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Re: "real" LEGO Hovercraft ? (with/without batteries/RCX "onboard")
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 27 Nov 2002 02:55:34 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@*saynotospam*airmail.net>
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Rob Limbaugh wrote:
> There is also the famous British hovercraft that had a HUGE thrust fan in
> the center of it. The duct looks similar to those nuclear plant tower
> hourglass shapes. Although, this design (in LEGO) would be very heavy and
> the thrust probably wouldn't be enough.
That was the SRN1 - the worlds first working full-sized
hovercraft - which (amazingly) didn't have a skirt.
You can see a picture of it here:
http://www.hovercraftmodels.com/hovercraft_history.htm
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