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Re: Landing Gear Help
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:51:53 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Ben Fleskes writes:
> 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 Could probably be cut down to 4 if the pad on the • landing
> gear was smaller. Each set of landing gear looks something like:
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> stowed gear area.
> 0
> [0] //
> [ ] //
> ---[ ]--/------------- COVER PLATE (rotates out of the way w/ gear extended.
> [0]/
> [ ]technic beam
> [ ]
> [[[#]]] pad on landing gear
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> where:
> 0 = rotating pinned joint
> / = pnuematic cylinder
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> The whole idea is very similar to basic airplane landing gear. Determining • the
> actual location of the pinned joints is not an easy problem but is achievable.
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> In my case, the landing gear is four studs wide and the stowage area is five
> studs wide to give some clearance. More pictures of my Falcon model will go • up
> this weekend. One of the pictures will show the landing gear.
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> Hope this helps.
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> Ben
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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 look forward to
seeing your pictures. Maybe by then I will have some more ideas. :-)
Duane
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| (...) 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)
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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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