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Re: Ship Power Core
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 22:42:39 GMT
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Another nice feature to take advantage of when wanting to make circular
engine things is the fact that the 4x4 radar dishes fit snugly into the
studs of a ring of 6 interlocked 2x2 hinge bricks, and an 8x8 dish fits
snugly into twelve interlocked hinge bricks. I have made such an engine
based on the 8x8 radar dish in a prototype experimental fighter. Its engine
bay can be seen here:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/5168/galv-eng.JPG
There's also a link to it on my main page. This engine is a BOAC 2G (Boring
Old Antimatter Containment - Two Gigawatts). This fighter really chews up
the juice, being about as big as fighters ever get (about 100 studs long at
minifig scale). Mind you, I don't think the fighter expends energy at 2
gigawatts - that's just the max output of the engine! BOAC 2Gs are usually
used for the capital ships and colony ships. I guess that Dominian Ltd. just
wanted to see how much oomph they could pack into a fighter.....
It's pretty neat what you can do with the larger radar dishes and hinge
bricks. A 6x6 dish and a ring of 9 hinge bricks should work too, but I
haven't tried that yet.
Paul
[ My page: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/5168/ Update postponed
until my January vacation ]
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| (...) like the walk-around bottles, but you've definitely followed the jet-engine evolutionary tree to the fhighest point I've ever seen. Great photo, too! (Did you use macro?) (...) That reminds me of the way fighters were tested in the 1930s--in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Where am I supposed to get an 8X8 radar dish? That's a sweet power core, and I'd like to try building one, but would anything besides an 8X8 radar dish suffice? Z (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| Wow, Paul, that is an impressive-looking engine! You've definitely given me some ideas for the large engines of the Lego Space Corps' newest explorer ship, the 4-deck Nautilus (under construction). -- Paul Davidson Paul Baulch (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Ship Power Core
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| I'm sure that many people install power generators on their larger ships. Well, for those who do install them, here's an idea you might want to try: 1. Get one of those big 2-piece trans-blue cylinders they often have in Exploriens sets. 2. Attach a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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