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Forget Composites, Build an A380 with Legos

Will Horton
 on February 25, 2010 11:18 AM | | Comments () | TrackBacks (0) |
We were much excited to see Airbus's A350 XWB 3D cutaway model at last April's Aircraft Interiors show at Hamburg, but this model of an A380 competes on a very different level.

It's made out of Legos--and has a touch screen that can move the wheels and other parts.

Lego A380

Gizmodo says:
The PC program running on the touch screen controls eight Mindstorm NXT engines and six hitechnic servos, which in turn can retract the gear, open cargo doors, move the flaps, raise the air brakes, activate the landing lights, move the tail fin, and throttle the engines, among other actions.
More photos here.

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