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Re: Contest Entry for Non-violent space contest: Dragon-ISV
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 29 May 2001 19:26:50 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Trevor Pruden writes:
> In lugnet.space, John Rudy writes:
> > Hi All,
> > I know I'm late with this, hopefully it's still accepted.
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4656
> > I don't have a page on my site up yet, but here are the pictures.
> > Got To Run,
> > -John Rudy
> > www.geocities.com/tjjohn12
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> Hey, I really like this little craft! :^D It has the feel of a classic
> sea-faring plessure vessel. Ya'know, to expand on this theme I'm actually
> surprised that no one has tried to make a solar sailing vessel. It would be
> slow...granted, but that's not the point. It could be this small central
> craft with big beautiful milar sails or something like that. hmmmmm..
Interesting, but how pure could you make a Lego Solar Sailing ship? Would it
be pure enough if you reused the holey bags that the parts come in? They're
not mylar, though.
If you go with Mylar, you don't have a pure Lego solution. I prefer Mylar,
but then if I made a Lego catamaran, I'd make sales out of muslin.
George
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 | | Re: Contest Entry for Non-violent space contest: Dragon-ISV
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| (...) I wasn't going to tell anyone until I made the model very soon, but..... Remember that huge, useless solar panel on the LOM solar explorer? Well if you had, say, 3 of them then they would look just like the sails of a space yacht! The problem (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Contest Entry for Non-violent space contest: Dragon-ISV
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| (...) Hey, I'll try those baggies! I would prefer mylar too, but mylar is expensive. Those baggies are "free" (I say in jest). You get a surprising amount out of just one bag, too. I just spread out four of them. Enough I say for a small pod-like (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Contest Entry for Non-violent space contest: Dragon-ISV
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| (...) Hey, I really like this little craft! :^D It has the feel of a classic sea-faring plessure vessel. Ya'know, to expand on this theme I'm actually surprised that no one has tried to make a solar sailing vessel. It would be slow...granted, but (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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