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Re: Crazy building moment?
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Tue, 1 Apr 2003 06:56:02 GMT
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when i think of lego plane
i have some problems (questions)
i can imagine the wings and the fuselage
but the propeller and the motor it is problem
the battery box or rcx is a little bit heavy
but let's say you will build the plane that could (will) work
how it will land beacause every crash will cause breaking bricks
bending axles and so on
and the major problem is controlling!!!
pixel
"Øyvind Steinnes" <senniets@online.no> wrote in message news:HCMBz2.Ktr@lugnet.com...
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> "pixel" <pixsrv@poczta.onet.pl> wrote in message
> news:HCLuB8.u6z@lugnet.com...
> > hey guys
> > is plastic film (bag) permited
> > i know i probably ask for it but... i forgot
> > so the question is
> > is "as pure lego as possible" still pure lego if we use plastic bag
> > if not the second question is how to build kite
> > it is impossible if lego doesn't produce plastic film for all purpouses
> > i think the same issue is with vesels
> >
> > pixel
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> I can not see any other way then using some plastic film of some sort.
> And I'm sure that using only bricks and plates on a LEGO airplane will make
> it TOO heavy to get any sort of lift, even if it is a glider I think it only
> would glide for about 10cm :)
> Maybe if the plane had 50m wingspan. What is the weight of an 8x16LEGO
> plate, and what is the weight of an aluminium-sheet in the same size that is
> been used in real airplane?
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> Like the hoovercraft Pixel and I built, that can not be done without the
> plastic film.
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> If I had a lot of LEGO plastic bags I could use that. But those few I have
> are verry small.
> If I use a big plastic bag like the one you get in the shops to have the big
> LEGO sets in, where it is stamped LEGO on it, would that count as real LEGO
> ? :)
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> I go for the "as pure LEGO as possible".
> On the airplane there is going to be a lot of plastic film....
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> The idea for an airplane came up when fidling with the film on the
> ultralight construction of the hoovercraft, I realised that an airplane was
> possible to make.
> I have an model glider airplane made of plastic that is Radio Controlled and
> the weight of the wings of that plane are not far from the LEGO wing I made
> so far...
> A few modifications (and investment in a few LEGO sets wit lots of long
> axels (Technic Axel 12)) and then I'm ready to put in an motor too :)
>
> For they who do not believe that making an motorized LEGO airplane is
> possible; have you heard what people said about the Wright brothers
> aircraft? ;)
>
>
> Regards
> Øyvind Steinnes
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>
>
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| "pixel" <pixsrv@poczta.onet.pl> wrote in message news:HCnKnF.2uz@lugnet.com... (...) RCX is deffinitly too heavy. But just the 9v batterybox and an 4.5v electric motor? Propeller is still a problem with LEGO :( Hope the LEGO company soon will (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| "pixel" <pixsrv@poczta.onet.pl> wrote in message news:HCLuB8.u6z@lugnet.com... (...) I can not see any other way then using some plastic film of some sort. And I'm sure that using only bricks and plates on a LEGO airplane will make it TOO heavy to (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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