On 15/02/2016 7:45 AM, "Knapp" <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Greg Chalik <mrg3105@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> IMHO its the worst design for a crash-landed 'instant city' storyline :-)
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>> Do something more surface-friendly :-)
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>> Cheers
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>> Gre
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> Like what?
Something shaped for surface landings.

And why would I want it to be surface friendly? I want it to be strange and odd. It does not bug me at all to have it crushed and unable to repair itself.

Yes, I agree, but the assumption is that sub-systems which would allow the ship to use its 6G decceleration capability are undamaged to execute the landing. In that case, no special surface constraints apply, and its a risk-free landing. But, the question would be, why go to the surface in the first place?

I also think that a sphere that can take and perform 6g acceleration would not land that hard it might be reasonably intact. There is a reason and egg is egg shaped. It is a strong form.
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An egg was designed to take the stress of a very caring chicken :-)

> Are there any engineers here that can say one way or the other what would happen if you set a Tigress down lightly on the Earth, say even in a small lake or other structure that might support it a little bit?

There is no structure that would be engineered for that much redundant stress given the size of the Tigress-class. Its uneconomic.
However, and you would need to check the distances vs hull measurements, but the Tigress could be landed to lean on a pyramid in Egypt. After all, for a stable footing the spherical hull only needs three points of contact with the surface. I think a large pyramid has the mass to take a Tigress.

A second option would be any relatively friendly-shaped valley. Much better than a lake.

Would it crush? Would the armor and tech save the thing from damage? Anyone have any facts?
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If there is no decceleration control, the Tigress will be a blot on the landscape depending on planet's relative gravity. Unless it was designed for crash landings, but its shape suggests it was not.
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Cheers

Greg
> Douglas E Knapp, MSAOM, LAc.
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