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Re: MOC: The Hummingbird
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Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:44:36 GMT
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This is neat little craft. It reminds me of the twin engine prop spotter
planes used in Korea and Vietnam. Tough little birds that were versatile as
they are spritely....much the same feel from your creation.
I dig the dioramas showing the Hummingbird in action during an extraction.
Maybe there already is one that I'm not picking out, but a little winch
would look great tucked inside the door IMHO.
Good shots for a Jam Cam too.
Cheers,
-Gil
In lugnet.space, George Haberberger writes:
> The Hummingbird
>
> Are you tired of aircraft compromises? Do you have multiple
> locations where you can't afford a landing strip for fixed wing
> aircraft, yet are tired of paying expenses for rotary craft? Are your
> locations too far apart for rotary craft, yet fixed wing craft just aren't
> convenient? The end of compromise is here!
>
> Bricking Vertol is proud to announce the availability of the
> Hummingbird for the civilian market! After years of excellent service
> in our armed forces, you too can now own a Hummingbird.
> Combining the hovering and landing ability with the high subsonic
> speed of a fixed wing aircraft, the Hummingbird can transport a pilot
> and three passengers in speed and style, with lower cost running
> expenses. Bricking Vertol brings years and years of VTOL experience to the
> marketplace, in the picture to the right you can see the
> Hummingbird in the foreground, and the prototype plane taxiing in the
> background.
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> http://www.frontiernet.net/~ghaberbe/hum.htm
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> Or see the Hummingbird in action!
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> http://www.frontiernet.net/~ghaberbe/hum02.htm
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> Builder's notes:
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> Yes, it's very reminiscent of the twin pods cloud car, but I don't claim
> that as a conscious design decision, I just wanted a single engine VTOL
> craft, and my first design (in the background of the first page) was very
> ungainly. On the other hand, since I saw The Empire Strikes Back many
> decades ago in my formative youth years, I'm sure it has had some influence
> on me.
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> I'm taking the pictures with my daughter's Jam Cam, a cheap (~$30) 640x480
> flash camera that I'm pretty happy with, for the cost. I'm still striking a
> balance between file size, once I get a server set up for my DSL line, I
> should be able to include bigger, more detail oriented pictures.
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> I think I'm going to keep this one together for a long time, and will
> probably bring it into my new office, when I move. I've decided to no longer
> display offical models, and just concentrate on MOCS (plus, there's less to
> move).
>
> LMKWYT,
>
> George
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| (...) Gil, Thanks for the kind words, I suppose the Hummingbird would make a good spotter or FAC plane, too. There was no winch, I didn't have room, so I just made do with a string. Thanks, George (21 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| The Hummingbird Are you tired of aircraft compromises? Do you have multiple locations where you can't afford a landing strip for fixed wing aircraft, yet are tired of paying expenses for rotary craft? Are your locations too far apart for rotary (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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