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Re: Pictures of large Blacktron lander cockpit
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:48:44 GMT
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That looks great!
One question, though... how do you attach the quarter dome to the base,
since it's at 45 degrees to the perpendicular? I've always wondered this
since I saw the
M-Tron 6989 Mega Core Magnetizer.
I like the arrangement of the crew... is there a command structure there, or
is it just three pilots?
~Mark
In lugnet.space, Patrick Justison writes:
> There has been some recent discussion here about the design of
> cockpits. As a result I felt inspired to start work on a large
> blacktron Lander that I have been planning for a while. I started
> naturally enough with the cockpit, which will reside on the front of the
> ship hanging on the top half. I have some design sketches, I'll try to
> scan & post them. The ship design is inspired by some lander ships seen
> in the anime classic Southern Cross . Here is a page describing them
> with some good pictures:
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> http://www.3dgamedev.com/robotech/NavalAux/tir_AssaultCarrier.html
>
> Any what I have built so far is the cockpit portion of the ship. I used
> the big yellow quarter dome piece in a similar fassion as done in the
> Mega Core Magnitizer (6989). There is a lot more room in there for
> seats and such, but as of now I dont have any more, so I'll outfit it
> completely later.
>
> Perspective view:
> http://lightning.prohosting.com/~pjbrick/blander1.jpg
> Side view:
> http://lightning.prohosting.com/~pjbrick/blander2.jpg
> Inside view from back:
> http://lightning.prohosting.com/~pjbrick/blander3.jpg
> top corner view:
> http://lightning.prohosting.com/~pjbrick/blander4.jpg
> top view:
> http://lightning.prohosting.com/~pjbrick/blander5.jpg
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>
> pat J
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| Yeah, there is. The guy in the very front is the combat pilot. This pilot actually flies the ship during combat situations. The two guys on the elevated rotating chairs are the tactical officers. These guys take into consideration battle conditions (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Pictures of large Blacktron lander cockpit
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| Mark Sandlin <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:Fq1J58.BG3@lugnet.com... (...) Just use a 2x2x1/3 roundtable in front of and behind the dome top, and rotate them 45 degrees. That's how the MCM does it. -John Van (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| There has been some recent discussion here about the design of cockpits. As a result I felt inspired to start work on a large blacktron Lander that I have been planning for a while. I started naturally enough with the cockpit, which will reside on (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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