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Re: Anyone have any luck making a successful floating boat?
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:04:05 GMT
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Alex Wetmore <alex@phred.orgSPAMLESS>
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From: Erik Eckhardt <esquared@antispam.jps.net>
> 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 apart and the
> center of gravity of the boat is low. There is unfortunately no
> dihedral effect when the boat tilts so I think it's possible the
> COG has to be below the floats.
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 come with the same piece (or
something similar), but if they do it would work well for this purpose.
alex
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