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Re: Pictures of large Blacktron lander cockpit
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:34:17 GMT
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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 and make tactical discussions. There will be room behind them
for one command chair as well as a couple of communication & sensor stations.
These will not serve the ship during combat situations, but rather during long
term mission assignments.
Mark Sandlin wrote:
> 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
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> 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:
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > pat J
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