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Re: Anyone have any luck making a successful floating boat?
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 15 Jun 1999 07:02:11 GMT
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Original-From:
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Erik Eckhardt <esquared@antispam.jps.*StopSpam*net>
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Clay Aucoin wrote:
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> A few came back.
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> One was to use the pnuematic air tanks, sounds good but:
> 1. the only way to get them is to buy complete usually expensive) sets.
> 2. they probably wouldn't allow the boat to go very fast.
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> Another was to put a plastic bag at the bottom of the plates. This got me
> thinking that maybe there could be a way to create a sort of "tube" and blow up
> a small balloon inside of it?????
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> --- Clay Aucoin
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> In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Michael Aaron Finch) writes:
> > Clay Aucoin wrote:
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> > > I was just wondering if anyone has had (or even tried) making a successful
> > > floating boat (not using the "Boat Really Floats" pieces)?
> >
> >
> > I've been wondering about that too. Any replies?
The boat could probably still go pretty fast using the air tanks,
I think.
The problem with the plastic bag is that you're using non-LEGO
pieces and you may as well go buy a chunk of RC modeler's blue
foam and carve out your own hull.
E²
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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