To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.buildOpen lugnet.build in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Building / 1689
    Re: Landing Gear Help —Steve Bliss
   (...) How much clearance should the ship have when the gear are extended? Steve (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Landing Gear Help —Duane Hess
   (...) alotted. (...) able (...) I would like to be able to stand a 1 x 8 or 1 x 12 on end (just a reference length). That would be from the attaching plate similar to below. I'm flexible just as long as it clears a 1 x 8 on end. I hope this helps. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Landing Gear Help —Ben Fleskes
   My Millennium Falcon model has four landing gear that retract and lower with pnuematic cylinders. The scale seems to be close to what you are looking for. In order to be successful though, I needed six bricks of clearance in the stowed position. You (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Landing Gear Help —Duane Hess
   (...) landing (...) the (...) up (...) I've seen your model before. I must congratulate you on a job well done. I've thought about using pneumatics, but placing the cylinders so that I can get a full 90 degrees or more of movement has escaped me. I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
   
        RE: Landing Gear Help —Ralph Hempel
   (...) It's a bit off-topic, but for extending the range of motion past 90 degrees, you might want to look at my excavator model. There are basically three kinds of pneumatic linkages illustrated, and I think the ones you want to look at closely are (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
 

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR