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hi all now i think it's time to present you my application of as pure as possible lego hovercraft (URL) got 5 movies in mov format but my site is too small so if someone has some room for my movies... all of them have 19.3M the only one tricky point (...) (22 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic) !
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(...) Wow! I never thought Lego could fly ...and less if the propellers are traditional plates... I gotta buy a motor and add "drive" (horizontal motion) to the hovercraft (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Try Brickshelf: (URL) you can, please convert the files to mpeg since mov-files is not supported by default on most computers. (...) Hey, I'm surprised it flies at all. The LEGO motor has only 0.007 HP on 9V. (...) Agreed! "Real" hovercrafts (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic)
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eheh :) so finally someone here made it ! Cool :) (...) That'd be cool to see. Please, tell us the final URL when you have it :) (...) I'm still trying with 9V, eh :) (...) I spent a couple of hours this past friday night, testing. I'll have to (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) i've got it on my disk so tell me where to put it :)) (...) new ver is much bigger but according to steve's words biger hovercraft should need less pressure so maybe 9V will be enough (...) my pleasure :) it's the effect of our talk here so (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I've never seen a Technic hovercraft before, and for some reason I'd never thought about it. I like the idea a lot! The model looks similar to the SR-N1 that Saunders-Roe built, and even more similar to their concept model: (URL) of course (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Ok, just saw the pics. ...and you did it with a LEGO propeller ! WOW! :) (...) I think I'll have to make a much more flexible and long "skirt" like yours. Mine was half short and more rigid, so that's why it leaks more air. I'm also trying first to (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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hi becky it's too small and i'ven't got any :(( but it's interesting to check it and find the answer would you plz do it i mean to compare my design of propeller to your idea in case of blowing :)) pixel "Rebecca Taylor" <arellcat@NOSPAMyahoo.com> (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) wait for movies i need some room for them but stef mientki is not available (undeliverable post :(( (...) yours. don't do too long skirt it drags on the surface and make a lot of resistance (...) the skirt has to be bent underneath the body it (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <snip> (...) Very nicely done! I tried the 8475 motors with the ZNAP props and it didn't generate a good enough force of air. Back to the drawing board! Keep up the great work! Dave K (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) did you remove the "nospam_", well now it's real mailto:s.mientki@mailbox.kun.nl Stef (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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at last :)))) hi stef i'm interrested in sending you my movies converted to mpeg files if you are ready let me know i can sent movies sliced on about 2mb pieces i'm ready to send thanx a lot regards pixel (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) there's hope to achieving a nearly 100% lego solution. I've been playing with a prop design some, and despite not testing it yet I thought I'd post it in case it generates some other ideas, and see if anyone has any engineering knowledge on (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
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when i was testing some new concepts of propellor i found that i had a very much luck :)) because when i did prop with bigger (longer) wings they set more resistance so the motor rotates slower so it puts less air when blades were shorter then press (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) So, when do we get to see pics of the latest creation?!?! :-) Simeon (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) My guess is 2003-01-28 :) (URL) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) thanx tobbe you are "more online" than me :))) regards pixel (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) One of the benefits of being a PC Technician is you get lot's of computers OnLine and often get 30 minutes of "spare" time waiting for installations or simply don't have any work assigned for the moment. /Tobbe (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
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