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Pnuematic missles or other sources of missle propulsion
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 16 Apr 1999 23:30:16 GMT
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Has anyone had any success building pnumatic powered missles out of lego.
Given that the air tubing doesn't provide enough air flow does the following
idea sound feasible.
Pump air into a hollow air chamber made entirely out of bricks. A 1x1
cross-section outlet is available, sealed with a gate valve, again made with
lego. Load a 'missle' in the outlet, pump up the chamber full of air, open the
gate valve and 'missles away'. Sound feasible? granted the air chamber would
leak a little bit, but it may not be possible to get an effective launch since
the air pressure would be limited.
I'm trying to fit my Millennium Falcon model with concussion missle launchers
in the front and looking for good ways to make it fire. Some time ago, on rtl,
I read about some one that used two large technic motorcycle tires spinning at
a very high speed to launch 1x8 bricks accross the room. I tried it with
smaller wheels, but the performance is lacking.
Any suggestions are welcome.
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Pnuematic missles or other sources of missle propulsion
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| Ben Fleskes (benfleskes@msn.com) asked for suggestions for missile launch mechanisms: My dad and I used to build some rubber band based missile/torpedo launchers. 1) Use a 2x8 plate (a) as base. aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa 2) Add one 1x4 technic beam (b) and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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