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Re: Ship Power Core
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 05:40:51 GMT
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There really is something at the end...scroll down.
Mr L F Braun wrote:
> Hmmm...I operate with cabrionic engines, which operate on a slightly different
> theory--basically deriving energy from the 'flow' of spacetime in the gravity
> well of stars. Between the stars, energy loss isn't an issue--the superluminal
> drives (fold drives) solve that little problem.
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> I build a gravitic displacement drive in a similar way to yours above:
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> 1) Get eight dkgrey or grey macaroni bricks, two 2x2 yellow cylinder bricks, and
> two of the 4x2x4 trans-blue cylinder halves.
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> 2) put a 6L (I think) Technic axle into the top of one of the cylinder bricks.
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> 3) Build two cylinder halves with a level of macaroni bricks above and below each
> cylinder.
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> 4) Take two white and one red 2x2 round plates and space them evenly in the
> middle of the Technic axle.
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> 5) Assemble the full cylinder with the Technic axle and 2x2 round plates in the
> centre.
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> 6) Top it all off with the other 2x2 cylinder brick.
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> Thus you have your drive core. For little ships, I just use a couple of 2x2
> trans-blue or trans-neon-green cylinder bricks stacked to represent the sealed
> drive core--but larger ships need to be "maintainable."
...<snip>...
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> If anyone wants to see this drive core, I can build one and take .jpgs of it.
There are now .jpgs available.
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/Drivecore1.jpg
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/Drivecore2.jpg
The drive is mounted in a faux-bay of lattice grillework to give it that
"operational" feel. These sit vertically, not horizontally as Z's drive (although I
tried that too--with 4L dkgrey technic axles that end in studs, then topped with
hydrolator crystals).
best
Lindsay
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| (...) That's a neat idea on those. I just wish I could build a ship big enough to use it! Great idea! Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn CAD Operator Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Work Page: (URL) Page: (URL) LEGO Page: (URL) to come: Star Wars LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Hmmm...I operate with cabrionic engines, which operate on a slightly different theory--basically deriving energy from the 'flow' of spacetime in the gravity well of stars. Between the stars, energy loss isn't an issue--the superluminal drives (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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