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Subject:	Capital Ship Engine System
Newsgroups:	lugnet.space
Date:	Fri, 6 Jun 2003 18:14:38 GMT
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Hello All, From moocher to member in only 600+ days! Check's in the mail. I'm a member. On to the photos... I'm no scientist so I dunno if the physics of it all is right. But, I wanted to imagine that my ship could use space particles for fuel i.e. dust, gas, etc. In a nutshell it captures the stuff and converts it to fuel. So here's where the gas and stuff get's sucked into the ship: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=419704 A wider shot (there's four intake tubes, two on each side of the ship) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=419719 The space stuff gets sucked down these tubes at light speed or something fast like that (note the escape pods in the picture too) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=419720 Then turns and converted into the first phase of energy for fuel here http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=419723 Travels down these conversion tubes (see also the huge vacuum cleanerlike turbine in the center top of the picture...that's the thing that sucks all the space gas through the system and then it spews out the waste byproducts) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=419725 Here's where the red raw energy is collected (you can just barely make out where the tube containing it is behind the computer http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=419727 Here's a better view from the back taken during the construction process http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=419779 From this holding tank it's sent through the final converter, made into blue fuel (looking suspiciously like a light saber :-) and sent into the engine itself...the big angled blue thing is an engine regulator...gotta have a regulator don't ya know... http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=419730 And finally here's a picture of the engines...note the fuel intake/conversion system is duplicated top and bottom...this is a fast ship :-) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=419734 Please let me know what you think :-) John

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		Re: Capital Ship Engine System
(...) think of the idea. You pretty much reinvented the Bussard Ramjet, which scoops up hydrogen from space to turn into fusion fuel. Thanks, George (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)

		Re: Capital Ship Engine System
Very groovy! I have never seen someone do a Bussard style engine on LUGNET before. very original! KUTGW! -Rick (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)

		Re: Capital Ship Engine System
(...) This is very cool. I was just thinking of building a ship with a similar engine idea! I have always liked the Bussard ramjet engines, they seem to make more sense than the other science fiction tech out there. Well anyway, I think you pulled (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)

		Re: Capital Ship Engine System
(...) Nice! I like the progession of the Big Blocker. The Bussard system is nice. I like all the detail of the steps. Very nice. You've done a good job keeping this big rectangle interesting. -JHK (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)

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