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Re: Idea Crunching
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lugnet.space
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Date:
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Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:58:40 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
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Okay,
Paul Baulch has a well documented distaste of the use of wheels as engines.
And at first I thought he was crazy, but then, the more I hear his words in
my head, the more I think he’s right. They are somewhat un-LEGO-y, not to
mention easy and over-used.
So I was hoping to mine the forum for some ideas on how to achieve cool
engines without resorting to space wheels, specifically in relation to
building large ships and shuttles (not dinky fighters ;) ).
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I use wheels quite often for engines, but usually mix them in with other
cylinder-like pieces. I’m also quite proud of some of my housings around the
engines, particularly with boat hulls, as in here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=187552 and here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=730986
The second has another unusual thrust array. I’ve also tried using technic
gears a few times, but not gotten a great feel for them yet. Now I’ll run off
and pretend this post covers for not having built anything spacy for a while...
Kenn
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| Okay, Paul Baulch has a well documented distaste of the use of wheels as engines. And at first I thought he was crazy, but then, the more I hear his words in my head, the more I think he's right. They are somewhat un-LEGO-y, not to mention easy and (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX) !
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