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Re: Anime inspired container train for Soren Roberts containers
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Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:35:11 GMT
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Mr. Pieniezak, You grabbed the words right out of my mouth. As you point out, if you were moving containers in space, the “Upside-down” notion is relative. Equilateral triangle cross sections (or consistent trapezoid cross sections for that matter) could be connected in alternating patterns, or they could be connected in such a way that they would form great cylinders, or giant “Container Tubes”. They could connect to one another in such a manner that they would radiate outward in an even thickening cocoon around the outside of a transport. In Zero G, your options are greatly increased. Only then I look at that excellent train and realize that if it takes that much train to move those containers…then the gravity is probably pretty close to normal, and I am forced to conclude that trapezoids simply look cooler than rectangles… Attack! Mike



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  Re: Anime inspired container train for Soren Roberts containers
 
(...) The containers have to reach planet level at some point... where they are carried in the more usual manner ;) Tim (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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  Re: Anime inspired container train for Soren Roberts containers
 
(...) Equilateral triangle cross section containers stack ok as long as it's fine for 1/2 of them to be upside down... (in a gravity field, in 0g it may not matter)... IIRC, the containers in Silent Running were tetrahedra. ++Lar (18 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)  

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