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Re: Lunar Rover (foldable)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:39:27 GMT
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Does anyone have a pointer to a website with details of *how* the Lunar Rover
folded (and was stowed in the LM)? I did some preliminary searching, and found
some great Apollo information (that I intend to go back to and reread in depth),
but only superficial references to transportation & packaging of the LR on its
trips to the Moon.
Steve
In lugnet.cad.dat.models, Axel Poqué wrote:
> This is a variation of my original lunar rover. The Apollo Lunar Rover (LRV)
> had to be folded for stowing it in the Lunar Module (LM) due to space
> considerations. I was able to make this work, but unlike the original I had
> to use two sets of hinges to make this work.
>
> The drawbacks are:
> - the rover is still to big (this one's even 1 stud longer)
> - two hinge points instead of one
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> If you want to see how it works select LRFolded.dat as active model (this is
> an MPD).
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> Now the only thing I have to do is building a Lunar Module to put the rover
> into :-)
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| (...) [begin computer voice]Working...[end computer voice] Great challenge, Steve. I wish you had asked (or I had seen the quesion) earlier; my son was at the Huntsville Space & Rocket Center last week and could have checked there. I thought it was (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Lunar Rover (foldable) [DAT]
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| This is a variation of my original lunar rover. The Apollo Lunar Rover (LRV) had to be folded for stowing it in the Lunar Module (LM) due to space considerations. I was able to make this work, but unlike the original I had to use two sets of hinges (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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