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Here's my MOC of an Apache helicopter, built to 1:20 scale, compatible with Technic figures. (URL) features the first ever fully working Lego helicopter rotor with collective and differential rotor blade pitch control. (URL) The rotor blades are (...) (19 years ago, 22-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: 1:20 scale Apache Helicopter
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(...) Nice. I would love to see a close up of the rotor gimbal. I cant wait to see it completed. I find myself wandering about the best way (if any) to get a rotor blade with a proper wing like structure in Lego. Something using the 1x1 with a (...) (19 years ago, 22-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 1:20 scale Apache Helicopter
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(...) ages": (URL) is a little bulkier, but I didn't mod any parts ;) Regards ROSCO (19 years ago, 22-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sorry, the rotor was done in 1996 - TLG have the pictures! So mine was the first after all! :-) Mark (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 1:20 scale Apache Helicopter
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(...) Anyway, I'm glad I'm not the only one to have tackled this problem. As soon as I bought an 8856 helicopter (URL) I thought "That's not how a real helicopter works" and began thinking how to do it properly. This was the main reason I sent TLG (...) (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) D'oh! But I can still say at least mine didn't have any modified parts ;) (...) Actually, the swash plates on a chinook are a bit simpler - they only require collective and roll control, pitch is handled by differential collective on the 2 (...) (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 1:20 scale Apache Helicopter
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Was it possible to make a functional, FLYING helicopter with Meccano/Erector? (for those who did play with this metal based, building toy) (19 years ago, 25-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)
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