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Re: tinkering with docks
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 11 Jul 2001 17:50:24 GMT
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"Joel Kuester" <septenemae@hotmail.com> writes:
> 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:
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> 'Technic Steering Arm with Connectors'
> http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/32069
> its quite strong.
I've never seen that part before. Interesting. But then, I don't
have any of the "super cars".
> In lugnet.space, William R. Ward writes:
> > 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.
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> I am going to have the whole docking chunk slide outward from the hull.
That's going to be bulky... it probably won't work on anything but
huge ships. :-(
> That's why I want it to be compact. as for the 1x2 bricks with axleholes,
> check out the second iteration of this idea:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=53869
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> this is getting much closer to what I want to use on my ships.
Ah, yes. I like that a lot. Very clever.
> > 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.
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> cool, looking forward to it!
I tried last night but couldn't get anywhere. I'm not very
Technic-savvy, I'm afraid. I didn't get into Technic the way I got
into Space as a kid/teen and so never really developed the design
skills for it. I keep trying, but not getting far. *sigh*
I'll keep working on it, though.
> I just added 4 pics of the second port design to:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5448
I like the new design a lot. It's also a lot easier to achieve using
my LEGO collection :-)
--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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| (...) Aren't there also 4 available in the "Mud Masher" <set:8226>? It's a little cheaper.... <snip> (...) -Duane (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.space)
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