Warmaker Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 LEGO CVN He even had the aircraft, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion21 Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Wow that thing is friggin huge!!! Very cool though! How'd he get it onto the water?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhyone Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Wow that thing is friggin huge!!! Very cool though!How'd he get it onto the water?!? It looks like it's at a river bank. Doesn't look like it'll float. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishimaru Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Holy sh!tknockers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Oh, you guys are so March 2006.. I'm starting to think there's nothing that we haven't discussed at least once already. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddhafabio Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 (edited) Oh, you guys are so March 2006..I'm starting to think there's nothing that we haven't discussed at least once already. Graham 410869[/snapback] yes graham it was but when it was first postedit was not finished those pics shown no bow (atleast i did not remember one) ands now it has one. Edited June 24, 2006 by buddhafabio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 that thing wins the entire internet. Man i'd be proud to have made just one f14, he's tossing them around like they're nothin. that thing is so incredibly impressive it's hurting me to think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightbat Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Wow that thing is friggin huge!!! Very cool though!How'd he get it onto the water?!? It looks like it's at a river bank. Doesn't look like it'll float. 410836[/snapback] Hmm, I don't know there must be someone here good in physics that can calculate if it's able to float Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddhafabio Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Wow that thing is friggin huge!!! Very cool though!How'd he get it onto the water?!? It looks like it's at a river bank. Doesn't look like it'll float. 410836[/snapback] Hmm, I don't know there must be someone here good in physics that can calculate if it's able to float 410902[/snapback] its all depending how hollow under the hanger deck he made it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobotFool Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Wow that thing is friggin huge!!! Very cool though!How'd he get it onto the water?!? It looks like it's at a river bank. Doesn't look like it'll float. 410836[/snapback] Hmm, I don't know there must be someone here good in physics that can calculate if it's able to float 410902[/snapback] still, as a leggo construct, wouldn't it be leaky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 do individual lego peices float or sink? I don't remember every playing with them in the water so i don't know. even so, i dont' think legos are able to make a water displacing hull on their own, doesn't it need to be smooth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullsixx Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 All I can say is... GNARLY!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightbat Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 do individual lego peices float or sink? I don't remember every playing with them in the water so i don't know.even so, i dont' think legos are able to make a water displacing hull on their own, doesn't it need to be smooth? 410922[/snapback] I believe some sank while others floated but if this guy were to glue the pieces together the stones would trap alot of air inside ....one does wonder how much water came out of that once it was taken out of the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghadrack Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Or like concrete boat docks, it could just have a few chunks of styrofoamfoam in the center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion21 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Oh, you guys are so March 2006..I'm starting to think there's nothing that we haven't discussed at least once already. Graham 410869[/snapback] Sorry Graham, before my time .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Oh, you guys are so March 2006..I'm starting to think there's nothing that we haven't discussed at least once already. Graham 410869[/snapback] Sorry Graham, before my time .... 411176[/snapback] Search is your friend. Still a good build though. The thing I can't figure out is for all the work he put into the ship, the planes are pretty meh looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beltane70 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I'm sure the planes would have looked much better if he used an even larger scale for the carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I think it would probably float... except it probably wouldn't be able to stay upright in the water. I mean, half of that thing is really made of air... legos are pretty much hollow after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Recent Lego ships that could float had a single-piece hull, as well as a special "ballast" brick or two installed low in the hull. However, early ones did have multi-piece hulls, but I don't know if they could inherently float---they had attachement points for individual motors and floatation devices below etc, it may be that the hull flooded but the add-on parts kept it from sinking. Very similar to many toy/model ships you see today, that have removable motors for display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I seriously doubt it floats. As has been said, LEGO bricks aren't air tight when they connect, so it'd rapidly fill up with water. And it'd roll over before it sank, because it's got a flat bottom and would be very top heavy. If you look at the pictures on brickshelf (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=126969), you can see he's got a platform underneath it in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion21 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Ok, so it doesn't float - that thing still looks way cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundown Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 (edited) I seriously doubt it floats. As has been said, LEGO bricks aren't air tight when they connect, so it'd rapidly fill up with water. And it'd roll over before it sank, because it's got a flat bottom and would be very top heavy. If you look at the pictures on brickshelf (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=126969), you can see he's got a platform underneath it in the water. 411291[/snapback] I've played with legos enough in the bathtub as a kid to know that they do float. Even though the bricks aren't airtight, the air bubble stays in the cell pretty well because the opening is below the empty air pocket, and the air becomes trapped in the brick. Depending on how it's balanced, it might not stay upright, however. And it's possible that I've remembered totally wrong. Edited July 1, 2006 by Sundown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Oh, you guys are so March 2006..I'm starting to think there's nothing that we haven't discussed at least once already. 410869[/snapback] I'm sure there is. It's probably something decidedly non-nerdy, like a major sporting event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Wow, that's sick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion21 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Oh, you guys are so March 2006..I'm starting to think there's nothing that we haven't discussed at least once already. 410869[/snapback] I'm sure there is. It's probably something decidedly non-nerdy, like a major sporting event. 412876[/snapback] Ha ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kin Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 (edited) wow coooool!.. Yeah I'm sure it's gonna float.. imagine how hollow a piece of lego brick can be. I remember I used to have a red lego ship a long time ago... it floats but I lost the lower parts with a couple of weights to keep the ship from capsizing. Edited July 3, 2006 by Kin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neptunesurvey Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 wow coooool!..Yeah I'm sure it's gonna float.. imagine how hollow a piece of lego brick can be. I remember I used to have a red lego ship a long time ago... it floats but I lost the lower parts with a couple of weights to keep the ship from capsizing. 413267[/snapback] I still have the police patrol boat. Mine came with a red keel weight. It must be nice having the space to store that thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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