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Re: Ship Power Core
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:42:56 GMT
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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 <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:FMq8K5.5wy@lugnet.com...
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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:
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> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/5168/galv-eng.JPG
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> 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.....
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> 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.
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> Paul
> [ My page: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/5168/ Update • postponed
> until my January vacation ]
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