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Re: Help set a LEGO world record this weekend!
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Sun, 17 Jul 2005 15:38:39 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Here’s some Day 2 pictures of the world record US flag build attempt at the
2005 OC Fair.
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That’s really cool. I was sort of surprised to see the stars attached rather
than embedded in the layers but I guess a lot of early flags (sewn) have stars
sewn on...
How is the flag going to be supported, it seems like it would put a lot of
bending moment on the flag pole...
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| (...) Larry- We initially planned to embed the stars, but a number of reasons converged to make overlaying them the best choice: Since we put a wave in the surface, the union is not flat and embedded stars would have been more complex. We wanted to (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: Help set a LEGO world record this weekend!
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| Here’s some Day 2 pictures of the world record US flag build attempt at the 2005 OC Fair. Stripe #7 is the first to have the blue union (sometimes called the canton) and stars. To precisely locate the star centers, we used a horizontal measuring (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX) !
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