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Re: New MOC: Gyroscopic Fighter
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 27 May 2002 19:56:17 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> When I was discussing the Alphabet Project with Jon Palmer a few months back,
> this is what popped into my mind for an O-Wing.
> Anyway, this took about 6-7 hours to build on Saturday. The ring required a
> few revisions in order to increase strength and stiffness, and the
> spring-loaded mount for the cockpit also took a while to work out. I think it
> turned out pretty good though...close to what I imagined, and it works fairly
> well too.
> A couple wallpapers are available here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=17840
> And the fighter is here:
> http://lego.bldesign.org/?v=new
> (Or you can click on Space and get to it that way)
> Please LMKWYT! Comments, criticisms, questions, suggestions, flames welcome.
> --Bram
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> Bram Lambrecht
> bram@cwru.edu
> www.bldesign.org
That's really nice! The rotating cocpit is really intersting. I know I'm
going to be designing an O-wing ship soon. Question: how does the pilot get
out? Does the ship land on its ring?
John Kruer
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| (...) Thanks! (...) Yes. The pilot has to duck/limbo/roll under the edge of the ring to get out. Here's a picture of the ship on the ground with the cockpit open: (URL) pilot is standing on the little winglet in front of the canopy.) Behind the (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.space)
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