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I came up with this a little while ago. It's extremely simple, but it's kind of fun and it's the first thing I've seen built of Legos that can actually fly! You can check it out here: (URL) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build) !
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"jrl" <jrl3d@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HFuys8.1oy3@lugnet.com... (...) in the same "not" as rollo-walkers don't walk :)) but the idea is good it pushes me to remind you and me and all of us searching for flying machine the simpler kind of FM (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Paul, Why do you say that it does not fly? I've played with non-LEGO versions of these and they certainly do fly. They produce lift. They don't just fall slowly like a paper airplane that glides. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HFwK8s.rBH@lugnet.com... (...) if you deliver some kind of power it will fly actively you just have to rotate the rotor the same thing is with the gliders you just have add some force (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Mmmm... Nice idea.... Just a week ago I’ve seen, on a website, a wired ‘Hovering UFO’ like this: (2 URLs) to see more> ...and here another RC 'UFO': (URL) How to realize a so light structure made of LEGO? Maybe using Flex System Hoses? Bye! (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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I seriously doubt you could build a flying machine entirely from LEGO. I know this may sound like 18th Century scoffing, but there are some good reasons for this. First is that LEGO plastic is quite dense and makes for fairly thick walls compared to (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:HFyDvx.9IF@lugnet.com... (...) that's why i didn't say it's not possible :) i heard someone here who said the lego hovercraft will not work... (...) sorry but it not true i bougt (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Until I saw this (URL) hovercraft> I took your point of view. Not I am not too sure. There is another person building an airplane wing using a Technic framework (I think axels and flex hoses) wrapped in a plastic sheet of some sort that is shrunk (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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"Jona" <jona@24tooth.com> wrote in message news:HFyIFz.uL8@lugnet.com... (...) keep diging you should find more pictures and movies :))) (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, that hovercraft uses a large non-LEGO film for the skirt. (...) So, okay, you're saying it's EVEN DENSER and less likely to fly. (...) It is if you're using LEGO for the wing. It's not if you're going to use some other material. (...) So (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That hovercraft is excellent, and I like the use of fairings for a propellor. It looks fairly powerful, but I suspect it would produce more radial pressure than linear thrust. Thus no good as a propulsive device. The film used for the skirt (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:HG0rs4.Jx1@lugnet.com... (...) this is probably true but we set this idea some time ago and we came to the same conclusion and we are trying to use as less as possible non-lego (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:HG0rH4.Ho2@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) > the propeller... (...) yeah so we can stop talking i thought the idea is to buid flying machine (as pure as possible from lego parts) because (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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