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"Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:H69tBF.DG9@lugnet.com... (...) Baron to (...) Pah! You just haven't cottoned onto the ultimate swooshability mod - motorise the propeller. A 5114 motor and 9V battery box fit easily into the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 10024Red Baron
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Thanks for the review, Richie. (...) Here I would have to disagree. I don't find either of the Camel or the Baron to be particularly sturdy and hence not particularly swooshable. The new struts on the Baron seem to come apart as much as the Camel's (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 10024Red Baron
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(...) Hmmm... I may have to collect more data on this. Certainly my prelimary data, based on medium speed swooshing at both full arm extension and half arm extension, combined with several strafing runs (complete with machine gun sound effects) (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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(...) I conducted some experiments last night.... see (URL) for details. No charts yet, though :-) Richie (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au) !
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| | Re: Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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(...) I applaud your thoroughness, however, regarding the following passage: "...the tester decided not to continue out of fear for the strength of the Baron’s tailskid (his sole LEGO brown minifig shovel). It may well have survived four more (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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(...) Any plans on updating with data for the 10124 Wright Flyer? Martin (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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(...) Definitely. I don't have a Wright Flyer to test at the moment (donations cheerfully accepted, though!). As soon as I do, rest assured that I will subject it to the standard array of swooshability tests, and report the results. I do not have (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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(...) Yes, I beliewe the Wright Flyer would have serious difficulties completing your test program. My initial testing sofar has proven very unsuccesfull. There will also be a slight problem with the ground strafing manouver, unless of course a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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(...) But of course that would be a case of using "non" aircraft parts on an aircraft! Having worked on aircraft for 8 years I can tell you that is a little bit of a no-no (only a little bit, as fencing wire 'was' considered ok on early planes, ie (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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(...) Having carefully guarded the safety of my only brown LEGO brand common or garden shovel, I had a minor, completely non-swoosh testing related accident, wherein a partially completed house and fairly large backyard was dropped on the Red Baron (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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(...) Don't underestimate Murphys law ?? No problem with the Brown shovel, they are available at BrickLink, at inflated prices of course ;-) Martin Bruun cheapest brown shovels on BrickLink (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Well, I don't know if this is relevant information for Australia - but here in Copenhagen in a temporary toy store (a Lego discaount store available for 3 months only) in their big boxes with pick-a-brick, there were loads of brown shovels - (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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