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| (...) Here is a webpage with a bit of the history and developments to answer your question: (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| (...) Yes, the guns were synchronized in order to shoot between the blades. This was actually a leap forward in technology. Some earlier planes had their guns mounted on the top wing in order to not shoot of the propellor, but it was more difficult (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.modelteam, FTX)
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| (...) I believe they used a timing chain in order to shoot between the blades of the prop. It was mechanical, yet very clever, technology. I wondered the same thing myself years ago while playing a video game, then a friend explained it to me. :) (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.modelteam, FTX)
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| [LEGOSet 3451] Forgive my ignorance of WW1 war machines, but how is the machine gun supposed to fire without damaging the propellor? :) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.modelteam, FTX)
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| I have finished the webpage for my JCB JS220 Excavator model and placed it online here :- (URL) The model is pneumatic/electric and is operated by a separate hand controller which also contains the pneumatic pump and pressure cutoff switch. Purists (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.modelteam, FTX) !!
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