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Re: Docking system
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 29 May 2001 09:32:47 GMT
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dstaudt@hotmail.com (Daniel Staudt) writes:
> bill@wards.net (William R Ward) wrote:
> > "Zac Soden" <zac_soden@hotmail.com> writes:
> > > 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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> two huge ships would never get that close together. they would use shuttles
> and transporters(i wish)
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.
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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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| (...) Good point; I never thought of that. So all we are really going to be docking is the shuttles, *if* the ship doesn't have a hanger bay. But as argued before, shuttle docking rings will be small. Anyways, this way you get to design shuttles AND (...) (25 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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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) (25 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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