Le 15-02-24 18:55, Mike Horvath a écrit :
> On 2/24/2015 5:11 PM, Alain wrote:
>>> I got some very good suggestions in this post:
>>>
>>> https://forum.geogebra.org/viewtopic.php?p=139143#p139143
>>>
>>> The problems now are that:
>>>
>>> 1. Should I collect the light from the direction the ship is heading, or
>>> extending from the rotating ring? The ship will not be facing the sun
>>> 100% of the time.
>>> 2. I'm running out of room to place the mirrors.
>>
>> Place the mirrors on pivots, with some actuators, mounted on rails that
>> run the length of the hull.
>> That way, you can place the mirrors in the most effecient way.
>>
>
> What sort of pivots? Wouldn't that cause the mirrors to point away from
> the agridomes? Do you mean tracks of some sort?

Some pivots that allow 2 levels of freedom. A cardant joint would work, 
or a ball and socket one.
The actuators are used to orient the mirrors toward the agridomes.
The rails/tracks are used to move the mirrors do that they are not in 
the shadow of something else.

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