A couple months ago I watched “World’s Toughest Fixes” with the kids. The particular episode involved the installation of the boilers at a solar plant in the desert. It got me thinking, I should build a solar death ray at some point. So I went over to Michael’s and picked up a bag of 24 1″ mirrors and opened up my lego box. Today, it was finally sunny enough to conduct the first test. Using a piece of paper to cover groups of mirrors, I aimed the exposed ones into my “boiler”. Once they were all aligned, the Solar Collector Mk24 was fully operational.
And it worked too! I could feel the heat when I put my hand at the focal point, but it was still a little overcast. A few moments later however, the haze cleared and I noticed one piece in the boiler starting to warp.
Next step, to build SC Mk48. Time to head to the Lego store for more parts…
Sweet.