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Re: Universal docking port
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lugnet.space
Date: 
Sun, 21 Jul 2002 04:18:40 GMT
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In lugnet.space, William R. Ward writes:
"Jeff Szklennik" <jeffszklennik@usaexpress.net> writes:
I was trying to show the concept quickly...
snip
Yeah, those measures would help.  But the docking rings I designed are
very tough to separate...
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--Bill.

Here's the new non-S.N.O.T. square version:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Jeff-S/CAD/dockingport.jpg

Jeff



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  Re: Universal docking port
 
(...) alignment then? Even so, you'll have four pegs to separate (two from each side). Have you tried building two of them in real life and seeing how easy/hard they are to separate? --Bill. (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.space)

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(...) Yeah, those measures would help. But the docking rings I designed are very tough to separate, and usually required partial reassembly of at least one of the two craft once separated. Doubling the number of connects will only exacerbate that. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.space)

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