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Re: Helicopter rotor in 8856... unrealistic?
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 13 Feb 2003 18:57:23 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Stéphane Simard writes:
> Hi all,
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> 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.
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> http://www.howstuffworks.com/helicopter5.htm
The rotor design for the 8856 and 8444 would not allow the helecoptor to
move forwards backwards or sideways. If you tilt the rotor (as is done in
these sets) the only thing that happens is that the fusalage of the
helecoptor tilts. In a real helecoptor the blades's pitch varies as it
rotates around the hub. The stick controls the pitch of the rotor.
Ben Williamson has a nice upgrade to the 8444 Air enforcer that makes the
rotor work in a more realistic manner. It is based on ideas presented on
Leo Dorst's site (I think Leo is the daVinci of LEGO design).
See Ben's work at:
http://ozbricks.com/benw/lego/rotor/index.html
Dean Hystad
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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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