Technic Baby Twin Otter (Seaplane) with Dizzying Amount of Features

Name of Model: Baby Twin Otter

Created by: Cpt. Postma

Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpt-postma/sets/72157625234088680/

Details: Apparently the most popular Technic creation at BrickCon this year (it also won a trophy at that event), this seaplane with a wingspan of nearly 5 feet (just over 1.5 meters) is modeled after a DeHavilland Twin Otter. I'm going to try to keep this short - although this hasn't been singled out post-documentation on any blogs, much has been said about it already. Here's the list of features from the flickr set above: Specifications: Wingspan 59.5 inch (151 cm) Length 43 inch (110 cm) Height 28 inch (71 cm) Weight 26.5 lbs (12 kg) Passengers 9 (incl. 2 Crew) Motors 5 Cylinders 6 Large, 3 Small Compressor 6 Cylinders Total Switches 3 Sensors 1 Touch, 2 Rotation Power 1 RCX, 2 Battery Packs Pieces 20 000 (estimated) Working Features: Elevators Rudder Ailerons Flaps Landing Gear (With Main Gear Suspension & Casting Nose Gear) Independently Variable Throttle Independently Variable Propeller Pitch Regulated Compressors in Engines Regulated Auxiliary Compressor Navigation Lights Beacon Light Passenger Entry Door Sliding Pilot Seats (allowing entry) Folding Wings The information above is for the flickr set, but there's actually more documentation for this model spread out across a few sites. For the long write up (by a Technic expert who didn't build this personally - I've briefly mentioned his Technicopedia a few times), you'll need to look at this post on the Eurobricks forum (of all places - we actually try to avoid linking to Eurobricks because of their set-news-leaking habits). There are also photos (again, by Blakbird instead of the builder) on Brickshelf in a BrickCon 2010 directory, not to mention two YouTube videos that were made by the builder. That's the extended reading when you're done with the 59 flickr photos linked above. For extra credit, write a report on that, create an LDRAW set of instructions for the plane, or build your own that's even larger, more detailed, or more functional.