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Re: Docking system
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 28 May 2001 22:44:36 GMT
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"Xanthra47" <jmantor@nycap.rr.com> writes:
> 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 you replace them on a diagonal. That'd make a
> univeral wall docking ring that would provide 2 possible mating orientations
> for any pair of craft that use them. You could probably do the same for the
> floor/roof rings too.
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 shuttles docking together
nearly as much as you have a shuttle and a station or a parasite
fighter and a mothership...
> PS. Your pictures don't agree with your labels. I think they got swapped
> somehow : )
What do you mean? I just double-checked, and they're right.
--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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| (...) 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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| 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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