On 6 Dec 2004 09:32:28 -0800, wrote:

Hello Rusty,

Thanks for the pointer. I've looked through the handbook, but unfortunately, the
diagrams just aren't as detailed as I had hoped. What I really need most of all
is an engineering diagram of the frame, so I can get the dimensions accurate,
and then some good pictures or diagrams of the suspension. I think if I could
get the frame and suspension right, the rest of the LRV wouldn't be too
difficult to build from that point.

Hi Scott,
I'm not Rusty, and Supernews isn't receiving any new posts at the moment,
but I think I can still send stuff out to the outside world, and maybe this will
help a little bit...

Most of the diagrams in the handbook are of the 1-G trainer. The later chapters,
showing it folded up and stowed on the LM, are presumably of the flight articles.
My pictures are pretty useless to you, I'm afraid, because they don't show much
of the frame/suspension at all. There's a resin model kit available that might
help you somewhat, although scaling it up to full size will obviously lead to
inaccuracies. If you want the actual construction drawings, I suspect you'll
have to ask Boeing or NASA for help. I'm not sure what sort of archival collection
the Museum of Flight in Seattle has, but it is sort of a "Boeing Museum". You
could ask them as well.

Related to the resin model kit, I ran across these drawings on the web-

A 3/8"=1' three-view plus details:
http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/model...w/lrvdrwng.gif

A NASA "exploded" drawing:
http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/model...iew/nasa4.html

Good luck,
Dale

BTW, someone on this group years ago was doing similar research into
building a full-scale Mercury capsule (made of wood). Whatever became
of that- anybody know?