Excellent designs (both the larger lifeboat and the smaller cannister, though I perfer pod as a name... cannister always calls to mind an artillery round....).
Permission to use and perhaps modify the designs and post it on my site (with due attribution, though I only have board handles, noted in the description)?
Comments:
Life Cannister:
Really nice. Just like in the 5th element. Sweet!
With an Enhanced Position Indicating Radio Beacon (and perhaps, on fancy ships, the EPIMB - Meson version), this would be just enough to get you off and out.
Of course, there is some argument for staying in the area of the abandon ship in some cases. 150kph 24 hours x 40 days (endurance without counting the solar cells) is 144,000 km. That could make for quite a wide search area....
It might be nice to have the ability to slow or stop the pod once you're clear of the immediate battle area (say clear by about 100 km).
Permission to use and perhaps modify the designs and post it on my site (with due attribution, though I only have board handles, noted in the description)?
Comments:
Life Cannister:
Really nice. Just like in the 5th element. Sweet!
With an Enhanced Position Indicating Radio Beacon (and perhaps, on fancy ships, the EPIMB - Meson version), this would be just enough to get you off and out.
Of course, there is some argument for staying in the area of the abandon ship in some cases. 150kph 24 hours x 40 days (endurance without counting the solar cells) is 144,000 km. That could make for quite a wide search area....
It might be nice to have the ability to slow or stop the pod once you're clear of the immediate battle area (say clear by about 100 km).