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Re: Making Lego airborne
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:54:03 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ram Meenakshisundaram writes:
> > 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.
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> Here comes a stupid question: What is a dirigible???
A balloon-based airship having propulsion and steering systems.
A LEGO example is set #5956 Air Zeppelin:
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=5956-1
Non-LEGO examples are the Hindenburg, the Good Year Blimp, and the airship that
Drs. Henry & Indiana Jones escaped from via biplane in the third movie.
--Todd
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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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| (...) 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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