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I've built a recreational space craft: (URL) envision it sort of as a sailplane for outer space...powered by solar wind or solar power. Does anyone have a good idea for a name for the model? For all you artists out there, I'd also like a critique on (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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Awesome! I really like the canopy design, I have never seen a canopy mounted on a 45 slope before. pat J (...) or (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Well I personally like the idea of the model being part of a racing league. If it was then you could maybe name it on these grounds. You could take in to consideration the manufacturer of the ship, the racing team name, and even the pilot. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) I was thinking along similar lines...sort of a regatta competitor, but that still doesn't give me any specific ideas for names :/ (...) Go right ahead! (...) Swift or Swallow, maybe, but I don't really like either of those names... (...) Might (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) How strong are those wings, held on by only two studs? Alan (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) ...Quite elegant looking :-) nice! I like the way the 'wings' are attached, I may just have to borrow that idea and see what I can do about it :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) They actually stay on quite well. However, when attaching the wings, you have to hold the model steady because with just one wing, it's very unbalanced. I wouldn't try to hold the model by one wing, but then again, you wouldn't do that for (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) I'll need to dig out my Oldfield CDs this evening. The first Tubular Bells and "To France" are some of my favorites. I still like to play "To France" every once in a while when I get the urge to tickle the ivories. Listen well, Andreas Stabno (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hey, I like that name! I just might call it that. Thanks! (...) I have built it. It does work :) (...) Yeah, I played with a lens flare glare off of the canopy, but it didn't look great. I'm afraid if I place a sun in the picture, the lighting (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) wind or (...) Heh, as soon as I saw you picture I was reminded of the name "Sunjammer". You see on Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells 2" album there's a track called "Sunjammer". I always thought it would be a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Do you have Photoshop? You can place a lens flare anywhere and also adjust the brightness. If you don't, you could email me a pic and I could drop one on it for you. ~Mark (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) I have Photoshop on a CD that I lost :/ I used Corel PhotoPaint, which has all the same features as Photoshop, to play with the lens flare (not only can I choose the brightness, I can also choose the lens type!)[1]. Right now I'm rendering the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Wow, Bram. That ship is magnificent (but by now we expect nothing less from you!)--and the wing mount is very inventive; I like it a lot. A couple questions: does the geometry really work that conveniently in the "real built world," and do (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) (sorry to reply to myself: I just saw this question had come up in the one reply I hadn't read yet. Figures! ;) ) LFB (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Your ship also resembles my vision of a "'thopter" from Frank Herbert's Dune series... Very cool....I wonder if I have the parts to build one?.... hmmmm (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Holy Dingo's Kidneys, you're right! (1) It looks dead-on to what an ornithopter should look like. And I just happen to be reading Dune again, anyway... :-, Cheers, - jsproat 1. At Sproat Labs, we're always trying to invent a better "me too". (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com> wrote in message news:20000413.215143...uno.com... (...) There's interest here. Can you explain more about what you did and how to use it in an L3P'd file? -John Van (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) I read part of Dune, but I don't remember the description of the 'thopters... (...) Thanks! I'll post a DAT file to cad.dat.models so you can see if you have the parts. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) I'm flattered! (...) Creates a problem if I ever build something you consider mediocre... (...) Thanks, I like it too. I spent forever wondering how I would make the wings at an interesting angle. (...) Any pictures? Reminds me, I need to get (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) It's rare that I can come up with such a detailed and multi-angled model without building it first. After all, building a model IRL is much more fun than assembling it virtually only... About the wing strength--you can only pick the model up (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Here's what I did: in MS-DOS, in the LGEO directory, I typed dir *.inc > lgeo.txt I opened the text file in Excel to grab the column of available part files. I reopened the text file and separated "lg_", the part #, and ".inc" into three (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) OK, I added some lens flares: (URL) one looks best? Are the flares too big? Too bright? Badly placed? TIA, --Bram (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) I quite like both lens2 and lens3. I'd say "bigger sun" but you're probably right about lighting anomalies. On another note, I've never understood the fascination many people have with using those space (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Nah, we'll just ascribe it to an impostor. ;) (...) It paid off! I'm still going back to the .jpgs and marvelling at the way it looks. Have you thought about doubling one of the struts, to make it a triangular support geometry? (...) No, no (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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