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Re: USS Duluth - Hull design innovation!
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lugnet.build.military
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Mon, 10 Mar 2003 02:31:36 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Ross Crawford writes:
> In lugnet.build.military, Richie Dulin writes:
> > 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....
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> 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....
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 (and curving inward) and joining at 90degrees (1x1's with
studs on all sides).
My thoughts on using Dan's approach would be to angle the two sides at 90
degrees or so at the bow, then gracefully curve aft from there. This doesn't
give much of a vertical angle to the bow, though.
I am convinced it has potential over SNOT, but it's going to be a while
before I can free up enought 1xn's to demonstrate it.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| (...) 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... (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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