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Re: flying helicopter? (was: orrery update)
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 5 Feb 2003 19:08:25 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
> In lugnet.technic, Tim Courtney writes:
> > In lugnet.technic, Luis Hernández writes:
> > > http://british.nerp.net/lego/av8/chopper/index.html
> > Hi Luis -
> > Checked out that page, and the experimental helicopter you have shown seems
> > like an impossible setup. How do the two rotors, the way they are mounted,
> > keep from chopping each other's drive shaft to bits? Even if they're at
> > different levels, one would slice the other's shaft... I'm puzzled.
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> The shafts of the rotors are angled outwards. Look at the pictures on the
> general layout page. There's one of the machine looking from the front-
> you'll notice the shafts are angled.
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> TJ
Ohh, thanks! Now I see it. I didn't notice the rotors themselves were
tilted, I just thought that was the style of the covering around the shaft.
I think now I've caught the bug -- I wanna build a Technic helicopter too!
But alas, I don't have the time right now :( I might have the Technic parts,
though...for a simple one with no rotor controls... ideas are going through
my head....and I don't have time to build it :(
Of course, I'd use non-LEGO material for the rotor blades, attaching them to
a leading edge made out of Technic axles. Is this cheating??
-Tim
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