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Re: Docking system
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 29 May 2001 06:28:25 GMT
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bill@wards.net (William R Ward) wrote in
news:m27kz114kk.fsf@komodo.bayview.com:
> "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...
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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 at the ring or at othre parts of
> > the ships.
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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.
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> --Bill.
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two huge ships would never get that close together. they would use shuttles
and transporters(i wish)
--
Daniel Staudt <dstaudt@hotmail.com>
Lugnet NUT #872
I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.
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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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| (...) 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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