Re: Vtols on variable height bases.

That's a good idea, creating a set of different length brass sleeves.

Thank you.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Acord" <acord@imagiware.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: Vtols on variable height bases.

> Robin Fitton wrote:
> > I considered a couple of very
> > small close fitting brass rods, but getting the perfect fit would be
> > difficult.
> 
> Actually a decent hobby store will have various sizes of brass rods 
> which will fit quite nicely inside each other, in round and square 
> cross-sections.
> 
> I have used square cross-section rods for mounting some mini
spaceships. 
>   I take about a half inch of a rod and mount it in the bottom of the 
> mini, and I take a length of the next size up and mount it on a base. 
> The small rod on the mini fits perfectly in the larger rod on the
base, 
> and since they're square the ship doesn't rotate on the (hex) base 
> (obviously one must take care to make sure everything is aligned so
the 
> ship doesn't end up pointing in some "weird" direction).
> 
> I think I used 1/16 and 3/32 inch sizes, not sure off hand though.
> 
> ANYWAY, you could do something similar for your VTOLS; take a short 
> length of brass rod, put it in the mini's mounting hole.  Take a
length 
> of the same size rod, put it on a base.  Then just use varying lengths

> of the next size up and swap them in and out to change the height of
the 
> VTOL.
> 
> [Warning: bad ASCII diagram follows.]
> 
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> You could make, say, 1", 2", and 3" height adjustors for different 
> height modes.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> --Jerry Acord
>