Prophesy Designs

[TheBigDog]

The ship could in theory be equipped to do both. Having the thrusters as a backup to the flywheel for the sake of redundancy. We could also use some creative engineering with our MEL's, and various satellite chassis to create a commputer controlled thruster system as needed. McGyverneering.

 

Bill

[Kayra]

The ship could in theory be equipped to do both. Having the thrusters as a backup to the flywheel for the sake of redundancy. We could also use some creative engineering with our MEL's, and various satellite chassis to create a commputer controlled thruster system as needed. McGyverneering.

 

Bill

 

LOL. I like it.

We do not have to "McGyverneering" then unless we require it. Just having the capability should be enough, and pre-engineering the fit and controls should suffice.

 

I had envisioned the spin up/down process requiring thrusters as well, but the flywheel would resolve that quite handily.

 

So how much mass would a flywheel add to our ship?

I am guessing that would be dependent on the speed we spin it at , but there are limitations on just how fast you can make something that massive go.

[IDMclean]

I've had an idea for electro-magnetic powered Maneuvering drives for quiet sometime now. I don't know how well they would work, but hey.

[TheBigDog]

Here is an overhead view of the command are of the Prophesy.

 

 

The area is on the bottom floor of the command module and has a higher ceiling that the rest of the ship, with area being taken from the 2nd floor. The floor area between the rail and the back railing is elevated half a meter above the rest of the room. There are both ramps and steps to the elevated area. The back rail is just about at the center of the module. The main screen is 2 meters high and 4 meters wide. The Con1 and Con2 chairs are at floor level so they do not obstruct the view of the screen. Along the rail are six touchscreen control panels. The command seats at the rear of the area are tall chairs with foot rails. Like really plush leather bar stools. They have touchscreen control panels that fold out of the right arm. The left arm has stowage space for notebooks and such.

 

There are three of these areas on the ship, all in the command module. This is the only one that is typically staffed with Con operators.

 

Bill

[arkain101]

We are going to have a never ending twisting view infront of us.

 

We should add a picture counter-rotater to give us a nice flat and optional view so as to prevent the rotaion at times.

[Janus]

Just a little suggestion I want to float. There doesn't seem to be any concensus on how the modules tie together or how we get to the hub. so How about this. It keeps in line with the original ship design by BD.

 

 

The rings are connected by fore and aft running sections that pass between the module ends. Each deck of the module has a door at each end in to this section, you can either cross straight ahead in the next module of the same ring, or walk down the corrider to another ring. At the end of each of these sections is an elevator that will take you to a different deck.

 

On the eft side of this diagram note that the elevator goes down one more level. This allows access (via airlock) to a tram that runs up and down the snorpler tube that ties the rings to the axis. ( This diagram only shows the one leading to the cargo bays. There are three sections that have also have trams to the engine area. )

 

The diagram show rings 1 & 4 in transparency to show to help illustrate the layout.

[Janus]

Possible layout of inside of the rings

 

[TheFaithfulStone]

Man, now you're just showing off :)

 

TFS

[ronthepon]

:)

 

The prophesy is being built pretty well!

[IDMclean]

Would it be to much to ask for some dimensions with those Schematics? Scales that kind of thing.

[TheBigDog]

The hab sections are about 50 meters long at thee bottom and ten meters wide and deep. The connecting sections would be about 2.3 meters thick at the inside and 2 meters thick at the inside. The ones in the picture are thicker but we could jog the length of the sections or the diameter of the ship to compensate for that.

 

Bill

[Jay-qu]

what is she made of? and how thick?

[Janus]

The hab sections are about 50 meters long at thee bottom and ten meters wide and deep. The connecting sections would be about 2.3 meters thick at the inside and 2 meters thick at the inside. The ones in the picture are thicker but we could jog the length of the sections or the diameter of the ship to compensate for that.

 

Bill

 

No need, I went back and modified the drawing. I thinned down the connecting sections, added the snorfler cable and the next ring in, and changed to a starry background. I also beefed up the lighting realism a bit.

[TheBigDog]

These are spectacular drawings Janus. Two thoughts to add on the connecting sections.

 

On the inside of the connecting sections by ring 4(forward). There are airlocks where the MEL and MEUS crews can get into the vehicles. And where the transport modules carried between the hab rings and zeroG are docked.

 

On the outside of the ring at the ends are where we attach external modular equipment line the anti collision radar, anti collision lasers, and telescopes. These are mounted on the outside by the edge to give the maximum field of view. The attachment brackets are at both ends of the connectors so we can have equipment facing both fore and aft.

 

Stupendous renderings, as always.

 

Bill

[Janus]

A different view from "topside" . This is how it might look to someone standing on ring 1, as we orbit Jupiter. (if we ever get there.)

 

[ronthepon]

This one is just truly beautiful Janus!

[Mercedes Benzene]

That's amazing.

I wish I had insane computer-graphic skills like that...

 

 

Any chance that you'll tell us how you did those pictures?