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Re: tinkering with docks
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Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:53:19 GMT
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"Joel Kuester" <septenemae@hotmail.com> writes:
> Thanks to Jon's addition of the tip section to the Galactic Shipyard, I was
> reminded that I wanted to work on some docking port ideas...
> I had an idea in mind, but after seeing some of the other cool docks,
> specifically William R Ward's system... I decided to work in that direction.
> I have come up with a few ideas for a gender switching system, and while
> this one I have on Brickshelf isn't the most user-friendly, it gets the idea
> across well enough. As always, LMKWYT... • [...]
> in this shape, they are more stable when docked at a 90 degree rotation to
> each other. I am going to try to figure out a way to make them more stable
> when docked directly.
This is a very cool-looking design, and has a great playability
factor. I think it shows a lot of promise. I do have a couple of
concerns though...
I have one concern though - the brackets you use to hold the Technic
"L" pieces are rather hard to come by. I don't think I have more than
1 of them, for example. Those are the ones used for some of the RES-Q
string spools, right? How are they held on to the rest of the
structure? I'd guess 2x2 Technic bricks with 2 holes, and those
little half-peg thingys? Won't the brackets come off more readily
than the axles?
How would you handle a vessel that has to brave the heat and fire of
re-entry? You'd need either a big door to cover the whole thing up
(very bulky) or a pretty significant change in design. I could
imagine a female-only docking port that would mate with this, though,
using the 1x2 bricks with axle holes instead of the peg holes used in
my earlier design.
> the 2 long axles that connect the ports together are impossible to control
> when pulling the ports apart, ie you never know what side they end up on.
> The next version of this dock will fix that.
This is the big problem. How do you plan to fix it?
I'm wondering if we aren't taking the wrong approach here. Your
swiveling Technic bits are suggesting an idea to me. Perhaps
something could be done by having Technic axles on one ship slide into
corresponding pegholes on the other, on each side of the airlock...
I'll try to come up with a model and post here.
--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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| (...) actually I didn't plan on using this part in the final design, it was a fast mockup of the idea. However, I was using this part: 'Technic Steering Arm with Connectors' (URL) quite strong. (...) I am going to have the whole docking chunk slide (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.space)
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