The Needle

oz, 2019-04-28

The Needle is what you assemble and fly when you do not have the funding for a UniPod. Less pilot comfort, less armor, less weapons and fewer docking slots. It still gets the job done.

Instructions (includes part list)

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The Needle: diagonal front view, fully assembled with cockpit, cargo pod and engine The Needle: diagonal rear view, fully assembled with cockpit, cargo pod and engine The Needle: profile view without cargo pod

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The design shows some compromises made due to running out of suitable bricks due to having built the Mosquito, Wedge, UniPod before. It was originally intended to be the cockpit for the "Square Falcon".

The real Needle: compact configuration Photo of the real Needle: with cargo pod opened The real Needle: standing upright on the Wedge engine The real Needle with the UniPod engine attached The real Needle in compact configuration with UniPod utility wing attached The real Needle in full UniPod configuration The real Needle as cockpit pod for the Square Falcon The real Needle with Square Falcon wings