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Re: Moonbase module update
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Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:06:40 GMT
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"Nicole Drumm" <kdrumm1@stny.rr.com> writes:
> "William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message
> news:m2hegwns3n.fsf@komodo.home.wards.net...
> > "Nicole Drumm" <kdrumm1@stny.rr.com> writes:
> > > As the days roll by and the Arcane family settle into the new life
> > > thrust upon them we find that they aren't sitting by doing nothing.
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=240939
> > [...]
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> > Great work! It's interesting to watch the evolution of the module. I
> > like the idea of the fence - it's always hard to find a use for those
> > darn insect arm things. The use of R2D2 legs to hold the crane in
> > place is very clever - I don't think I've ever seen that before.
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> They are as stiff if not more stiff than using friction pegs. It also saved
> 6-8 parts this way. I can't take credit, it was Duane's idea.
I'm going to have to try that sometime.
> > One suggestion: see if you can find a way to attach the ladder so that
> > it doesn't interfere with docking to another module. Perhaps mount it
> > on the underside of the doorway so it can fold out of the way?
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> "The ingress/egress ladder that is both removable and foldable." the
> whole assembly comes right off so it can connect.
Right, but *how* is it removed? Is there a crane to remove it? I
think the "Hand of God" has to disconnect it. What I was referring to
is a way that the hinges could be used to make it removable within the
fictional universe rather than requiring human intervention.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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| "William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:m2y9a5r44f.fsf@...rds.net... <snip> (...) Yup for now it's a H.O.G. removal. I don't think there's any plans on changing it. Module Webpage: (URL) Drumm MS (URL) Account: drumm-family (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Moonbase module update
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| "William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:m2hegwns3n.fsf@...rds.net... (...) They are as stiff if not more stiff than using friction pegs. It also saved 6-8 parts this way. I can't take credit, it was Duane's idea. (...) "The (...) (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.space)
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