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Those of you who came to BrickFest have seen this already, but you probably
haven't seen it in all its configurations. I came up with the idea for the
Albatross on a hike on vacation. Climbing mountains leaves plenty of time for
the mind to wander. :) It came out pretty much how I pictured it in my head.
Difficulties encountered during construction included allowing clearance for
the keel to swing up through the body, and providing enough support from the
landing gear to balance the ship. Even now, the gear has a tendency to slip
out on smooth surfaces, but it does look pretty cool floating in the air
balanced by 4 small skis.
Anyway, here are the pics:
http://lego.bldesign.org/?v=new
Please LMKWYT! (Comments, questions, suggestions, flames, etc invited)
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
www.bldesign.org
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| (...) Wow, Wow, Wow! This is a superb MOC! The landing gear, the retractable wings, the cocpit-these things make this a great MOC! COOL!!! -JHK (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Very nice work, Bram. I've always enjoyed spaceships that can fold and bend when landing/taking off. I can see where your landing gears might slip on smooth surfaces. And the cockpit reminds me of the Minbari fighters from Babylon 5. I always (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.space)
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| Hi. Personally, I really like the shape of the upper wings, and the use of the rounded fences as wing struts is clever. The profile that the bent wings give the ship gets when it lands is very cool. - Kenn (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.space)
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| This is a cool ship. It looks like it has great flexibility, yet it doesn't look like it will fall apart, like many of my more flexible creations... Alexander (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.space)
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