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Re: Space stations?
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:07:10 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jacob Sparre Andersen writes:
> Tom McDonald:
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> > > > I am all for a space station. Who delivers a starting module
> > > > with docking options for other modules.
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> > Wow. You mean establishing a docking standard so that our
> > MOC's could actually link/dock assuming we ever meet IRL?
> > That's cool and worth a few pictures when it ever happens.
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> I must admit that I consider Steve's docking ports[1] _the_
> standard, but yes.
I like Steve's design and must build one and study it. His pocket door is very
nice, though I hafta admit that the pocket door system on the M3 is only 2
studs wide rather than Steve's 3. At www.baylug.org/titan/pw/m3.htm see the
new links at the bottom of the M3 module page where you can download a basic
M3 DAT (and/or the observation module), so you can examine that docking port
which includes a sliding door model and a flip door for those applications
that need it. All doors are currently in a working M3 model.
What might be in order here is maybe a sort of compromise/combination, a new
door entirely, or just a decision one way or the other denoting which is
"official". I don't mind whichever way the wind blows here. I'd love a
discussion of "making the perfect docking port". Of course there can be more
than one kind of docking port too. So far this kind only looks like a
personnel type, and even lighter duty at that.
> I would probably build my modules with more than one kind of
> docking port, just to make sure a connection is possible.
I suppose there should be a small cargo docking port (CDP) standard as well.
Perhaps anything larger would require special construction (and therefore
would be a big deal).
Of course adapter "rings" or segments adapting one docking system to another
could be made, but that's not as neat and tidy.
-Tom McD.
when replying, Hogan's Heroes always bribed Schultz with spamcake.
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| (...) I haven't built a fully working model yet, but have played with the mating slopes on either side of the door. I found that to get a good mate between the two sides, the female portion must be one plate taller than the male. In doing so, the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Actually, the door in my system tends to stick too much, making it hard to open and close. Especially when the door is located in the middle of a model, and is somewhat hard to get at. I'd like to see a standard docking port that's slimmer (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| Tom McDonald: (...) I must admit that I consider Steve's docking ports[1] _the_ standard, but yes. I would probably build my modules with more than one kind of docking port, just to make sure a connection is possible. (...) What about "Duniverse"? (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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