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Subject: 
Stacking Moonbases
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Date: 
Thu, 4 Sep 2003 17:29:03 GMT
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Moonbase Module Standard Addendum Proposal

Optionally, Moonbase Modules may be built with four vertical passageways 6 studs wide by 5 bricks long and 15 bricks high (translates into 18 studs tall), passing through the module. These columns should be built studs not up and all four passageways should have studs pointing the same direction. Column centers should be 12 studs in from the edges of the 48x48 baseplate. The ends of these columns should be constructed following the original corridor connection standards.

With 4 vertical corridors built in this fashion, multiple modules could be stacked one upon the other, with the weight of higher modules being transferred directly to the table top, and not through the individual modules.


What do you guys think?

Aaron S




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  Re: Stacking Moonbases
 
(...) I think a drawing would help people visualize this better. Seriously, though, it would be easier for modules to connect if you have a single passageway running up and down in the middle of a baseplate. With four individual columns, you'd be (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)

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