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Re: Underwater Exploration vessel: Gourami
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:18:45 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Chris Maddison writes:
> Hi all,
>
> Hot on the heels of my Jericho, I've got a new twist to the traditional
> spacecraft.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=19128
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> Many planets in the universe have oceans on them; some are totally covered
> with water. The Gourami is a next-generation ship built for the Space
> Marines Research and Exploration Division. This underwater craft sports
> twin-turbine engines to control it's vertical position, and a rear engine to
> allow forward movement. Sensors all over the craft moniter flow,
> temperature, chemical makeup, and other various water-y things.
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> The cockpit (yes, I know it's not airtight. Use your imagination. :-) seats
> two, and has lots of little gizmos and buttons to play with. The
> triple-windscreen design came to me while messing with them the other day; I
> think it's the first time this has ever been done, at least that I've seen.
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> Also included is the small remote controlled bot, affectionatly named Earl.
> Earl is deployed from the underside of the Gourami, and has his own engines,
> sensors, cameras, and grabbing hands.
Nice work, and for once you beat me to the punch with a design I was
thinking of :) I had originally planned to use three LOM cockpits on the
Blood Moon's shuttle, but decided it would take up too much space in the
shuttle bay, so I scrapped it and was planning on building another space
ship with that design, but you did it before me :)
Adrian
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www.brickfrenzy.com
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