Re: GEV Tank

On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 12:33, Roger Burton West wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:13:41AM -0600, Randy W. Wolfmeyer wrote:
> >http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~rwwolfme
> 
> Nice armour sloping!
> 
> >It's built almost entirely out of sheet styrene and styrene rods. 
I'm
> >kind of stuck on how I want to finish the detailing, if I want to
keep a
> >more smooth stealthy/aerodynamic shape or go for all kinds of fiddly
> >details.
> 
> I don't know how practical this is, but I suspect I'd want
rivet-lines,
> the occasional hatch, that sort of thing. The sloped sides are fine -
> really just the turret top (antennae?) looks wrong without more stuff
on
> it.
> 
> >BTW, what does the bottom of hovercraft actually look like?	I can't
seem
> >to find any pictures aside from spending $$ and buying plans for a
real
> >homebuilt hovercraft (wouldn't fit on my work table, I bet).
> 
> Lots of empty space, and the outlet ducts from the engines.

Retractable "service" wheels also.  I can't imagine the guys in the
motor pool would want to wind up those engines every time they need to
move one onto the lift for preventive maintenance.

> 
> Roger

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