I think it's all about not having vibrations, even micro vibrations over man years could start causing things to come apart.
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I think it's all about not having vibrations, even micro vibrations over man years could start causing things to come apart.
Commander Max
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That's why we have vibration mounts.
This stuff is really solid, I think it's more they either do not want to spend the time/money.
Or all the people involved do not have much of a mechanical background.
The down side of motors, they have to have someone keep an eye on them. And they have to be replaced periodically. Not a big deal with such a model, if you choose the right motors they could last decades. Especially if they are never run under load. The effect would be spectacular, that's the price for it. It would be the perfect weenie(industry term by Walt Disney, something that gets people to want to come look).
This is a museum they do not want such things. They only want to dust their stuff about every ten years or so. I've seen so many museum exhibits just left for dead. With problems that were easily preventable, but somebody was chasing pennies and loosing the audience.
I agree Motors are WAY better today than they were in the mid 60's. a low power motor running at that low of a rotational speed would generate very little heat and last a LONG time. I'd vote for building it the way it was with LEDs this is a preservation thing after all...
But I do confess the idea of a LED screen curved into a Nacelle does have me interested. But I bet it costs way more than 10 motors would
Jedi Dade
But I do confess the idea of a LED screen curved into a Nacelle does have me interested. But I bet it costs way more than 10 motors would
Jedi Dade
Angelus Lupus
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When they say they want to use LEDs to recreate the lights, I'm not thinking 'screen' I'm thinking 'carefully note the exact sequence/position/colour of lights and program a tiny chip to flash matching LEDs in the right order'. Easy as, and cost-effective. Probably more reliable than any motor/fan thingy.
rbeach84
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I agree Motors are WAY better today than they were in the mid 60's. a low power motor running at that low of a rotational speed would generate very little heat and last a LONG time. I'd vote for building it the way it was with LEDs this is a preservation thing after all...
But I do confess the idea of a LED screen curved into a Nacelle does have me interested. But I bet it costs way more than 10 motors would
Jedi Dade
To clarify, my thought was to use a recorded video of the actual effect from the film archives, looped and displayed through a magnifying 'diffusion lens' over a small LED screen such as those used on cell phone, tablets, etc. Something that is designed for extended use and bright output. Since it would be a digital recording of the effect, it could be tweaked as needed (such as applying a distortion mask) to achieve the correct result. No moving parts to worry with and just the screen to fail (which is typically simply a few 'pixels' at a time.)
The screen would not need to be curved since the lens would serve to spread the light as needed.
That is my concept... Regards, Robert
I see what you're going for... I also see that the image being replayed would need to be heavily tweaked to match the rotational curved "blades" of the original to create the correct effect on the outside of the dome. Not impossible but not "simple" either. the key is likely the "magnifier" used to project the image in the inside of the domes.
even though I think this could work... I Still prefer the idea of modern motors and simple LED/mirror system to mimic the original. keeps it close to the original and would still last a VERY long time. In another 50 years they can replace the system again
Jedi Dade
even though I think this could work... I Still prefer the idea of modern motors and simple LED/mirror system to mimic the original
. keeps it close to the original and would still last a VERY long time. In another 50 years they can replace the system again Jedi Dade
Someone had commented about what version they were going to restore it to... This video from the recent presentation on the restoration process points to the August 1967 version of the ship as their target for the work (about the 21:00 minute mark in the video).
They would need a good closeup of one of the domes straight on, and there is no such shot in the show.
