As promised, early images of the SPDS:
Still have to finish the base and the parts on the aft side (left side of the last 2 images), plus adding some wiring (can't make all of it, as it would be super-hard to animate).
Also, decided there is no point in trying to guess the mechanics connecting the pedestal to the damper, as there just isn't enough info on what goes on in the zone that I'm calling "the pit", so that simplifies things a bit. Other than that, everything else moves as it should.
Not shown in the images is the payload side of the attachment, that users will be able to take from the demo payload and put in their own payloads.
I'm also writing a checklist with the maybe 10 ways to operate this thing... still need to figure out which ones are the main ones vs the backups.
Still have to finish the base and the parts on the aft side (left side of the last 2 images), plus adding some wiring (can't make all of it, as it would be super-hard to animate).
Also, decided there is no point in trying to guess the mechanics connecting the pedestal to the damper, as there just isn't enough info on what goes on in the zone that I'm calling "the pit", so that simplifies things a bit. Other than that, everything else moves as it should.
Not shown in the images is the payload side of the attachment, that users will be able to take from the demo payload and put in their own payloads.
I'm also writing a checklist with the maybe 10 ways to operate this thing... still need to figure out which ones are the main ones vs the backups.