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Subject: 
Re: Droopy Star Destroyer
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lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Sat, 6 Sep 2003 05:29:09 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Christian Allred wrote:
If you did this enough times though, wouldn't the beam eventually fatigue
and break?  Or is ABS resilient to repeated stressing within a limited range
of motion?

     No, eventually it might start to show stress, but it should last a lot
longer than if you just set it on a table and leave it alone until pieces start
popping off.

     The more often you flip it, the less stress the beams should experience, as
they wouldn't be able to flex as far each time.



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  Re: Droopy Star Destroyer
 
(...) Seeing as this suggestion would require a substantial rebuild for each flip (the beams in question are buried deep within the triangular support frames), I think I'll stick with the original plan and continue with the Galactica, at least (...) (21 years ago, 8-Sep-03, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Droopy Star Destroyer
 
(...) bend (...) If you did this enough times though, wouldn't the beam eventually fatigue and break? Or is ABS resilient to repeated stressing within a limited range of motion? (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.starwars)

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