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| hi as i promissed... here it is general link (after moderation) (URL) movies (URL) about the quality but i hadn't good camera and i had to use internet cam so... you know but the design is not really changed it is bigger (53cm diameter) i used (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic) !
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| | Re: promissed hovercraft ver02
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| (...) This is Really neat!!!! I noticed it seems to drift to one side (the heavy side) as you point out. Perhaps this could be used to steer it. Could a small weight that is shifted to the direction of travel be possible? Best regards, Paul (...) (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Props for Hovercraft
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| (...) In fact I thought about drum fans before I got to that page but afterwards I'm even more interested in building one in LEGO... But what's worse is I got thinking about making a "real" hovercraft, perhaps I should try one in LEGO first :) (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Props for Hovercraft
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| "Mark Haye" <markhaye@netzero.net> wrote in message news:HA05tr.EJx@lugnet.com... (...) Offcourse, we dont give up before we have succeeded :) I'm just been bitten of this LEGO-flying machine virus .... (...) old (...) hit (...) Whatever speed you (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Props for Hovercraft
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| You guys are bound and determined to spend my whole weekend tinkering on this, aren't you? ;-) I reproduced Ross's setup using a gray peg, a black friction peg, and an old black friction peg. I still get what I consider pretty poor performance (with (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| "Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:H9xp7B.4AL@lugnet.com... (...) perhaps I (...) ppl do hovercrafts so you can do it also :) personally i don't like to do things which are dirty once i built a buggy (with my friend) so i (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Props for Hovercraft
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| (...) Well I did a little test, heres the pics: (URL) that the propeller shaft is cylindrical, not "x" axle-shape, so friction is much greater than standard axle. It worked reasonably well, even with no lubrication and old batteries. I reckon with (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| "Eric Sophie" <mylegomaster@aol.com> wrote in message news:H9wyr6.9qz@lugnet.com... (...) looks like lego want to be sure that nobody will build really flying machine cause all other propellor have a pin hole instead axle hole :( so we are probably (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Have you considered using lubricant between the 1x 4 beam and axle? I know I did, many times, but never got around to do it. Do you think it might reduce the friction enough? (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Props for Hovercraft
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| (...) No, it only has one pin hole, and no axle holes. Why LEGO decided to do it that way I can't imagine - all previous sets (AFAIK) used the offset axle holes (present in the old 24t gears) to connect pistons, not the pin holes. IMO that part is a (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| "Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:H9xL37.JzI@lugnet.com... (...) hard to confess but i didn't know they are different :( thx tobbe pixel (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) This gives me an idea, it's not only servos I've aquired from the model airplane times... (...) There should be tons of info on the web, howstuffworks.com is the primary source I'd consider: (URL) good page: (URL) Tobbe good luck, I hope you (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Props for Hovercraft
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| (...) Nice design. Oh man, the design of the 24t gear at the back of this propeler is realy lame. That whole part is very un-legoish. 1) Perhaps you could use the old friction connector instead of the new one: i.e. part 4459 instead of part 2780. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| Question: Since I don't know what the z24 exactly looks like on the prop, is it just like the regular gear? Reason I say, I'm curious, because you could use the holes on the gear to pin another z24 to it and then you'd have a place to mount another (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Props for Hovercraft
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| (...) What about attaching another 24t along the same axis with a friction pin, then having an axle in that? You'd probably need to drive both to stop rotation at the friction pin. ROSCO (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| You inspired me to tinker a bit, but I am still unsuccessful. Putting gears around the z24 to help stabilize it is problematic because, at standard LEGO distances, there is sufficient space between the gears to allow the z24 (and the prop axle) to (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Props for Hovercraft
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| Ho Mark, This presents a significant problem. I always engineer my gear-trains to include a double "axle grab" on both sides of a gear so the gears flow smoothly. Without that extra stud worth to help anchor the Airscrew, yep could be a problem. But (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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