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Re: Pnuematic missles or other sources of missle propulsion
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lugnet.build
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Mon, 19 Apr 1999 19:33:19 GMT
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How about the launchers in the Cyberslam sets?
-John Van
Ben Fleskes wrote in message ...
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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