Building a Droid Socket

[Fallenangel]

A new 3-stud wide astromech droid design would make sense. But that would require a total different design of the body and legs however.

I agree there are probably ways that an astromech could be put in facing forward, although I don't consider it a huge issue. And there are probably factors involving ease of building or stability during the building process that led designers to take the "easy way out".

There already exists a simple and stable solution for a 3-wide droid socket. It was thought up by Bruce Lowell and utilizes two pairs of hinges:

This method allows the droid to be removed with ease and is much more space-efficient than SNOTed slope bricks.

[KimT]

Good call on making a topic on this

[Mr Man]

Why not just do a Imperial V-Wing on it, that way the fuselage can be as thick or thin as it needs to be and you still have the whole droid.

[Fallenangel]

Why not just do a Imperial V-Wing on it, that way the fuselage can be as thick or thin as it needs to be and you still have the whole droid.

The assumption in the other thread was that having to disassemble either the droid or the ship during play would prove too ‘tedious’ for kids. I don’t agree with it, but it does make designing that area a little more interesting.

@KimT: Would it be possible to move all the posts in the Rumors thread pertaining to the droid socket into this thread?

Edited October 14, 2011 by fallenangel309