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Old 10-08-2019, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by selek7101 View Post
I had the same thought about vertical wedges (like a globe or an orange slice) for the primary hull as well- but I don't think it would work.

The globe slice approach would required that the piece curve not only from top to bottom (north-to-south), but would also have to be bent from one side to the other to account for the east-to-west curvature of the Earth.


Maybe, but people have used this approach to make yardstick globes of the moon and the earth, right?
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