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Re: Landing Gear Help
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lugnet.build
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Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:52:35 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Duane Hess writes:
> 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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> Duane
I just wanted to send out an update on the subject to let all of those who
have responded know how things are progressing.
I have been able to design a retractable system similar to the Technic Space
Shuttle which fits within a 6 wide X 16 long area 3 bricks deep. It is still
larger than I would like and is manually actuated, but I feel like I am
finally getting close.
I have decided that the size is acceptable and that I will now modify the
ship to meet the landing gear rather than the other way around. I will try
to model the prototype in LDraw this weekend so that I can get more input
from the community. I am also trying to incorporate pneumatics for the
"Ooo-Aaah" factor, but haven't had any luck yet. Hopefully this weekend will
yield something cool.
Thanks for all of the help.
Duane
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