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Re: Making Lego airborne
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 27 Mar 2000 18:55:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Jason S. Mantor writes:
> > > A balloon-based airship having propulsion and steering systems.
> > >
> > > A LEGO example is set #5956 Air Zeppelin:
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> > > http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=5956-1
> > >
> > > Non-LEGO examples are the Hindenburg, the Good Year Blimp, and the airship
> > > that Drs. Henry & Indiana Jones escaped from via biplane in the third movie.
> >
> > Nope ! Close though : ) Dirigibles are airships with rigid frames.
> > Zeppelins are dirigibles but Blimps are not rigid and are merely ballons
> > with gondolas hanging off them
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> Wow, dang! Thanks for the correction! So, what then was the airship in the
> 3rd IJ movie? I don't have it on viddy and unfortunately it hasn't been
> burned into my brain yet like the 1st IJ movie.
Just saw this last week on the USA channel. It was definitely a
zeppelin--Drs Jones escaped by running along a catwalk inside the
airship, to one of the airplanes which was hanging off the airship (what
were those, escape planes?). The framework was clearly shown. I
suppose this could have just been the top level of the gondola, but I
definitely got the impression they were inside a non-pressurized area of
the airbag.
Steve
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| (...) Nope, those were the Zeppelin's defense screen. :-, A few of them carried a small handful of combat fighters for defense, but they proved to be extremely difficult to "land" under the airbag, and the loading/unloading crane mechanism was (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Wow, dang! Thanks for the correction! So, what then was the airship in the 3rd IJ movie? I don't have it on viddy and unfortunately it hasn't been burned into my brain yet like the 1st IJ movie. --Todd (27 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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