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Re: NASA Space Shuttle and crawler (preview)
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lugnet.space
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Sat, 10 Mar 2001 06:25:26 GMT
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In lugnet.space, J. Spencer Rezkalla writes:
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> Any ideas on how to do a working rudder that doesn't ruin the aesthetics
> of the tail?
I tried a bunch of hinge concepts and ended up with this one:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/flightdeck/shuttletail3.jpg
The tail structure isn't that great, particularly if you want
the black trim. But the hinge would work well and not leave
huge gaps (although there are some). Note the rudder construction
can be inverted from that of the tail construction by using
this method.
KDJ
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LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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 | | Re: NASA Space Shuttle and crawler (preview)
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| (...) Embarrassingly I only discovered that fact a couple of years ago myself (and they've been launching shuttles and Saturn Vs for the past 30 years using those same mobile launch pads and crawlers!) One cool site you might want to check out is (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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