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Re: hoovercraft with lift, thrust and steering
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 4 Mar 2003 09:43:32 GMT
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"Paul Krieg" <pdkrieg@epix.net> wrote in message
news:HB6r15.ABG@lugnet.com...
> After seeing the work of pixel I have been working some on rotor blades. • I
> have been using axels for a frame and plastic cling wrap for a skin. The • cling
> wrap will shink tight when a little heat is very carefuly applied. I use • the
> tension created by the wrap to hold the frame together. That reduses the
> weight of parts I need. At the scale you are working at is it possible to • use
> flex tubing for blade structure?
do you mean the profile
the same as in plane wing
i can imagine the application like this
axle, tubing, space, axle
this is the slice view (??? :) of wing
and all of this surrounded by film as surface of our wing
two things
1. this application can be done as not too long
2. the problem of exploding rotor still stays
and the main problem
this application is really for plane wings
not for propellers
cause they have more sofisticated profile :(
bu the idea is worth to remember
regards
pixel
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 | | Re: hoovercraft with lift, thrust and steering
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| (...) Well, my rotor blades are a bit big (about 12 x 36 L). They do not have the profile of an actual airplane wing. They are made this way to save weight as your hoover craft is. I did not use any flex tube at this time. (...) I am considering two (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: hoovercraft with lift, thrust and steering
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| (...) that part meant. Goes to show how new I am to computers. I will try it again when I get home from work. :-)) (...) The sail are from set 6351. So far (years of building) I have not had much trouble at all with blades flying at a high rate of (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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