X-Wing Fighter Soapbox Derby Car

Posted by Alex in Auto & Transportation, Crafts, Pictures, Science Fiction on May 25, 2011 at 10:26 am

The Force is strong with Instructables user The Papier Boy. He created this geekariffic soapbox derby car shaped like the X-Wing Fighter for the 2011 Nazareth Adult Soapbox Derby.

Check it out here: Link – via Laughing Squid

Previously on Neatorama: How to Make an X-Wing Fighter with Office Supplies

 
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How to Make an X-Wing Fighter with Office Supplies

Posted by John Farrier in Entertainment, Science Fiction on May 13, 2011 at 3:38 pm

Instructables user spookylean, who previously taught us how to turn an Altoids tin into a martini kit, now shows us how to make a model of an X-Wing fighter using common office supplies. You’ll need a chisel Sharpie, two large and two small binder clips, a SM card, four pens, four brass fasteners, a pencil sharpener, hot glue, and poster putty.

Link via Walyou

 
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X-Wing Fighter Rocket

Posted by Alex in Film, Pictures on October 5, 2007 at 2:50 am

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first Star Wars movie, Polecat Aerospace built a 21 foot (6.4 m) long rocket shaped like an X-Wing Fighter! And they’re going to launch it in two days…

We decided to make the project to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first Star Wars movie. Our club members are making several Star Wars based projects to fly at Plaster Blaster VI, or Plaster Wars.

We decided to make the project challenging in several ways. The first is just the massive size of the rocket. It is over 21′ long, with a wingspan of over 19′. We opted to use a cluster of four motors to emulate the "real" X-wing, and positioned the motors in the wing pods. The real challenge was to make the wings move in flight, from the "attack" position, or extended to the "landing" position, or folded. This proved to be quite a mechanical feat.

Link | More at Plaster WarsThanks Eugenio Martínez Sierra and Robert N.!

 
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