that. Non-lego propellor -- because the Lego ones are crap Non-lego decking -- for lightness and rigidity. ...hmmm it's (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
(...) When I was about to give up, after some tests with a non-LEGO propeller and *without* a "skirt", I saw this interview of LEGO Master Builder Hans Madsen ((URL) where he says he made one (I assume) *LEGO* "Hovercraft that really flies": "What (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
(...) So is Hans Madsen on this list? I'm always skeptical of things that are just throwaway lines like that...was this pure lego? How much cheating was involved? There was a couple of photos of a lego helocopter that could really fly on the list a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
