 | | Re: Erickson S-64F Air-Crane Helitanker (was Re: Elvis lives)
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(...) Nice work! In the States, these are called Skycranes, and I used to see these when I was a kid in Germany...my dad was in the Army then. Nice detail work on the rotor especially. And the tail rotor is geared with the main rotor..nice! I built (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Erickson S-64F Air-Crane Helitanker (was Re: Elvis lives)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Hmmmm... it's not really geared - there's just a flex tube running from the main to the tail rotor. Although gearing would have been nice, I think that the resulting bulk around the tail rotor might have been a bit too much. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Erickson S-64F Air-Crane Helitanker (was Re: Elvis lives)
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(...) That's an even better solution! (...) I used some angle connectors with the Technic axles and then attached some plates on the connectors. The axles are connected to the fuselage by another connector (The fuselage had a 'spine' Technic beams, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Erickson S-64F Air-Crane Helitanker (was Re: Elvis lives)
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(...) <snip> (...) Now *that's* an elegant solution! I'll give it a try... (...) Will do! Cheers Richie (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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