"Slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God."-Ronald Reagan
It's that time of year again.

Students show up tomorrow, and hopefully we can get rolling on this.   This year's subject.   The Space Shuttle.

Initial calculations for getting the fuselage through the doorway come out to:
Fuselage width= 2.5'
Wingspan= 11'
Total Length=16.875'
Height= 6.5625'

ETA: Roughly 1/7th scale

Custodian is on board again.  


I presented the idea yesterday to the rest of the faculty and I seem to have some good buy in this year.  The idea of side projects seemed to resonate with them.  
A list of possible side projects by other teachers and classes:
Space Suit- Textiles
Effects on human biology in space(using The Martian as inspiration)- Biology
Model Rockets(hang the top three with the shuttle)- Physical Science
T-Shirt design and Mission Patch-  Textiles-Skills USA
Posters of the Challenger and Columbia Crews-Graphics
Picture Frames to hold posters designed by students-  Wood shop and Graphics
Wing and Tail brackets -Welding
Moving outer doors/lights-  Robotics
IKON coming alive?-Robotics
I talked to a couple Math teachers about diagramming the math used for the Apollo 13 mission, but didn't get anything real solid yet.

And yes, ARFCOM, I'm considering adding a "Space Shuttle Door gunner" somewhere in the piece.....

The idea will be to have a Space Shuttle hanging upside down, approaching the fictional IKON Soviet era satellite(Space Cowboys).   This brings in a little cold war era feel for History purposes. The doors will hopefully open with possible lights on the inside of the bay, along with an arm to reach out to the satellite.   This will hopefully be done using real power and not solar(ugg ) and a touch screen using blue tooth mounted on the wall.  No motion activation this year.  

Not sure on size yet.   Maybe something close to 16' long?   That's just a guess.   I need to go play around with break out dimensions a little.

Bad news......  the district has decided to block arfcom this year, after adding it to the permitted list for the last 16yrs.  I'm appealing that and need to go talk to my principal.  








I need to find better dimension plans, but this will get us started.   I also need to find a plastic model.   That was pretty helpful last year for the submarine.  



IKON fictional sat




This was donated already.  We will frame it and hang in in the breakout area.  It's signed by the crew of HST Servicing Mission 3A.  Really cool.  


Link to last year's project.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1781084_ALARM___U_Boat_Type_VIIC_1_8th_scale_class_project_2015_16Update_8_22_Blue_Stripe_pg56.html

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And I can't wait!!!!  Good luck and God Speed!

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ETA: Keep up the great work with those kids. You're a credit to your profession.

IN ON ONE!

In!!!!

OST.

You build threads are awesome.

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Going to be epic for sure

Awesome, in on one! The sub last year was really cool.

In for the epic results,


don't forget the door gunner...

In on one!

Since your thread will grow for 60 pages, edit your title

Tag to follow this years development.


This will be good.

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Looking forward to it

In on this one.

Is the space suttle a quiet, unobtrusive rocket?

In for the next guns762 epic thread.

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Tagging for progress.

I'm doing this on my phone, so yeah.    Sorry.  

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I was thinking an Astronaut attached to the shuttle's arm with a mingun?

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Who's the door-gunner going to be?

eta, sorry to hear about the block

OST

fuck yeah!!!!


you still need to do an apollo lander at some point

Awesome.

OST.

In again!

Block is now only a matter of time....it's going to be opened back up.  Principal just squashed the block.  He's amazing.

Yes, that time of year for a  Guns762 thread!

Don't forget to add the door gunner...

Oh, shit. In on 1.

In for another great project.

OST

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its heavy duty and will come uncharged, just need some nitrogen, its round and looks like a shock strut and is brand new, even if you don't use it for its true purpose im sure it could be used as a tank

and I have tons of other items I can send pics of that you may or may not be able to use , cleaning out the shop finds useful shit

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In!  Great job Guns!

Why not a model of the Hubble instead of Icon?  The Hubble has been the single greatest tool in space exploration since Apollo.
Eta: fixed spelling.

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Here is the break out area that the display will end up.

It's roughly 12' x 29'

Going to be real careful this year about not getting too carried away with the size of the shuttle.   No extra inches....or feet this year.

In! Can't wait!  One of my favorite threads in GD!

Outstanding!

Best to you and your students!

 

I've always thought that the shuttles were neat, but seeing the detail of the tiles up close in person is a little mind-blowing...

I just want to be able to say "I was there on page one!"

In on 1!

I know there will be some push-back on using a fictitious satellite, when there are so many great real examples out there, but I like the History that we are reminded of, with a Soviet era Doomsday "Star Wars"  device.  

Growing up, Cold War missile systems in space were all over the news.  I also like tying in popular culture, with movies like "Space Cowboys".   I love the post-cold war story line, the selling of technology, and Russian untruths.

I'm ready for liftoff!  


OST

in on page 1 of a guns project thread for the first time ever!

Excellent! Looking forward to watching this progress.

Awesome photo.  Thanks!   I'm saving that for references.  

If anyone finds a detailed contour line drawing, or blue prints of the Shuttle, please post it.   I've found a couple, but they are low resolution and we can't blow them up to something we can have laminated and work from.  

First page!

Love these threads.