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In lugnet.technic, Mark Neumann writes:
> In lugnet.announce, Adrian Drake writes:
> > Hey gang, my latest creation is completed. With 3 technic motors, 1
> > micromotor, 3 fiberoptic banks, 4 large pneumatic cylinders, and 1 small
> > pneumatic cylinder, this has a lot of nifty features.
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> GAH!!! You can say that again. You struck a chord in my soul my friend.
> This here is my favorite bird. AWESOME JOB!!! A couple of notes for you
> though. Don't feel bad about it being aft heavy. The real thing keeps it
> ballenced by the GAU-80 weapon system (gun) and over 1200 rounds of depleted
> uranium 33mm rounds. (I think this info is correct, I should go check but
> don't feel like it...) Even plastic models have a little ballence bar under
> the fuselage to keep the boar from tipping. Second my only other quip is
> that the cannon has seven barrels, how one would do that in Lego in this
> scale is another issue and think six looks beautiful.
> I don't know, with all the work you put into it, doesn't the thing fly???? ;-)
>
> Good Job.
Ya know, that makes sense with respect to the gun. The way that the plane
is designed, the rear landing gear are pretty far forward (in fact, I think
they may be right smack in the middle) and with the engines hanging off the
back, it's seriously tail heavy. So I guess my stack of quarters is just
emulating the rounds of the gun, eh :) And I knew that the real cannon has
seven barrels. I think that six is perfectly satisfactory.
It doesn't fly, though. Although, much like Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story, it
would probably fall with style :)
Thanks for the compliments
Adrian
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| (...) Yes. The real thing is balanced by the gun. In fact, when the gun is removed, a series of large heavy plates are put in its place for just that reason. I worked F-16 weapons for the 57 FWW. Which was a composite training wing with a wide (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) GAH!!! You can say that again. You struck a chord in my soul my friend. This here is my favorite bird. AWESOME JOB!!! A couple of notes for you though. Don't feel bad about it being aft heavy. The real thing keeps it ballenced by the GAU-80 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.military)
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