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Re: To ladder or turbolift?
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:27:37 GMT
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In lugnet.space, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.space, Mark Rideout writes:
> > Hey all -
> > I'm seeking input on whether or not my current space craft MOC should use
> > ladders or a turbolift (aka elevator) to go from level to level.
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> My own thought is mostly just towards the purpose of the ship. If people are
> the only things going from level to level, ladders are the way to go IMHO,
> although lifts are admittedly much cooler.
That is a good point - being the primary function is explore/science, I can
see a need to move bins between labs - though that is under my current space
usage where the labs are on the top and middle decks.
> Mostly, I guess my advice is to try and think of it as if it were a real
> ship-- what's the cost/usefulness tradeoff? Are people going to need to move
> around a lot at the same time? If so, ladders are the way to go (no waiting
> for the lift, etc). Does cargo need to be moved from deck to deck? Is the
> commander too out of shape to climb around?
Good thoughts/questions for me to look at. As I think of it, there a lift
more the size of a cargo lift would/could be used since there is a "shuttle"
bay where explorer ships come/go to the surface with specimens - these can
be put onto a cargo lift to the main science lab deck. (thinking of the 1x2
cargo containers w/ door to move around).
> You could even do a combination of the two, since ladders can simply drop
> down from the ceiling when needed, and empty up to a hatch above... Probably
> for 'reality''s sake, the choice is either ladders or BOTH, since in the
> event that the elevator breaks, you need some way of moving around.
I haven't thought of having both - redundancy hasn't been built in elsewhere
yet, but it's good for me to think of.
> And then of course the question, what ELSE do you want to put in? Would
> either method restrict available space and make you not be able to put in
> something you wanted to add? If you went with ladders, what would you put in
> the stead of the turbolift? Anything that would rival the
> usefulness/coolness of the turbolift itself? :)
I would say this is the biggest question. I don't want to make a lift where
it takes up space that could be used for something else - it's like building
a ship just to contain a lift, not a lift being necessary for the ship.
> $0.02
> DaveE
thanks Dave - good thoughts to me to ponder...
-mark
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