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1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by ncmncm »

I will always upvote this.

My brother worked out the landing gear articulation, with mechanical locking; previous Boeings had complicated hydraulic valving to make the gear stop moving at the bottom, with the failure mode that it immediately folds back in.

Here's hoping some of the 777s are chosen for hydrogen-fuel conversion. A 2-4 year job for a dozen A/Ps, by my guess. Aerogel-insulated LH2 tank amidships, all new fuel piping, new or reconfigured engines, for tens of tons more payload, and ultimately all wind- and solar-powered.

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by p_l »

ishi wrote: post #32

Building paper airplane models was a very popular hobby in Israel (and probably other countries) during the 1960's. Each issue of the Israeli Air Force Journal came with a model which you would painstakingly cut and glue. Here are some examples of what these models looked like: http://starry-side.com/wpe/wordpress/index.php/2019/08/08/ol... Of course, this guy is on a whole different level of detail and dedication (p…

Was also very popular in communist era Poland, including people extending the paper models to be capable of self-propelled taxiing and certain set of "moveable" features implemented as extras.

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by anonymousiam »

aiisahik wrote: post #42

Someone get this guy a job at Boeing. He seems like a better engineer than some of the people making real planes.

What do you have against him? After having worked at Boeing for 35 years, I would never recommend it to anyone I cared about.

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by omarchowdhury »

anonymousiam wrote: post #45
aiisahik wrote: post #42

Someone get this guy a job at Boeing. He seems like a better engineer than some of the people making real planes.

What do you have against him? After having worked at Boeing for 35 years, I would never recommend it to anyone I cared about.

Why not? Tell us your story.

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by malkia »

p_l wrote: post #44
ishi wrote: post #32

Building paper airplane models was a very popular hobby in Israel (and probably other countries) during the 1960's. Each issue of the Israeli Air Force Journal came with a model which you would painstakingly cut and glue. Here are some examples of what these models looked like: http://starry-side.com/wpe/wordpress/index.php/2019/08/08/ol... Of course, this guy is on a whole different level of detail and dedication (p…

Was also very popular in communist era Poland, including people extending the paper models to be capable of self-propelled taxiing and certain set of "moveable" features implemented as extras.

Same thing in Bulgaria. One good side of "communism" was free modeling clubs for kids like me, so we've got rocket modelling (made 2, even 3 phase rockets while 3rd-4th grade), plane modelling (balsa wood, rice paper, etc.) - all for free - you pay for neither materials, nor courses, later it was computers (that's how I got into them). Before that also slot cars racing, ship modelling, there was even knot-making club (our city is on the black sea, so makes sense - future sailors!)

I mean, even if communism is evil, there were some good things - way overpay, or pay anything for clubs that should've been free to begin with and get kids into them... It doesn't take much to support them compared to many other things...

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