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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug)

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