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Re: USS Duluth - Hull design innovation!
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Mon, 10 Mar 2003 01:13:14 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Richie Dulin writes:
In lugnet.build.military, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.build.military, Daniel Siskind writes:

Feedback is appreciated!

WOW! That is cool! I am suspecting that this technique won't work well for
cargo ships, or other hulls that have a lot of bow curvature but for
cruisers and destroyers which knife through the water it works really well.

I think it would tend to work better than SNOT for wider, more rounded
hulls; SNOT works well for narrow and pointy designs with a flattening
curve, but gets very 'stepped' if you try to widen the hull too much without
adding a *lot* of length.

This technique though, gives the possibility of generating curves which
aren't linked to plates per number of studs. And modern freighters tend to
have less vertical flare than warships. It has huge possibilities....

You'd probably have to use hinges along the hull to get the more rounded
hulls, which would make the construction somewhat more complex. You can only
bend LEGO so far....

I'd be interested to see Dan's ideas for big flared hulls though...

ROSCO



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  Re: USS Duluth - Hull design innovation!
 
(...) True. I've experimented with very wide (32 stud) SNOT hulls (both for a modern tanker and a 19th century ship), but traditional SNOT just can't do it well. I then tried building the bow studs forward (curving back), and the sides studs outward (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)

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  Re: USS Duluth - Hull design innovation!
 
(...) I think it would tend to work better than SNOT for wider, more rounded hulls; SNOT works well for narrow and pointy designs with a flattening curve, but gets very 'stepped' if you try to widen the hull too much without adding a *lot* of (...) (22 years ago, 9-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)

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