Posted on 07/31/2005 1:19:25 PM PDT by KMB
1. brunette is heterozygous dominant
2. you are really racking up the 00s
Okay. Are shopping for one and trying to find a good one or do you have one and are trying to intsall it?
Thanks...but I would give up all the 00's for a 000!
I don't know what that big word is, but I got the connection between "brunette" and "dominant" so I'm good to go...;o]
I'm planning to make a 1:10 scale working model of a David Drake fiction called a hover-tank
it has eight fan nacelles, and its thrust and steering as described in the books are going to be interesting-to-impossible to accurately model... which is why I want to try.
I'm an idiot that way.
"hetero" (different or other) "zygous" (having paired genetic alleles) = "heterozygous" (having paired but genetically different alleles)
Welcome to the club. I am making ZIS-5 and ZIS-6 trucks from scratch in 1/72 scale (these are going to be complete, faithful and terribly small replicas).
Ah...keep that up and pretty soon, I'll be as smart as you are!!! LOL!
;o]
(Thanks, again!)
why the HELL would you make a 1/72 scale TRUCK???
Diorama elements?
I imagine having a Doc for a Mom would be a unique experience.
Okay, do you have a questimate as to what the tare weight of the critter will be? It doesn't have to be exact, just a good ballpark estimate. That total weight estimate will help determine which fans whould be best.
Viking kung fu is strong.
Yes, it is! I've traced part of my ancestry back to the Viks, and it's really fun trying to pronounce some of the names.
Yes, I am working-up a small scale diorama of an PAVNAF airfield and ZIS-5s and ZIS-6s were pretty common in the DRVN. I took a crapload of photographs when I visited the PAVNAF Museum in Hanoi. Also, I am making masters so that I can moulds to produce more from resin (I have a few WWII dioramas in 1/72 scale in mind).
from what I can gather from the books, the fan rotor diameter is 100cm. so, at 1:10 it would be 10cm or @3"
THAT sets the baseline for the fan I need, and thus the electric motors, thence the batteries, etc...
I need HARD DIMENSIONS to begin designing around, y'dig?
"tare weight"???
note: this thing is supposed to operate in ground-effect: it does not fly.
the full-scale beast weighs 170 metric tonnes
particularly THIS Doc
Even if it will operate in ground effect, you will need a good guesstimate of the "all up" weight so that you neither use a fan that is overpowered or underpowered.
Also, you may want to use electric DFs just to simplify installation and operation.
oh, don't doubt it - this thing is definitely going to be electric, not I.C.E.
the major weight will be the batteries and the motors
the hull and turret will be hard-shelled foam
assume that overpowered is preferred: I'd rather have to throttle down than never have the bugger move.
Okay. Do you think that it will weigh over ten pounds? The fact that you intend to use a polymer foam will definitely keep weight low.
A good brushless motor, fan, and duct combination can be had for $100 or less per unit. In that price range, you can buy units with an individual thrust of 20 oz.
I suppose I should mock up this beast, throw in a motorcycle battery, and use that as a basic weight estimate...
the hull is approximately .9m X .5m x .2m high
what does that translate to in foam-weight?
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