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Re: Erickson S-64F Air-Crane Helitanker (was Re: Elvis lives)
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 10 Dec 2002 05:19:38 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Joe Meno writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes:
> > G'day,
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> > Elvis lives!
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> > And here it is, with some narrative and stats on the real thing:
> > http://www.lugnet.com/loc/au/~1285/elvis
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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.
Thanks!
> Nice detail work on the rotor especially. And the tail rotor is geared
> with the main rotor..nice!
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.
> I built an Alpha team 'version'-I say that loosely-of the Skycrane, but had
> only 4 blades to your six and it wasn't geared. The great thing, though, was
> that I was able to come up with a set of landing gear using Technic axles and
> connectors. If you want to strengthen your landing wheels, you might want to
> play with Technic axles.
Yes. The real thing's gear looks a lot like techic axles too :-). Getting
the downward sloping beams from the main fuselage is the tricky bit. Angled
technic beams might work.... I'm also considering SNOT mounting some smaller
(4x4, 3x3) wings.
> Great job!
Thanks again!
Richie
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