Re: Vtols on variable height bases.

It's terribly fiddly.

Roger Books

On 29-Apr-03 at 08:41, Robin Fitton (robin@robinf.com) wrote:
> 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.]
> > 
> > 
> > VTOL
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> > ||||
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> > |  |
> > |  |
> > ||||
> > ||||
> > ====
> > 
> > 
> > You could make, say, 1", 2", and 3" height adjustors for different 
> > height modes.
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > --Jerry Acord
> >