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(...) Any other pictures? I'm interested in seeing the elevator at work. Suggestions: -try to make a way for the crew to go from the cockpit to the rear section without having to go "outside." That's a real building challenge that I'd like to try. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) layout. (...) I couldn't think of a clean way while keeping the articulation. I sketching a new, more compact one without an articulation joint. (...) Actually, that was part of the design. A good portion of the floor space was dedicated to my (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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<snip> (...) Actually, what I was trying to say, is that it doesn't look "real-life" enough. A real-life vehicle with that kind of weight on a joint that small would snap it like a twig. Personally, I'd have twice as many wheel assemblies anyway, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I don't know. Gravity on the planet this GSV is surveying may be weaker than on the Earth. Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (24 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) OK, well you've got me there. How about a super high-strength alloy? :-) Just as a side note, I've posted the .DAT file for the chassis in the .Ideas group: (URL) model is by far incomplete, but gives some idea of what was running around (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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