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Re: Where's all that gravity coming from?
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Tue, 6 Mar 2001 01:28:03 GMT
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Check out Jeff Elliott's superb Extra Stout Heavy Space Tug to see an example
of the arm-with-compartment idea:
http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1018
This is by far the most realistic space MOC I have ever seen.
Mladen Pejic, over and out!
http://members.attcanada.ca/~milovan/index.htm
In lugnet.space, Trevor Pruden writes:
> In lugnet.space, Tony Hafner writes:
> > > To build a centrifuge you need to make a large (at least 30 studs in
> > > diameter at minifig scale, I would say) ring. And it has to be
> > > airtight of course. I don't know of any way to do this using the
> > > tools we have at our disposal, though I'd love to hear ideas.
> >
> > You don't need a ring- you can have an arm of arbitrary length with a
> > compartment at the end. And you can have as many compartments as you want,
> > as long as the center of gravity is at the axis. I believe that there was a
> > ship with this sort of design in 2010: Odyssey 2.
> >
> > Sure, a ring makes more sense. Separate compartments means that you have to
> > go through the hub to go from one compartment to another.
> >
> > --
> > Tony Hafner
> > www.hafhead.com
>
> Yep, I agree on the 2010 reference. The Soviet ship had and arm that
> rotated, unlide the enclosed circular drum of the American craft.
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> Most of my ships rely on anti gravity since it's a Star Trek accepted
> technology. And it's easier to build with. ;^)
>
> I have thought about this recently though, and it would be a fun project. I
> have seen one small ship made (forget the site) with the arm. My concern is
> that for even an arm that is 30 studs long, your can rip that thing right
> out of the bearing. An arm for me would probably be about 40 studs long
> from one compartment floor to the other compartment floor 180 degrees around
> the central axle.
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> How about a central axle made from a black single piece column, and the
> bearing surface is made up of 4 macaroni pieces, with a bit of grease to
> lubricate? I don't have these pieces, and I know it may sound flaky, but
> it's bay better than using a singe technic axil of the weight of each
> compartment builds up as you make the air tight environement, access tunnel
> and details. You would want to make the compartments large enough to have
> beds, eating areas, excercise areas and a medical bay, and you can leave the
> science, engineering and helm to the weightless areas. That would cut down
> on the space needed in the gravity compartments. Also, if you plan on grown
> food, you would want to grow in in the gavity compartments because I believe
> a study was done testing the effects of weightlessness on plant growth. I
> think the result was that plants have adapted to the need for gravity just
> like animal life. So a hydroponics bay belongs in the arm, but not
> necessarily at the 1 G level.
>
> ~Trev
> Astro Lift Co.
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| (...) Somebody PLEASE tell me where he got that huge gear with the toothed hole in it! That was stout, alright! That was exactly what I would like to to do, but I don't have the critical pieces for that at the moment... Hmmm... ideas ideas ~Trev (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Where's all that gravity coming from?
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| (...) Heh, thanks Mladen... you beat me to the punch. But I was going to address another point in the original posting: About big spherical fuel tanks: If you study space flight and chemical propulsion systems, you'll find that using any technology (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Yep, I agree on the 2010 reference. The Soviet ship had and arm that rotated, unlide the enclosed circular drum of the American craft. Most of my ships rely on anti gravity since it's a Star Trek accepted technology. And it's easier to build (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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