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Re: Air lock and ship docking discussion
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Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:26:18 GMT
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> loss of pressure inside the ship. A few images of my docking system can be
> found on my website, but there is very little so far. (My site kind of • bites,
> so visit at your own risk)
> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/3969/space.htm Finally, my docks
are
I take it you used UFO hull pieces for the ends of the Deep
Space Transport.. Interesting idea. Have you seen the designs
for the Orion spacecraft? It's a theoretical design using a large
circular blastplate for detonating a stream of fissionble material
out the back of the ship for propulsion. Your ship reminds me
of that, even though I know you were using it as a hydrogen
ramjet sort of thing. :)
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Edward Halonen wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer writes:
> > I've been thinking about my ship's air locks and its mechanism for
> > docking to another vessel that would be too big for its interior bays.
> > My ship will have 2 personnel air locks and I know roughly where there
> > location will be. It will have one docking ring for other ships and again • I
> > know where I want to put it but haven't given a lot of thought on how it
> > will look or work.
> > In an earlier post Pat Justison proposed that we could have a standard
> > design which could be implemented on different ships or stations. I think
> > this is a VERY cool idea.
>
> Well, one single airlock design would be convenient, but somewhat
> impractical, not all organizations and countries would agree on a single
> docking system.
>
> > In a long thread a while back there was a discussion about the • geography
> > of local space. I believe this was pertaining to the creation of a .space
> > world and community. It strikes me that Pat's idea would be a great way to
> > further bind the .space community together in a fairly simple way.
> > Now on a minor side note: I have created my ship to exist in its own
> > Lego space world.. (containing its own history and myths)... but with a • bit
> > of imagination and flexibility I could easily place the same ship and
> > probably a good deal of its story within another more global .space
> > community.
>
> Hmmm... As it has been mentioned before there is no easy way everyone's
> space universe could come together as one, so here's my ideas;
> 1: First of all, you cannot consider all of space Lego one universe, • space
> Lego simply describes the future, which should contain many coming time
> periods. I propose 2 seperate ones.
> Near future; No FTL travel, thus no contact with alien life, also • everything
> that occurs, occurs within the Sol system, or maybe even Rigil Kent.
> And then there's the distant future; FTL very common, possible contact • with
> aliens, Terran life spread throughout the galaxy, ect...
> 2: Even if time periods are seperated to better devide technology, we • move
> into the problem of history. Many people will have different versions of
> history, the only way to accomadate them all? Different universes... • Parallel
> universes that is. All universes in this geography of local space have all
> encountered a wormhole, or something to that effect, linking their • dimension
> with everyone elses.
>
> >
> > Some ideas I'd like to throw out ( I'm rambling so bare with me)
> >
> > We have 2 airlock types here (at least I do.)
> >
> > The first is a small airlock which would allow access to the outside • of
> > the ship for repairs and such. I suppose this airlock because it does not
> > really need to connect to anything shouldn't be integral to this • discussion.
> > I could actually after all just have this be part of the docking air lock
> > and call it a day. The reason I wanted more I think was because I • initially
> > wanted more cool technical stuff on my ship (function seems to follow form
> > here) but now it strikes me that my crew would need another exit. If they
> > are currently docked to another ship and need to get outside in a hurry • this
> > seems to be a better alternative then popping off the other ship or
> > something so they could exit via the docking lock.
> >
> > I guess this small airlock would not need to be universal aside from • the
> > fact that all of these would have a mini fig size (on a mini fig scale • ship
> > but I guess this discussion seems to exclude other scales). this brings me
> > to another idea....
> >
> > The Docking mechanism: This is the cool part. What would the size be?
> > Would it use fairly easy to come by pieces? I would think this would be a
> > good idea. I don't use ldraw and so I would actually be building this and • it
> > would be cool if others could as well. Unfortunately because I do not use
> > ldraw I would probably not be the best person to finalize the design. If • we
> > could work out the details and come to an agreement it would be really • cool
> > if someone out there could construct this and post instructions in ldraw • for
> > it on their site. I personally think the idea of interactive construction
> > like this is cool. And this seems to be a great way to try it out and • maybe
> > add to the creation of a .space world.
>
> My docking ports come in 2 types, a male and female type. Male docks are
> smaller and are usually used on small fighters. Famale docks are bigger, • and
> are found on larger ships that have the extra room for them. Female ports • can
> also be used as normal airlocks since they have 2 doors and can open • without a
> loss of pressure inside the ship. A few images of my docking system can be
> found on my website, but there is very little so far. (My site kind of • bites,
> so visit at your own risk)
> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/3969/space.htm Finally, my docks • are
> somewhat small, only big enough for a minifig to crawl through, (This • should
> not be a problem in microgravity, none of my smaller ships have gravity by • the
> way)
>
> > Last idea that I just thought of. What about other universal • connection
> > types like energy, fuel or data transmission? This could be a fun idea I
> > think. Imagine seeing somebody's new fighter on a site and seeing a • standard
> > data transfer coupling tucked away on it.
>
> It would at first seem unnecessary since this could be built into the
> airlock itself. But, some may not want to take the time to equalize • pressure
> between locks just to transfer power or fuel. I am currently working on a • small
> umbilical, 2 studs wide, 2 2/3 high, about 8 studs long, the whole thing • folds
> out of the side of the ship with a 4x2x1 hinge (the kind that bends in the
> middle) It connects to another umbilical using technic pegs.
>
> -Ed
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