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RE: "real" LEGO Hovercraft ? (with/without batteries/RCX "onboard")
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Fri, 29 Nov 2002 16:14:08 GMT
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Marco Correia <MARCO@stopspammersSOPORCEL.PT>
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From: Steve Baker
I'm quite prepared to say that a pure lego helicopter that can
fly freely (no counter-weights!) is impossible.  But I wouldn't
rule out the possibility of a pure lego hovercraft.

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
(http://www.lego.com/build/features/mbuilder/madsen/default.asp) where he
says he made one (I assume) *LEGO* "Hovercraft that really flies":

"What is the coolest model you have ever built?
Apart from the destroyer I mentioned above, I think that the coolest models
I have made are the AT-ATT, a Super Car #8448 with an RCX inside, and a
Hovercraft that really flies! Also, some of the other models from the Dark
Side Developer Kit (#9754)."

If only we could see some photos or specs of it...

mc.



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(...) 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)

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(...) 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)

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