Talk:INSS MacArthur

I don't understand how MacArthur can be said to be based on the vessel depicted here. MacArthur rotated to provide gravity - the ship shown on this page couldn't hope to do that. Whatever MacArthur looks like it would have to be based on a cylindrical shape. BobThePirate 21:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

BobthePirate, this is an image taken from Jerrypournelle.com: http://www.jerrypournelle.com/images/photos2000/p2240015.jpg. It's an actual mockup made of the MacArthur, the images sent by a fan. Pournelle states on his site that he also had a mockup just like it, but it was destroyed in an earthquake. Also, if I recall right the ship was based on a real model kit that was sold around the time of the books publication, I do also remember reading in an article by Larry Niven that they used this model kit as the basis for the MacArthur. 76.178.105.2 05:59, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for two comments at the same time. Anyway, I saw this in the article: "In these situations, the bulkheads become the ceilings and floors, and the ceilings and floors become bulkheads (that is, the direction of "down" is rotated 45 degrees).". Wouldn't the rotation be 90 degrees? I'm going to take the liberty of editing it to 90 degrees, then let the powers that be decide if I'm right or not. 76.178.105.2 06:01, 1 October 2007 (UTC)