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Re: Six bladed propeller, pls help.
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Date: 
Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:25:31 GMT
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> No no... It's built from the basic parts like 6-hole small technic
> pulleys, 1/2 pins and regular plates. This simple design dated from
> early 1980's, there was no such propellers exist at that time. Look at
> the picture
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2081 for a fuzzy and
> blurry picture. It's tail rotor of the helicopter

That is an blurry picture indeed! It's impossible for me to make
things out of it... Dang...

> Actually, I think it could be converted to a 6-blade one by the help of
> newly introduced rounded-end 1x5 plates with axle hole (new versions of
> the old 2-blade technic rotor, with holes and teeth removed) but I think
> yours is much more sturdy, although thicker.

Well, the thickness should not be a problem. The propeller blade will
have a length of 96mm or 12 studs, that's the radius for the prop
folks ;)

Well see monday if I made something up, won't check in here 'til then!

CU!

/Tobbe



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  Re: Six bladed propeller, pls help.
 
(...) No no... It's built from the basic parts like 6-hole small technic pulleys, 1/2 pins and regular plates. This simple design dated from early 1980's, there was no such propellers exist at that time. Look at the picture (URL) for a fuzzy and (...) (26 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic)

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