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Re: Space stations?
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:57:42 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Tom McDonald writes:
> In lugnet.space, Jacob Sparre Andersen writes:
> > Tom McDonald:
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> > > > > I am all for a space station. Who delivers a starting module
> > > > > with docking options for other modules.
> > >
> > > Wow. You mean establishing a docking standard so that our
> > > MOC's could actually link/dock assuming we ever meet IRL?
> > > That's cool and worth a few pictures when it ever happens.
> >
> > I must admit that I consider Steve's docking ports[1] _the_
> > standard, but yes.
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> I like Steve's design and must build one and study it. His pocket door is very
> nice, though I hafta admit that the pocket door system on the M3 is only 2
> studs wide rather than Steve's 3. At www.baylug.org/titan/pw/m3.htm see the
> new links at the bottom of the M3 module page where you can download a basic
> M3 DAT (and/or the observation module), so you can examine that docking port
> which includes a sliding door model and a flip door for those applications
> that need it. All doors are currently in a working M3 model.
I haven't built a fully working model yet, but have played with the mating
slopes on either side of the door. I found that to get a good mate between
the two sides, the female portion must be one plate taller than the male. In
doing so, the alignment of the hole/pin is thrown off by 1/2 a plate.
> What might be in order here is maybe a sort of compromise/combination, a new
> door entirely, or just a decision one way or the other denoting which is
> "official". I don't mind whichever way the wind blows here. I'd love a
> discussion of "making the perfect docking port". Of course there can be more
> than one kind of docking port too. So far this kind only looks like a
> personnel type, and even lighter duty at that.
We might as well start off on the right foot.
> > I would probably build my modules with more than one kind of
> > docking port, just to make sure a connection is possible.
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> I suppose there should be a small cargo docking port (CDP) standard as well.
> Perhaps anything larger would require special construction (and therefore
> would be a big deal).
How about cargo bays? What size should we look at here? Should they be
accessed by a docking port, or should they be a "fly-in" type?
> Of course adapter "rings" or segments adapting one docking system to another
> could be made, but that's not as neat and tidy.
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> -Tom McD.
> when replying, Hogan's Heroes always bribed Schultz with spamcake.
-Duane
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| (...) Oops. Erg. This is not easily resolved. Drat. The indented/extended portions could be changed to use bricks and tiles, instead of slopes. Or we could keep the surfaces flat, like the M3 port. Steve (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I like Steve's design and must build one and study it. His pocket door is very nice, though I hafta admit that the pocket door system on the M3 is only 2 studs wide rather than Steve's 3. At www.baylug.org/titan/pw/m3.htm see the new links at (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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