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| | | Hi. Silas joined us for the weekend, so we went out Saturday night and fired a couple of new cars. You can see our latest escapades at (URL) as funny as last time, but educational. Now I'm off to get the sulfur smell out of my LEGO... Randy (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: More LEGO rocket cars! —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | (...) a tiny camera parked inside the car. Maybe that would be too heavy though.. Next time, get some of those soccer stands and have a minifig audience near the launch point :) (...) The smell of victory... -Tom McD. when replying, today's event (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | Re: More LEGO rocket cars! —Randy Anchikoski
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| | | | | | Tom, Thanks. We are planning on using 2 DV Cameras next time (this week, with cooperating weather). I'm a little disappointed in fuzziness of the frames, so I might try using a tripod next time to stabilize the shots. We've even thought about the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: More LEGO rocket cars! —John Morgan
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| | | | | Greetings! Thanks for sharing the pictures! Interesting results!.. Just some insights to share... on the car with the large technic tires, bracing to keep the frame square might reduce the tendency to twist, although the turning resulted in (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | Re: More LEGO rocket cars! —Randy Anchikoski
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| | | | | | John, I will try a square frame next time (tonight?). Like the page mentioned, we noticed a right-swerve tendency when we pushed it, so we should have known what would happen. Even the tires not being on quite right could cause it to swerve. If I (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | Re: More LEGO rocket cars! —John Morgan
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| | | | | | Hi Randy , Oh good! ... this means more pictures ? I used to run one of those Cox® engine cars with the airplane pusher prop on it. Fun times chasing it around the parking lots. There are many factors that could have contributed to the swerving. I (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | Re: More LEGO rocket cars! —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) You gotta love the launches where the rocket goes up a bit, loops over, and plows into the ground, nose-first. *Then* the ejection charge goes off, popping the main section of the rocket out of the ground. Steve (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: More LEGO rocket cars! —Randy Anchikoski
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| | | | | Hello. The site will be down temporarily from 21:30 to midnight June 20, 2000 PST. Thanks. Randy -- ===...=== Randy Anchikoski Ph: 250 370 5169 Fax/vMail (box 1): 250 370 5175 Cell: 250 881 3064 ---...--- E-Mail: ranch@writeme.com Upload large (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: More LEGO rocket cars! —John Matthews
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| | | | Thanks for putting up the pix and movies! That was fun. Good luck on the next launch! Build On! John Matthews Randy Anchikoski <ranch@writeme.com> wrote in message news:FwC9qJ.JuK@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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