Lego Education Renewable Energy Add-On Set 9688

[DLuders]

semiaiceyam posted this

of the Lego Education Renewable Energy Add-On Set 9688. It features some BIG, curved blades:

I downloaded the 76-page PDF Building Instructions (14.8 MB) to see if the 89509 "White Propeller 1 Blade 14L with Two Pin Holes and Four Axles" had the mysterious LEGO PART NUMBER, so that I could get JUST THE BLADES from Lego Customer Service. There aren't any of these available for sale (yet) on Bricklink. Alas, the number is not listed, but maybe somebody could buy JUST THE BLADES to make more air cars, like

from Barebos:

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I've seen this before, and I've got to say, it's a cool concept, but I think Lego should do more to promote these renewable energy sets.

BTW, that blade is available in LDD, just to let you know.

[DLuders]

On this Flickr photostream, Matija Grguric photographed this LEGO MINDSTORMS Zeppelin AIRSHIP displayed at the LEGO World 2011 event in Copenhagen, Denmark. The big, white turbine blades are shown. The balloons are filled with helium, so the airship could fly around the room without a tether! See the Flickr video here.

Edited February 20, 2011 by DLuders

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On this Flickr photostream, Matija Grguric photographed this LEGO MINDSTORMS Zeppelin AIRSHIP displayed at the LEGO World 2011 event in Copenhagen, Denmark. The big, white turbine blades are shown. The balloons are filled with helium, so the airship could fly around the room without a tether! See the Flickr video here.

Oohhh would really like to build such machine. Do you know how "smart" it was? As there are acceleration/tilt sensor, compass sensor and gyro sensor available from HiTechnic I guess it could be incredible.