And of course, Han prefers if his enemies shoot first!
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1:1 Millennium Falcon Escape Pods - GROUP DESIGN
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Vaderios
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Hi Gang,
Here are my ideas for the escape pod.
In this pic I have the pod blasting out of the "loading ramp side". I couldn't find a pic of the opposite side...
Question on these desings.
Han supposed to eject the escape pods before they enter the death star. Logicaly we should see some empty holes on the sides once its landed on the hangar.
That that scenario of the empty holes is not possible (since we see them sealed in the movie), can we assume that the hatch door opens and closes in a way after the pod is lauched (like the hatch doors when lando saves luke from bespin)?
That might narrow the design references and ideas.
-Angel
I think Han would have modified the pod with guns
Afterall,he IS trying to escape!He seems like the kind
of guy that would think of that.
BTW-great pre viz'
Afterall,he IS trying to escape!He seems like the kind
of guy that would think of that.
BTW-great pre viz'
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Hi A,
Those images were nothing more than a concept I created had the escape pods ejected from the docking area - I was taking artistic liberties and wanted to see what it would look like had they ejected from that area. I added all the blast particals for effect and give it movement.
It turns out that the escape pods are actually behind the gunner stations, under the floor, in between the rear landing gear. They are a smaller version of the escape pods from the Tantive IV. We can assume Han didn't have all the escape pods and changed the flight logs to reflect they had been jetisoned after takeoff...
Great pic of a small pod that could be used...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YHWlxXSYBhU/TT1QLb9LT1I/AAAAAAAAAH0/NTleQ0SVUNU/s1600/Ball+turret.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YHWlxXSYBhU/TT1QLb9LT1I/AAAAAAAAAH0/NTleQ0SVUNU/s1600/Ball+turret.jpg
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corellian77
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WarPig
Sr Member
Keep in mind that the pod will need to be larger than a B-17 turret - they were tiny!
The design allows for a humanoid; what about poor astromech droids?
I could also envision a small panel folding down from the top (by the knees/shins), the panel containing a navigation HUD ...
The design allows for a humanoid; what about poor astromech droids?
I could also envision a small panel folding down from the top (by the knees/shins), the panel containing a navigation HUD ...
lolow
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Lol! That's hideous! :lol
Looking at the escape pod above and where/how they're positioned in the MF... I don't think it's physically possible for them to fit much less have 5? This dang ship of riddles just gets more and more confusing!
gonk27
Sr Member
..I don't think Solo was too bothered about travelling with droids, but he'd have been in trouble if the escape pods on the Falcon couldn't accomodate a Wookie!
I like that idea. Nothing fancy... just a simple nav screen and a few Star Wars'esque greeblies...
WarPig
Sr Member
I like that idea. Nothing fancy... just a simple nav screen and a few Star Wars'esque greeblies...
... and a small targeting computer :lol
And a stabilizer...
Talyn626
Member
I'm liking the ball/turret designs.
This cut away makes the most sense to me http://crommo.files.wordpress.com/20...ss-section.jpg
but thats a long way from the cockpit.
I always poured over the schematics available in the RPG and such and couldn't rationalize the cargo lift, hold, and escape pods in the floor back there with such thin engines. The hull deffinitely isn't thick enough in the aft and if most people have to stoop a little under the starboard docking collar to go up the ramp then the hull isnt high enough off the ground to warrant a lift in the floor.
This cut away makes the most sense to me http://crommo.files.wordpress.com/20...ss-section.jpg
but thats a long way from the cockpit.
I always poured over the schematics available in the RPG and such and couldn't rationalize the cargo lift, hold, and escape pods in the floor back there with such thin engines. The hull deffinitely isn't thick enough in the aft and if most people have to stoop a little under the starboard docking collar to go up the ramp then the hull isnt high enough off the ground to warrant a lift in the floor.
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lonepigeon
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Looking at the escape pod above and where/how they're positioned in the MF... I don't think it's physically possible for them to fit much less have 5? This dang ship of riddles just gets more and more confusing!
The diameter fits, but of course not the height. It should be noted that the ingress/egress hatch is the entire top ring (the rectangular thing on the side is a supply storage hatch). The location of the pods lines up with "doors" on the exterior of the ship. At least we defined them as doors when expanding on the original layout from Incredible Cross-Sections.
The entire ship is like that from the very beginning. The Falcon would have to be more than twice the thickness to have the gun turrets like it does in the films.
How about the escape pods are cylinders that when activated "expand". Kind of like a telescope?
That would solve the height issue.
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