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freebeard · 09-01-2015, 03:57 PM

This is a great idea. My request is that you consider a geodesic construction. It can be laid out as a flat pattern with darts and cut from a single sheet. That will self-assembly into an accurate surface. Much less work.

http://starship-enterprises.net/files/3f%20icosa%20Peel%20Pattern.jpg

I can provide all the relevant edge lengths for a prolated ellipsoid.

'What do you think, sirs?'

09-01-2015, 03:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,557 Thanks: 8,092 Thanked 8,880 Times in 7,328 Posts	This is a great idea. My request is that you consider a geodesic construction. It can be laid out as a flat pattern with darts and cut from a single sheet. That will self-assembly into an accurate surface. Much less work. http://starship-enterprises.net/files/3f%20icosa%20Peel%20Pattern.jpg I can provide all the relevant edge lengths for a prolated ellipsoid. 'What do you think, sirs?' Last edited by freebeard; 09-01-2015 at 04:07 PM.. Reason: swapped out example for smaller size