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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 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Geological Survey Vehicle —Mark Sandlin
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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, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | Re: Geological Survey Vehicle —Hao-yang Wang
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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 (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | Re: Geological Survey Vehicle —Duane Hess
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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