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Re: Space stations?
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:05:32 GMT
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Tom McDonald wrote:
> I've noticed that, even with a 4-pin docking support that the M3 has, other
> craft of significant length and weight (say another M3), will pull out if
> unsupported, though the walls around the docking port of each module survived
> okay. The real strength (and this could be true IRL) would be how the modules
> would be arranged, that is, using other modules to build a stable physical
> matrix, perhaps a cube or something similar, so that no one connection is
> supporting all the mass.
How about working in some sort of locking connector. Could be as simple
as indents for 1x2 bricks, or could be more complex like a set of
vertical pins which a technic beam is connected to (the half beams would
make nice connectors). In real life, I think long term connections
between space station modules will have bolts or some other connection
more permanent than just a docking ring.
Of course there is still a problem if you want to dock a large space
ship to the space station.
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) <snip> (...) Hmm, intriguing. I like the idea of something else taking the brunt of the weight other than the pins, but still keeping the pins to keep things together. I don't have to keep the pins as connectors of course, but they make for a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) very (...) Hmm, now that you mention it, mine sticks a bit too. "Snug" or "tight" would be appropriate terms for the M3 pocket doors. But that's because they're pocket types, the basic design concept that we both used. You've completely (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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