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Re: Docking system
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 29 May 2001 02:44:31 GMT
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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 they don't retract in flight
?" : )
PS. I really do like what you came up with. Nice job.
"William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message
news:m24ru514bv.fsf@komodo.bayview.com...
> 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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