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Constructing Bay Doors
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:08:52 GMT
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I would like to know some of your concepts on constructing bay doors on
larger vessels. Its been somewhat of a problem to me in the past, and it
would be nice to hear others' strategies.
I guess the main thing for me is having a functional door on a bay where
the edge of the opening is the wall of the ship, so no room for a mechanism
on that wall of the ship. For narrower bays, I just use the garage door
rack pieces, but I would like to construct doors for a wider and taller
bay. I've had folding doors that fold up and down, or just up, but
something a little more complex than that is in order. I haven't made a
ship that is capable of using quarter domes for the doors, but a mechanism
for that shouldn't be too difficult if I ever do. I'm looking for flat
door ideas, maybe on a technic mechanism to open and shut them. Ideas?
-Tim
http://www.zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org
AIM: timcourtne
ICQ: 23951114
Isn't charging someone with attempted murder just like saying, "Better
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| (...) My thought would be three brick wide doors, with the doors being one brick thick, and you can use technic parts, or a wheel system to get that effect. (I don't know if this would be an entire ship approach, or more likely a stage approach. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I use pneumatically operated doors that open downward and form a ramp, but I build primarily surface vehicles, so you may not want something like that. But, pneumatics could probably work in the way you want to door to open. Greg "Default (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I tend to use many hinges and large plates for bay doors, when I build such doors. I place the hinges on the edges of the bay, and attach plates in such a way so that the plates interlock when the doors close. But, here's another method: (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I'm using the big dome doors from the Explorien Android Base. I made it much wider by using extra dome wall pieces on each side. A galaxy explorer can fly in and dock inside. My ship is close to 200 studs long. Chris <>< (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I would love to design a ship large enough to use those - that would make a rather large bay. I just wish I had the pieces for that size vessel... -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Isn't charging someone with attempted murder just like (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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