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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 17:18:49 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Scott Sanburn writes:
> Trevor,
>
> > :^)
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4706
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> > Whady'all think? Will it do?
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> It looks awesome, Trevor. Excellent job!
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> > 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...
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> Will that fit in your trunk? ; )
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> It looks really good, ar eyou going to have a staircase going up it or anything?
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> Scott S.
> --
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
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