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Re: Docking system
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 28 May 2001 23:35:51 GMT
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In lugnet.space, William R. Ward writes:
> "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...
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> > PS. Your pictures don't agree with your labels. I think they got swapped
> > somehow : )
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> What do you mean? I just double-checked, and they're right.
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> --Bill.
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>
Father: "That's nice, son. Go bother your mother some more."
;^) Ooor maybe not.
~Trev
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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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