Are There Any Engineers Here Familiar With CBM Docking Rings?

krashkart · 06-23-10, 09:27 PM

Yeah, Buster!

You work on LWAMI and I'll work on putting a new crater on the moon. Mmmkay?

EDIT: Looking forward to the new LWAMI, btw. I haven't played DW in ages and if memory serves me right I had installed one of the first releases then.

NeonSamurai · 06-24-10, 12:59 AM

Honestly I don't think that would be very realistic, torsion forces plus imbalanced thrust (cause 4 rockets will not fire perfectly equal) would most likely rip it to pieces, and I don't think they are designed to take that kind of strain to begin with. The LEM on the other hand was designed to land on the moon (and could easily support the thrust from the CM).

A more realistic scenario would be to boost parts into orbit, possibly partially assemble into larger sections, then boost to lunar orbit and assemble.

krashkart · 06-24-10, 02:22 AM

That's what I was afraid of. I kept getting mental pictures of the docking adapters tearing out and the rest of the assembly disintegrating. I'll try it anyway just to see if I can send the whole assembly out and back.

TLAM Strike · 06-24-10, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

EDIT: Looking forward to the new LWAMI, btw. I haven't played DW in ages and if memory serves me right I had installed one of the first releases then.

You know we just released the new version 3.10 right?

Weiss Pinguin · 06-24-10, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

You know we just released the new version 3.10 right?

Krashkart is never satisfied

All this talk of space construction makes me want to fire up Orbiter and... Must resist! Must finish playthrough of Civ 4!

krashkart · 06-24-10, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

You know we just released the new version 3.10 right?

Oh yeah, I was aware of that a few days ago, TLAM. I haven't migrated DW to my laptop yet (it's a netbook, so I'll have to copy the install files over LAN the next time I fire up the desktop). Did I bork something in my post again? *scroll scroll*

Oh I see it now. Ha! Sorry about that.

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NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Honestly I don't think that would be very realistic, torsion forces plus imbalanced thrust (cause 4 rockets will not fire perfectly equal) would most likely rip it to pieces, and I don't think they are designed to take that kind of strain to begin with. The LEM on the other hand was designed to land on the moon (and could easily support the thrust from the CM). A more realistic scenario would be to boost parts into orbit, possibly partially assemble into larger sections, then boost to lunar orbit and assemble. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

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krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	That's what I was afraid of. I kept getting mental pictures of the docking adapters tearing out and the rest of the assembly disintegrating. I'll try it anyway just to see if I can send the whole assembly out and back. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard