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Subject:	X-Planes - building and inspiration
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.build
Date:	Tue, 30 Mar 1999 04:21:56 GMT
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Having just built a Bell Aerospace X-22A experimental aircraft ( http://chuh.org/students/bram-lambrecht/lego/x22-1.jpg http://chuh.org/students/bram-lambrecht/lego/x22-2.jpg http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.cad.dat:193 http://chuh.org/students/bram-lambrecht/lego(new)/air/x-22a/ref.jpg ), I decided to do a little research about X-Planes on the web, possibly to find more inspiration. Here's what I found: At NASA, the history of X-Planes: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/x1/ Be sure to look at the photo gallery: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/x1/gallery2.html I hope this inspires others to create more LEGO versions of these amazing aircraft! (Terry - I know you've tackled other real aircraft successfully :) --Bram

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		RE: X-Planes - building and inspiration
(...) Ahhh, Ooohhh.... The first link is an amazing quality rendering. I had to look twice to make sure it wasn't a good quality photo. The tires on the rotor fan housings gave it away. Are they DUPLO/TOOLO models? The windshield from the Model team (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)

		Re: X-Planes - building and inspiration
(...) Awesome, Bram. Got any more angles of it? And as Ralph said, good use of that wide very low slope piece. I bought a level crossing just to get a couple of those in gray, and have yet to find a good use for one. I love aircraft, but they are a (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)

		Re: X-Planes - building and inspiration
(...) WOW! I've always wanted to use cylinders in this fashion. Way cool! Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)

		Re: X-Planes - building and inspiration
Bram, Awesome job! I was going to use the same pieces from that Model team helicopter to build a ground assault vehicle. Keep up the great work! Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)

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