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Re: Another space render...
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lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:13:03 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.ray, Bram Lambrecht writes:
I've built a recreational space craft:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3434
I 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 the composition.
Any suggestions?
--Bram

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



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  Re: Another space render...
 
(...) 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)
  Re: Another space render...
 
(...) 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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  Another space render...
 
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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