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Re: Landing Gear Help
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lugnet.build
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Thu, 24 Jun 1999 19:44:01 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Steve Bliss writes:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:41:03 GMT, "Duane Hess" <DNJHESS@ZDNETMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
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> > Hear is the situation. I am roughly 3/4 of the way through building a rather
> > large space cruiser and I need some landing gear to support it. I have a
> > couple of retractable designs, but they won't work in the space I have • alotted.
> > The gear must retract into a 6 wide X 12 long area, where the height is two
> > bricks (give or take, I haven't fully decided yet). The gear must also be • able
> > to support the weight of the ship, I estimate 1-2 pounds. For reference, the
> > ship is about 90 studs long X 32 studs wide and 9 bricks tall.
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> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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> How much clearance should the ship have when the gear are extended?
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> Steve
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. If not, let me
know and I will mock something up in LDraw.
-------------------- ATTACHING PLATE
[] STOWED
[] GEAR AREA
---[]--------------- COVER PLATE (optional)
[]
[] BRICK ON END
[]
[]
[]
Duane
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 | | Re: Landing Gear Help
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| 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)
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