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Hi Christian This is a really well put together MOC. I love the external details for the instruments and the use of rubber bands (LEGO rubber bands of course!). By the way, what is a pitot tube? Oh, and I never did get around to commenting on your (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) It is a device used on an aircraft to measure airspeed. If you know the static pressure you are in, and you also know the apparent pressure that you are experiencing in the direction of travel, ("ram air") the difference can be used to (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Yahoo spits up three right at the top. They have varying degrees of technospeak, so I'm posting all three: (URL) course, the go-to website on how stuff works is, of course, www.howstuffworks.com: (URL) may not always have the best description (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.adventurers)
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In lugnet.adventurers, David Laswell wrote: (snip) Thanks for the better references, usually Google is so good that it's not worth the bother trying anyone else. This wasn't one of those times or else I wasn't using good terms. (...) Right, that's (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Thanks for the info guys. I am on a break at work right now so I will get the details later. However, that is what I like about realistic MOCs, the details. I never appreciated how challenging Lindbergh's flight was until I saw a screenshot of the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.adventurers)
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