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Re: Ship Power Core
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:47:52 GMT
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> Z wrote:
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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:
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> > 1. Get one of those big 2-piece trans-blue cylinders they often have in
> > Exploriens sets.
> > 2. Attach a 2x4 Technic plate(with the 3 holes) to each end of the • cylinder.
> > 3. On each plate, place a 2stud tall, 2stud wide, and 4stud long brick, • the
> > kind with the stud holes(like those on the underside of a plate) in the • two
> > long sides.
> > 4. Stick a 4-stud rod through each brick, so that each rod protrudes into • the
> > cylinder.
> > 5. Open the cylinder, and place a trans-blue cone on each protruding rod.
> > 6. Reclose the cylinder.
> > The result: A matter hypercompressor generator. These work by creating • a
> > perfect magnetic sphere(similar to a pulsar, but with no noticable • gravity).
> > Better than even antimatter.
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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 (fold drives) solve that little problem.
"cabrionic engines"? "matter hypercompressor generator"?
Can someone please tell me what´s wrong with the good old-fashioned rocket
engines :-)?
--Tobias
> 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."
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> Alternately, I sometimes use a 4x4 cylinder brick and Technic stud-end pegs • to
> attach hoses below "floor" level (using the 8x8 grilles to allow yellow • hoses to
> be visible). This way, you can end up with banks upon banks of these • things;
> Marathon had two, and I've planned a ship that will take four. Usually • there's
> also a high-output ion drive to allow the ship limited short-term
> manoeuverability if beset by gravitic weapons...but ramscoops are best left • for
> another discussion. ;)
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> If anyone wants to see this drive core, I can build one and take .jpgs of • it.
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> best
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> Lindsay
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| (...) To a certain extent, ramjets and ion drives are rocket-ish. The reasoning for alternate powerplants is because rockets are extremely high consumers of space, power, and so forth; if one can derive one's power from the fields all around them, (...) (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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