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Re: Tired of being outgunned by pirates with deep loot-filled pockets?
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 26 Jul 2002 01:02:47 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam writes:
> > I like that cannon... I'll try building one!
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> Woohoo! A franchise! : )
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> > I've alway's liked carronades, and I really like how realistic that
> > carronade is, but its a bit big for my ship! :(
> > (it'll be done soon, I promise!)
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> Good old Carronades! You could probably squeeze a *couple* in! : )
Oh I have- 2 on the Forcastle. But their pitifully simple! :)
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> > What makes you think that Lego cannons are 18-pounders? I think their more
> > around 24.
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> Well, I actually puzzled over this for hours. In stud-feet, Lego cannon are
> about 6 or 7 feet long, making them only as long as short 12s. But their
> bore is a foot!
Using Dave Eaton's conversion tool, assuming that a the average person is
5.9 feet, a cannon is 7.87 minifig feet, rounded to 8.
(http://www.suave.net/~dave/cgi/scale.cgi is the conversion tool)
How does this measure up? Anybody got any cannon length resources?
-JHK
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