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    Re: Anyone have any luck making a successful floating boat? —Erik Eckhardt
   (...) I've considered using empty air tanks from pneumatic LEGO sets as sort of 'pontoons'... my one quick test of this so far was too top-heavy (I only have three air tanks), but it seems like it should work, as long as the floats are far enough (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Anyone have any luck making a successful floating boat? —Alex Wetmore
   From: Erik Eckhardt <esquared@antispam.jps.net> (...) When I was a kid Lego boats came with a large keel piece which was quite heavy (filled with iron or lead?) and effective at putting the CoG below the water line. I don't know if the current boats (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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