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| I had the exact same experience and, as of yet, have not been able to solve the engineering problem. I'm really surprised they didn't utilize the design of the AMT/ERTL model. That version had the top left and bottom right wings connected and vice (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) G'day David, Something I just discovered last night while watching the Olympic coverage..., there are two little "flaps" under each upper wing at the root of the trailing edge. When the foils are open, you can flip these down, and they sort of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| thats what i use the flaps for... josh -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Kyle D. Jackson Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 5:51 PM To: lugnet.starwars@lugnet.com Subject: Re: UCS (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Yes, the model kit designed worked well enough (I may try that setup for a minifig version) but I think TLG wanted to incorporate some sort of geared mechanism as opposed to just wings that you pull apart and snap together, thus lending it (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Thanx Mark, I tried working on the gearbox last night, but no luck :[ Going by the instructions, the lower foils end up higher at the tips. So by tweaking the gears one tooth lower for the lower foils, they end up drooping down at the tips, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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