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Re: hovercraft
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 2 Dec 2002 14:32:08 GMT
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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> wrote in message
news:H6Hx17.GHo@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.technic, Tobbe Arnesson writes:
> >
> > "Real" hovercrafts has a tube around the edge to absorb ruff seas and
> > obstacles. I've been thinking about using a bicycle tube cut open in top • for
> > airinlet and holes along the inside of the tube to create the cushion. A
> > plastic skirt can be added under the whole thing if it's needed.
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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:
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> http://www.hover.globalinternet.co.uk/mussrn1mod.html
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> except of course that at that time they hadn't yet invented the skirt. I
> think bicycle inner tube would work very well for a large model but will
> probably be too thick and heavy for a lightweight frame - a lot of the • model
> kits suggest using a bin bag or something equally thin and tough (a friend
> of my brother had an R/C model hovercraft and the skirt was much thinner
> than inner tube).
> Would the propellor from set 8855 provide more thrust?
>
> Becky
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic)
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