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Re: Making Lego airborne
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:12:57 GMT
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> 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.
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:
http://www.bre.co.uk/cardington/98_11701.jpg
With ballons inside:
http://www.bre.co.uk/cardington/tescoballoon.jpg
It is almost impossible to get an idea of the scale of the building, but it is
HUGE. Read about it here:
http://www.bre.co.uk/cardington/index.html
Scott A
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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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| (...) 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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