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Docking system
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 28 May 2001 00:07:20 GMT
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I put together some mock-ups of my ideas for a docking ring. You can
view them at this URL:
http://www.wards.net/~bill/lego/space/docking/
Feedback is welcome...
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
(formerly known as hermit@bayview.com)
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| "William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:m28zji1glj.fsf@...iew.com... (...) Very nice!! My only suggestion is to find a way that there are neither 'male' or 'female' units...so they're totally universal -- if you have two of one type, (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Very good. I agree with Tim. I have in the past simplified my docking rings for the sake of lack of pieces because my ships are very big and I needed the pieces elsewhere. But I like the idea a lot. You can also do male versions of the floor (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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| It's simple and sweet, but as others pointed out it would be desireable to not have to worry about the "sex" of the rings. What if you replaced two of the corner "sockets" on the female wall port with "pins" from the male wall port. Make sure that (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Well I am coming into this a week late but... I really like those docking rings. I personally would probably only use "female" ports and just stick pegs in when ships actually dock. That would eliminate the Gender specifics but still allow all (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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