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(...) -Snip- Ya, know......... What IF: like um, what if you added RC racer style motors and geartrain to the tred legs. Then watch it go nuts! I think you'd need to have articulated crawler arms so you could steer the thing. What the heck, I dare (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Well, it is not much of a media watch, because it is such a small market, but I'm going to be on the local cable access television "The Owatonna Today Show" (indian name pronounced oh-wah-tah-na). On October 26th, I'll be on for a whopping 12 (...) (19 years ago, 25-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Crane building resources
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(...) Hello, If you have not already seen it you should check out this website: (URL) There are a couple of really nice cranes, as well as downloadable spreadsheets with info on truss design. Hope that helps! Ben (19 years ago, 25-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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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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(...) 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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I've been toying around with the idea of building a medium scale lattice boom crawler crane, and was looking for some resources on building a good strong boom structure. I figure I want a 10x10 square frame main boom, and slightly smaller scaled jib (...) (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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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