How to Make a LEGO Fighter Jet
A fighter jet is an agile and powerful vehicle, and there are a number of different kinds of fighter jets in the world. If you like to work with LEGO, you can build your own model of one of these vehicles with a few basic pieces and some work. The model air fighter is a simple project with a number of options and additions you can make. Build your own fleet of aircraft out of LEGO.
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Things You'll Need
- assorted LEGO bricks
- LEGO wing pieces
- LEGO seat
- LEGO computer bricks
- LEGO Minifig (optional)
- LEGO canopy
Instructions
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Brainstorm and sketch your model aircraft. There are a number of fighter aircraft in the world, so choose one to base your device on.
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Build the bottom of the fuselage of your airplane. Use a series of upward angled bricks and plates to make a long, narrow boat shaped base. You can make the length and width whatever dimensions you would like them to be, and can make it wide or narrow enough to accommodate a pilot.
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Build a pair of wings. Wings should be roughly triangular in shape, using LEGO wing pieces. Depending on the design of your aircraft, you will need either a pair of front wings and a pair of stabilizers on the tail, or you may have a delta-wing design in which case the wings extend along the entire body of the aircraft.
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Assemble the cockpit of the aircraft. Put a seat in the cockpit, and a brick with computer components painted on the side in front of that. Some aircraft have two pilots inside the cockpit, one of whom is the co-pilot, whose seat is slightly elevated above the pilot. You can make this design if you would like.
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Seat your pilot or pilots in the cockpit of the aircraft.
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Build up the walls of the tail of the vehicle, and build an engine into the tail of the vehicle. Make the vehicle tall enough to accomodate the pilot(s).
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Attach a canopy over the cockpit. There are a number of different canopy styles which LEGO makes, find one which most fits your aircraft.
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Attach any accents or weapons you desire to the vehicle. Some jet fighters are equipped with machine guns and missiles.
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Tips & Warnings
There are some types of aircraft which use a "swing wing" design. This means that the wings tilt outward on a hinge, allowing it to switch from a delta-wing design to the more traditional fore- and aft-wings design associated with aircraft.
References
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- Photo Credit fighter jet image by FotoWorx from Fotolia.com
