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RE: modular components for sharing designs
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:21:44 GMT
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J.D. Forinash writes:
> I think the sheer number of variables here is why we'll have
> trouble getting an airlock standard to work.
I think that the idea is not to create a standard airlock, but rather to
create a standard adapter. One end of the adapter conforms to the standard
airlock design and can mate with any other adapter. The other end is
specifically designed to mate with your airlock. Thus, by attaching two
such adapters together at the "standardized" ends, virtually any airlock or
docking ring will be able to mate with any other airlock/docking ring. Even
with multiple airlocks of a non-standard design, only one adapter will be
needed unless multiple ships dock at once. That saves parts :) An adapter
should also be designed to reach past any obstacles on a ship that would
inhibit docking. Thoughts?
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/
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| Thats what I thought they started out talking about, then things got complicated. i.e. my ship = my adapter = your adapter = your ship one end of our adapters will be standard, the other will fit our ship. my $0.02 worth Gary Bram Lambrecht (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
| | | Re: modular components for sharing designs
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| (...) Bram, I think you have nailed it on the head. I was already planning on doing this with at least one other AFOL when we each bring one of our capitals to a local meet. A single standard does not *have* to be incorporated on the body of the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: modular components for sharing designs
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| (...) I've seen people creating "standard" airlocks/docking modules for a while now. Most have some problem or another-- my own standard, for example, takes way too much space and uses too many of pieces I don't have enough of, so I've scrapped it. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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