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Re: Landing Gear (was: My MOC Fighter Plane (first posted))
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lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug
Date: 
Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:43:57 GMT
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Steve Bliss at steve.bliss@home.com wrote:

In lugnet.space, Joel Jacobsen writes:

The only point that I don't really prefer, is the landing gear. After being
chastised by Grand Admiral Muffin Head over using similar gear on my
freighter, I've crossed lines to join the ranks that prefer the click hinges
for gear.

At the first MichLUG meeting, there was a ship with a very cool, but simple
design for landing gear.  Here are some picture links:

<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=40433>
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=40434>
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=18614>

<snip>

Yes, those are quite nice. I used the same parts for the 'gear on my Space
Police Viper.

I do like the ones in the pictures, however, because they use the parts in
two directions, which would give the ship a bit more stability than just
using them in a single direction.

~Grand Admiral Muffin Head
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego



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  Re: Landing Gear (was: My MOC Fighter Plane (first posted))
 
(...) One thing that's not apparent from the pictures is that the hinge arrangement locks the landing gear from rotating -- it can only extend and retract. Which is not something you'd notice from just looking at it; you have to play with it to tell (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug)

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  Landing Gear (was: My MOC Fighter Plane (first posted))
 
(...) At the first MichLUG meeting, there was a ship with a very cool, but simple design for landing gear. Here are some picture links: (3 URLs) Unfortunately, they're all detail shots, and the ship is upside down. The basic idea is to put together (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug)

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