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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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Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:25:48 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes:
> 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.
That's an even better solution!
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> 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.
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, so I could theoretically
attach a cargo module using Technic pins)
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> Thanks again!
And post pics of your revisions!
Joe Meno
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