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Re: DeHavilland DH-2
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 6 Mar 2001 01:06:08 GMT
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George,
Nice plane. I especially appreciated your background information on the plane.
I had NO idea that there ever were planes made in this "pusher" style. I
vaguely remember seeing an illustration of the Wright brothers plane, but never
thought there were any others made.
I also thought the information on the castor oil lubrication was quite
humorous, although less so if you were one of the pilots... :-)
-Andy Lynch
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Haberberger" <George.Haberberger@usa.xerox.com>
Subject: MOC: DeHavilland DH-2
> I had the opportunity to scan my DH-2 this weekend, and put it up on my web
> page, http://www.frontiernet.net/~ghaberbe/legodh2.htm .
<snip>
> Then it dawned on me that I had never seen a pusher airplane made out of
> Lego. I looked through a coffee table book on figher planes, I looked
> through my copy of Richthofen's War rules, and settled on the DeHavilland
> DH-2, a small, nimble pusher plane with a rotary engine. The engine is still
> not quite right, I couldn't think of a way to make a rotary engine with 7 or
> 9 pistons, but I think it captures the feel pretty well.
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