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This has probably turned up before, but I wanted to know how people recommend
that closing airlocks should be created. I may not use any of your ideas, but I
would like to know what techniques there are. I am interested particularly in
airlocks that can be opened from the inside (realistically, by minifigs); affect
the outside more than the inside and allow spaceships to dock with others (this
is for a spaceship model). Examples from previous MOCs would be appreciated. I
am also interested in interior airlocks (that don't obstruct the minifigs
inside).
Peter
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| (...) As cool as the 8x8 radar dish hatches look, placing them so they swing outwards is a major engineering mistake, since you'd have higher pressure pushing it open instead of closed. Of course, that's just a hatch, not a full airlock. I think the (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| Hi Peter, Here's an airlock I came up with. The pics are in sequence as the minifig enters the airlock, steps on the rotating plateform, and exits the airlock into the ship: (3 URLs) Basically, the airlock is a half-cylinder piece on a turntable. (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Well, there's always this: (URL) been able to modify it to use a 6 x 6 radar dish instead of the 4 x 4. I don't have instructions, but and MPD can be found here: (URL) alternative that I have done can be found here: (URL) The pictures leave a (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) The (URL) Tribunal> has 3 different types of airlocks. There's the sealing door airlock that uses martian arms as a double-hinge mechanism to allow the door to seat into the frame: (URL) There's the standard plate hinge door that is used all (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| In addition to the cool circular airlock that Dan Jassim posted, here's one from Chris Maddison a couple of years ago: (URL) message> and (URL) Folder>. James Wilson Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| I don't really have good pictures of the ones I built, but it's got an inner door that swings inward and an outer hatch that attached to the standard moonbase flange. Corridor w/ Inner door: (URL) Airlock Assy: (URL) Airlock Assy: (...) (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| Here's one of my favorites. It's not an airlock per se, but a hatch that closes flush and doesn't take up much space. Could easily be the outside door of an airlock. It's (URL) Todd Trotter's Sighthound Recon>. James Wilson Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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