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Launch Mechanisms (was Re: Mark's Lego Creation Update! 1/5/01)
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:29:16 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Adrian Drake writes:
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> What I'd really love to see is something akin to the way the Star Furies
> launch from Babylon 5. They're mounted on pivots, and when deploying, a
> door opens below them and the Star Furies swing down and shoot straight out.
> That way you don't have all your ships launching from one or two bays, they
> spew forth from all over the ship. They're returned to their launch
> platforms through a typical launch bay though. I can already see the
> technic girders and rubber band spring loaded mechanism that makes this
> work, but I've no chance of getting enough pieces together to build a
> carrier. But to dream...
> Anybody want to build a minifig scale Babylon 5? It's only 5 miles long.
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> Adrian
> --
> www.brickfrenzy.com
I actually prefer the fighter launch mechanisms of the colonial forces in
Battlestar Gallactica... they get shot out of tubes like a cannon ball... of
course, doing that in Lego would be a bit difficult... <G>
I think if I ever build a carrier my prefered launch mechanism will be the
standard "large enclosed landing deck," sort of an Aircraft Carrier in space.
-Bryan
http://www.geocities.com/hobartrus/index.html
http://brickshelf.com/gallery/hobartru
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