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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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