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In lugnet.technic, William R. Ward wrote: SNIP Great MOC, William! I'm always impressed when art and function come together in an animated and impressive build. I really like the working ailerons and, of course, the landing gear mechanism. Good tail (...) (18 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Well it helps that it's one of the most recognizable planes ever made... (18 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! It was definitely one of the most difficult projects I've done. (18 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Thank you! (18 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Originally I was going to go 6-wide, but went to 8-wide when I decided to add the mechanisms. (...) It's the same design as my previous big plane, the PB4Y-2: (URL) Really great built. Thanks!! (18 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Yes, that's the one. I hadn't seen those sets. I was too lazy to look on Peeron :-) (18 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Following on from the use of the 8-tooth timing wheel in the 8479 bar code truck, which varied the rev sound, I used a 4-lobe Technic Knob Wheel (URL) with a touch sensor connected to a bar code unit to produce a 'chuff' sound for a large (...) (18 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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Thank you for that information. I took a look through several pictures of a 8479 Barcode Multi-Set, I wanted to see how the Timing Wheel was used. While doing so I came up with the idea of using a Touch Sensor with the Timing Wheel. This works so (...) (18 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It was introduced in 1997 in (URL) 8479 Barcode Multi-Set>, which you programmed with barcodes. It wasn't used again until 2003. (URL) In the (URL) LEGO Education Team Challenge set> it is used with a light sensor to create a rotation sensor. (18 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) William, Wow, this is awesome. It's hard to capture a streamlined shape in Lego, but you've captured a DC-3, I didn't even need the name to recognize it. Thanks, George (18 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) A lot of space and mecha builders use them to make guns which might explain the price. Tim (18 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic)
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Technic, Gear Timing Wheel 8 Tooth (URL) never understood what these parts where good for. Can anyone enlighten me? I just had to buy a bunch of them from bricklink so that I could be stocked on them, but I do not understand their use. Perhaps they (...) (18 years ago, 14-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) OK. I'll out myself as an idiot before someone else does. I completely missed this model in .announce.moc (not once but twice) and figured it wasn't there. At least I was being stupid for a good cause ;) Tim (18 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Nice MOC! As Chris said, you have captured the awkward shape of this plane's shape very well! (18 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) --snip-- (...) Nice aircraft. At first glance I would have said it was a bit chubby but reading that you fit a bunch of working stuff in there I would turn that around to say lovely compromise between form and function. I think your (...) (18 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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Nice moc William. You have captured the awkward shape of the planes' nose beautifully. Great backstory too. Kind Regards, Chris. Think it, Build it, Share it. (18 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Are these 6192/30337 (URL) Peeron shows them in black in Technic sets from the late '90s and a 4+ Pirate set from a few years ago. (18 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic)
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Aircraft are difficult to taxonomize on LUGNET. This isn't a military plane, but military fans will recognize the "gooney bird" - the military's version of the DC-3 - so I included that. I decided to post it mainly under Technic because of the (...) (18 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, FTX) !!
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This thing looks awesome! I love how it can actually pick up stuff. And the color is cool.Too bad it doesnt run on mindstorms. Overall , 10 out of 10. (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) A working machine! Excellent! I really like it when a model actually can do something. And it also reminds me of one of the earliest Technic models I had (still have it, the 856) and built nearly 30 yars ago. Yellow is excellent for making (...) (18 years ago, 14-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic)
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