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Message #02746



To: Nicholas Smith nik@resourcekt.co.uk
From: Chiu-Yuan Fang chiumanfu@home.com
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 16:58:30 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Flying BEAMers?


http://www.plantraco.com/

Chiu

Nicholas Smith wrote:
>
> Yep I have! I got myself a radio controled "UFO", well really it was an 36"
> foil envolope balloon filled with helium with two small duct fans on the
> bottom mail order from some company in canada (shipped to england) for about
> 50 quid.
> All I did was connect its two fans to a photopopper, glued the solarcell to
> the top and tie it to a bit of thin fishing line (trust me the line IS
> needed) and my "UFO" was soon flying arround on its own.
> Sorry, I can't remember what the company was called but I do remember they
> had a website (I will send you the URL as soon as I find it)
> Adios.
> Nik.
>
> >Has anyone created a flying BEAM robot yet? I am working on a design
> >and was wonderng if anyone out there has had any success. It wouldn't
> >be capable of sustained flight of course... Then it could fly away!

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Chiu-Yuan Fang
chiumanfu@home.com
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