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I put together some mock-ups of my ideas for a docking ring. You can view them at this URL: (URL) is welcome... --Bill. (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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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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(...) Interesting idea! I can't wait till we can get together, hopefully it will all work out (job schedule and all). We'll have to see. After seeing the BenGrace in person, I'm really inspired to build big stuff. Brandon and I will be dismantling (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Brandon's coming right? Email Scott! He's having trouble with your address again. mmmmm...more capital ships....mmmmmmm... :^P (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I'm headed out to Brandon's now (again...) so I'll send him something tomorrow. I've been getting his messages fine though. I don't think Brandon is coming as of now (he might change his mind). Right now he's splitting his remaining time this (...) (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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(...) I agree with Tim on that one and also add another complication; if a docking ring is going to be holding two ships together, it will need more than 4 connector pegs between the rings. There will need to be additional linkage structure either (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I don't think that's necessarily so. One could just pretend that Technic pegs are really really strong. Unless you're talking about two huge ships, there wouldn't be enough strain to really worry about, IMO. --Bill. (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) The penalties you pay for that are too great - the "male" pegs would burn off during re-entry on a surface-to-orbit craft, and the limitation of orientations is too high a cost for me. I really don't think it's a problem - you don't have two (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Aww shoot...why don't you have a "soft seal" for ships that are meant to rearly dock together. This way you can forego the pegs altogether and just mash the ports together with your hands. Kiddie: "Look Dad! They're DOCKING!" <mash mash> (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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Sorry. I shoulda' been more specific... The last two pics on the page have labels of 'Two "wall" doors docking' and 'The "wall" and "floor" doors docking' and they're swapped when you look at the photos. As for the pegs burning off... "You mean (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Oops - correct you are! It's fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out. (...) I suppose it could be done, using the friction pins that are 3 studs long and have an axle socket at one end, but I think that'd make things too complicated on the (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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"William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:m21yp820p6.fsf@...iew.com... (...) You could always pretend they retract. ;-) (they're pretend spaceships afterall...grin, duck, run) -Tim (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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bill@wards.net (William R Ward) wrote in news:m27kz114kk.fsf@...yview.com: (...) two huge ships would never get that close together. they would use shuttles and transporters(i wish) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Yes, exactly... that much mass means it would be too difficult to maneuver. It's a lot easier to have a shuttle go back & forth. Plus, it gives us more opportunity to play at docking & undocking, and we get to design the shuttles! :-) --Bill. (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Good point; I never thought of that. So all we are really going to be docking is the shuttles, *if* the ship doesn't have a hanger bay. But as argued before, shuttle docking rings will be small. Anyways, this way you get to design shuttles AND (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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Bingo. Thanks, Tim : ) "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GE335K.41q@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Xanthra47" <jmantor@nycap.rr.com> wrote in news:GE4LLK.3nC@lugnet.com: (...) two words: cargo shuttles. make them as big as you want. they're like cargo container ships (...) (23 years ago, 30-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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by making a dock with 2 pegs and two holes you can make a universal that fits in two ways <pre> 0--X ---- ---- X--0 </pre> "Mike Petrucelli" <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in news:GEBG6p.10t@lugnet.com: (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) True. But I don't think it's sufficiently flexible for my needs. I really like the idea of having the ships mate at a 90 degree angle. I think it enhances playability a great deal. Also, aesthetically, I prefer symmetry. --Bill. (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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