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Re: My scorpion-towed hover chariot
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lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:48:17 GMT
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BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!  I laughed until the guy in the next cubicle hid under his desk
for fear of my going postal.

This wouldn't be half as funny if I hadn't attempted the same thing.  No
Scorpion shaped chariot, though, that is the ultimate touch. :)

Great work,
Sean

In lugnet.adventurers, Tobias Möller writes:
> After the disscussion on scorpion-towed vehicles in .adventurers and
> off-topic.fun, I built one:
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1796
> 
> It is a hovering chariot, towed by two scorpions, and has place for one
> passenger (in this case, the Jungle Priestess).
> 
> The chariot itself is shaped like a scorpion. On top of the tail, we
> find the mighty super-powered Trans-Orange Scorpion Of Doom, which
> protects the passenger, and with it's magic makes the whole thing hover.
> 
> The wings flap slowly, thus generating enough power to keep it 25 cm.
> over the ground.
> 
> The chariot has smooth knobs on the bottom to make it "hover" over
> carpets and floors.
> 
> The two black scorpions tow the thing with chains (although that is, as
> disscussed earlier, way to heavy and power consuming) but since this is
> the first scorpion towed hover chariot *ever*, I think we can live with
> that ^-^.
> 
> Please LMKWYT!
> 
> --Tobias



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After the disscussion on scorpion-towed vehicles in .adventurers and off-topic.fun, I built one: (URL) is a hovering chariot, towed by two scorpions, and has place for one passenger (in this case, the Jungle Priestess). The chariot itself is shaped (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)

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