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Gryphorim

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  1. Is it really that big of a deal? I don't really see these being exposed to any high velocity airflow at all. They'd be in fairings or behind heatshields for all but maybe the last stages of a Duna or Laythe descent anyway, wouldn't they?

    I want to ask for an alpha release of new habs, with a "do not expose to high winds or you may invoke kraken" disclaimer, but I understand that you're probably not comfortable releasing in that state.

     

    On a side note, is there anyone here who would use these on Eve? Strikes me as odd to use an inflatable hab in high pressure atmo.

  2. Pics that I posted were from an old project I was working on, a 2.5m (stowed) launchpad that worked like the small one in EPL, but bigger, designed to use as much of the 2.5m cylindrical space as possible, then unfurl to the widest practical pad size on deployment, around 5m or so. .Gif was the inspiration for the stowage of the pad itself, which would sit between the landing-leg/engine armatures in transit. Whole unit used similar mechanism as the ARM claw to lock to the ground. Also planned a 3.75m sized unit, with three armatures and a hexagonal pad shape.

    As for Pad levelness, why not give the pad itself a command pod capability, with very high torque, and have it fix to the ground Klaw-style, on a gimbal. you set gimbal to unlock, steer pad so it's facing straight up using navball, then lock the pad gimbal.

    Sorry, misread what levelness discussion was about

  3. I like the small lander-can. but I think the bigger one needs something to break up the cylindrical form. TBH I liked how the hitchhiker and landercan go together to make the stock station core, with the slight variation in diameters. Doesn't help other projects much, where you might want a neat stacking 2 seater crew module, but maybe that should be a separate part. 

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