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Re: Helicopter rotor in 8856... unrealistic?
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Date: 
Thu, 13 Feb 2003 03:35:08 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Stéphane Simard writes:
Hi all,

If any of you have seen the 8856's rotor, the whole thing is tilted by use
of the flex system. But from what I've read from the net (and a coworker who
claims to know about real helicopters), it doesn't work that way at all.
Since english is not my first language and I'm far from being a know-it-all
in that field, here's a link to a page that seems to support his statement,
and makes the otherwise cool set 8856 appear just silly.

Hi Stephane,

That is similar to the rotor in http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8444 - and no,
it is not how real rotors generally work. Here's another page with a lot of
great info about how helicopters work: http://www.helicopterpage.com/

You could probably model a more realistic swash plate with those same parts,
together with some towball pins & stuff. I wish I'd had them when I built my
helicopter 8?)

FWIW, I don't mind the LEGO way - it's not realistic, but not many LEGO
models are (and yes, I include technic models in that!).

ROSCO



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Hi all, If any of you have seen the 8856's rotor, the whole thing is tilted by use of the flex system. But from what I've read from the net (and a coworker who claims to know about real helicopters), it doesn't work that way at all. Since english is (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)

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