new video of Boeing's Trent engine for the T7

[steve howlett 137]

found this while looking for news on the T7.seriously powerful engine test.

 

steve-0

 

http://gizmodo.com/5925061/watch-the-152455+piece-lego-rolls+royce-engine-in-action

[FlyVFR 58]

Nice video! Thanks for sharing.

 

This raises one question every time I see technical Lego sculptures.

When are Legos are no longer called Legos. I have never seen Lego pieces is any of those shapes. It looks like a rudimentary plastic sculpture with millions of Lego bumps sticking out.

[steve howlett 137]

looks nothing like the lego i used to make when i was a kid..

 

steve-0

[Guest Ps762]

Hi!

 

Nice link. Thanks. I wonder if Rolls Royce sponsered it or bought it. I'm not really sure it would send the right message if they put it in their headquaters lobby. Anyway I would be seriously worried if I was on a 777 and saw that when I looked out of the window!

 

Many thanks.

 

Pierre

[Cessnaflyer 56]

Speaking of Lego structures.

 

http://youtu.be/qR2YqMrS_pM

 

I love James May! I wish we could see him more on BBC America.

[Guest Ps762]

Speaking of Lego structures.

 

I love James May! I wish we could see him more on BBC America.

 

That's cool. I live near Dorking and go to that vinyard a lot.

 

Many thanks.

 

Pierre

[japascoe 97]

Hi!

 

Nice link. Thanks. I wonder if Rolls Royce sponsered it or bought it. I'm not really sure it would send the right message if they put it in their headquaters lobby. Anyway I would be seriously worried if I was on a 777 and saw that when I looked out of the window!

 

Many thanks.

 

Pierre

 

RR sponsored it, in fact a team of 8 of their employees (trainee engineers and apprentices by the sounds of it), were responsible for getting it built, though the actual building was done by 'professional lego builders' (who apparently exist ).

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk...yshire-18876537

[Guest Ps762]

Hi Japascoe!

 

Thanks for the link. The article was interesting but even more so was the link to this article about a gliding club:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-18944821

 

It says they need £50,000 + £170,000 = £220,000 for a new hanger!! I used to go to the Surrey Hills Gliding club near me and they had a (soft) hanger which held maybe 6 gliders perfectly safely and would have cost maybe £5000-10,000 max. I expect. Are these people living on another planet!

 

Many thanks.

 

Pierre

[Raindance 25]

Building giant things out of Lego is getting old, but I wonder if anyone has ever built a giant Lego brick out of Lego?