Re: [FT] DDs and DHs inspired by WW2 types
From: Robert Crawford <crawford@k...>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:19:45 -0400
Subject: Re: [FT] DDs and DHs inspired by WW2 types
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 12:40:19PM -0400, Chris DeBoe wrote:
> Traveler had some variations--Book 5/High Guard, I think? There were
> combinations of basic shape and streamlining. One was, I think,
"extended"
> structure, which I always visualized as a Tinkertoy framework with
modules
> stuck on where convenient. It would be lousy at maneuver but cheap to
> build.
Yes, but why would you take anything but the flattened
sphere? If I remember, that gave you streamlining _and_ a mass/cost
savings.
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