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Re: Communications dish for 'Contraption' colony.
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lugnet.org.us.michlug
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Wed, 30 May 2001 14:21:25 GMT
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Trevor,
> :^)
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4706
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> Whady'all think? Will it do?
It looks awesome, Trevor. Excellent job!
> That big white thing at the back is the counter weight! (the white sloped
> bricks and the transiever dome add quite a bit of weight)
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> I can bring the dish more in line with the ground, but it wants pull bricks
> apart. I suppose I could do better if I put more effore into it, but I
> think this does the job nicely. And at the angle shown it is very well
> balanced and the dish doesn't want to roll onto the ground. I can even
> rotate the dish to be pointed straight up.
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> Comments....critisms...
Will that fit in your trunk? ; )
It looks really good, ar eyou going to have a staircase going up it or anything?
Scott S.
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| (...) I was thinking about that. It is supposed to be based off the array dishes you see in Contact and 2010 (same ones in real life). :^) But we will have to keep it pointed high since the forward weight of the dish is a lot due to the bricks. Trev (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | Communications dish for 'Contraption' colony.
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| :^) (URL) think? Will it do? That big white thing at the back is the counter weight! (the white sloped bricks and the transiever dome add quite a bit of weight) I can bring the dish more in line with the ground, but it wants pull bricks apart. I (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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