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Re: Docking system
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lugnet.space
Date: 
Mon, 28 May 2001 22:39:23 GMT
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"Zac Soden" <zac_soden@hotmail.com> writes:
In lugnet.space, Tim Courtney writes:
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, you don't
have to find an adapter to dock the vessels...


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 at the ring or at othre parts of the ships.

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.


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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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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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(...) 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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