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In lugnet.cad.dat.models, Axel Poqué wrote:
> Just in case no-one noticed: my rover folds the wrong way. The Apollo Lunar
> Rover is folded so that the outside of the stowed package is the bottom of
> the rover (mine is the other way round). This can be seen at
> www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/a15.lrvdep.mov. This is a 4.8 Mb
> time lapse movie of the actual Apollo 15 rover deployment. If I find out how
> to do this (while still having a stable, playable model) I'll post an
> update.
Thanks for the link. It's a bit funny, when the front (back?) wheels pop out.
But a cool video, just what I had been looking for yesterday (I haven't had a
chance to follow the information provided on lugnet.off-topic.fun).
> As for other Apollo hardware, I've contemplated about building a LM, but
> there are still to many open questions, so don't hold your breath. I don't
> have enough (or the right pieces either). The Saturn rocket is only a crazy
> dream right now. Just consider the dimensions:
>
> If you use 5 stacked standard bricks as a scale, taking that height as 2
> meters
> then the model will be 2.665 meters high (Saturn V height: 111 m) and 25
> cm in
> diameter.
>
> If you take the width of a 2 x 4 brick to be 1 m (minifig's are a bit
> squat), the model
> will even be 3.55 m tall and 32 cm in diameter.
In a project like, you should feel free to use a bit of selective compression.
Seriously! The interesting bits are the engines at the bottom of the stages,
and the payload at the top. Everything else is just a big tube.
> I really don't have enough bricks for a model this size. Although I might
> try something in MLCAD, given the information from
> http://www.apollosaturn.com
That'd be fun.
> For an Apollo rocket and launchpad (although not minigfig scale), check out
> the following pictures from an old ideabook on brickshelf
> http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/0000/0241/0241-16.html and
> http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/0000/0241/0241-17.html
:)
> Be sure to visit the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal at
> www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj and NASA's history pages
> at www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History . For non-NASA information about
> Apollo go to
> http://www.apollosaturn.com
:):) I'm reading through this stuff, as I have time.
Steve
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