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Re: Zipper--the two-piece flying helicopter
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:07:40 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Paul Kleniewski wrote:
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> "jrl" <jrl3d@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HFuys8.1oy3@lugnet.com...
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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:
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=45172
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> actually it doesn't fly
> in the same "not" as rollo-walkers don't walk
> :))
> but the idea is good
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
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> it pushes me to remind you and me and all of us searching for flying machine
> the simpler kind of FM is auto-gyro
> it's the mix between plane and helicopter
> the plane part is the body with the motor and propeller (but with no wings)
> and the helicopter part is the main (upper) rotor
> the rotor isn't driven by any motor
> it rotates itself because of the air flow
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> the motor drive the propeller at the front or at the back of machine
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> regards
> pixel
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 | | Re: Zipper--the two-piece flying helicopter
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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)
| | | Re: Zipper--the two-piece flying helicopter
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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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| | Re: Zipper--the two-piece flying helicopter
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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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