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Subject:	Re: Anyone have any luck making a successful floating boat?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:56:25 GMT
Original-From:	Alex Wetmore <alex@AVOIDSPAMphred.org>
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From: Clay Aucoin <caucoin@cruiseshoppes.com> > Another was to put a plastic bag at the bottom of the plates. This got me > thinking that maybe there could be a way to create a sort of "tube" and • blow up > a small balloon inside of it????? If you are willing to use non-lego pieces then just use a couple of 20oz soda bottles filled with air and sealed. They are essentially free. alex -- Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics

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		Re: Anyone have any luck making a successful floating boat?
Actually, if this is your idea, i used to play w/water rockets when i was a kid, but i don't know if any1 still sells them. It is a light plastic rocket about 4-12" long, filled halfway w/water, & pumped w/air from the bottom, & then launched by (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: Anyone have any luck making a successful floating boat?
(...) Some complications i would see w/this is that #1, u would have to use it immediately after pumping because there is no way to stop the air-flow (unless u could cork it w/a needle or something). #2, it will probably not propell the boat evenly. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: Anyone have any luck making a successful floating boat?
A few came back. One was to use the pnuematic air tanks, sounds good but: 1. the only way to get them is to buy complete usually expensive) sets. 2. they probably wouldn't allow the boat to go very fast. Another was to put a plastic bag at the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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