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Subject: 
RE: Making Lego airborne
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:28:31 GMT
Original-From: 
Batsford, Don <dbatsford@engage.comIHATESPAM>
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See: Blimp or ridged lighter than air ship


-----Original Message-----
From: Ram Meenakshisundaram [mailto:rmeenaks@olf.com]
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 11:16 AM
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: Re: Making Lego airborne


Matthew Teets wrote:

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, but that would free the motors to supply directional • movement
rather than compensating for lift as well, probably easing the programming
factor.

Here comes a stupid question:  What is a dirigible???

Ram



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