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Re: Moonbase Roads
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lugnet.space
Date: 
Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:44:12 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer wrote:

And before someone says "Why not just have railroad track laid down there?",
you should know that I think that's a good idea too (as odd as it sounds)
but it's a *different* idea.  I do think if it was done right, a short (ie:
not tall) tram system running on train track under the modules would look
gorgeous along with the other paths and the monorail.

That's a terrible idea!

Just kidding.

File away in the "to think about later" bin... there's a minimum height that a
tram has to be, which is driven by the height of a 9V motor unit as it sits on
the tracks. It might be nice to be a brick or two taller so you can hide the
pivot pin, but a standard that requires very compact designs (no more than 5-6
bricks high total clearance including the track) seems like it might engender
some neat designs.

Some mining trains are no more than 48 inches high, in real life!



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  Moonbase Roads
 
I think we should start to develop a standard for small roads or paths on the Moonbase ground. I am NOT talking about road baseplates. For this we would actually build the roads on the normal 48x48 baseplates we're using. Think about it. We do (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.space)

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