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| (...) If you ever make it work, please, post here the how-to !!! :) ...LEGO's *heavy* so, maybe a custom-made loooong, *light*, *strong*, large(?) heli-blades ? hmmm... carbon-fiber alike material ?! ...I doubt that 1 (2?, 3?) LEGO motor(s) is/are (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I think your best bet might be to supplement the lift by possibly making a dirigible. I agree with the statement that Lego's are heavy and motors are weak, so this would seem to be the best suggestion. You could still have it RCX controlled, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Here comes a stupid question: What is a dirigible??? Ram (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) A balloon-based airship having propulsion and steering systems. A LEGO example is set #5956 Air Zeppelin: (URL) examples are the Hindenburg, the Good Year Blimp, and the airship that Drs. Henry & Indiana Jones escaped from via biplane in the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) that (...) Last year, I visited group which operate a old R100 airship hanger as a full scale building test facility. Basically, they construct buildings inside the hanger... close the doors... then burn 'em. See the hanger here: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) here's a link to a zepplin reference page I found while searching the web for the R100 airship (URL) thought you might find it interesting John (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) that (...) 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 (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) It seems we might get a few more examples in the near future. In Germany there are several groups constructing new airships, using better material avaliable today. The most impressive one is the CargoLifter, which is intended to carry heavy (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi. (...) A blimp is a cigar shaped lighter than air vehicle with a non-rigid (all rigidity is produced by air pressure alone) air sack. A dirigible has a rigid envelope. The Hindenberg had a rigid structure of girders inside of the envelope which (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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