....After actually looking the picture, I take few steps backwards, there is only 16 hacthes open...where's the other 16?
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backwindow
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Notice that the first 2(from right to left) White Cover is no along the same line with the third one.
Those 2 are belong to the fourth row(column?).
They are just angled differently. I know what you ment but if it would be that there was another row an its boxes open, the "white" hathces which were the farest from the camera would not even be able to see from this angle.
We need proper over the top image of the exposed VLS...
We need proper over the top image of the exposed VLS...
FugitiveVisions
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First, anyone know why the lid is dark orange on the outside?
The four white lids on the right belong to the same column. The third one is slightly tilted back further than the other three, just like the third orange lid from the left, and thus causing a slight shadow. The shadow can't possibly come from something as far away as the lids on the second column.
The lids are square shaped, which eliminates the possibility that there are two lids for each hatch. And if you look at the old picture of the lids, there appears to be 32 of them. That is very strong evidence that there are 32 hatches. However, I agree with Gollavainen that we need a nice picture from up top, because there has been confusion over the shape and color of the lids.
The four white lids on the right belong to the same column. The third one is slightly tilted back further than the other three, just like the third orange lid from the left, and thus causing a slight shadow. The shadow can't possibly come from something as far away as the lids on the second column.
The lids are square shaped, which eliminates the possibility that there are two lids for each hatch. And if you look at the old picture of the lids, there appears to be 32 of them. That is very strong evidence that there are 32 hatches. However, I agree with Gollavainen that we need a nice picture from up top, because there has been confusion over the shape and color of the lids.
I actually only see 8 hatches open. We already know there is 8 rows and we were previously arguing about how many cells per row, so this picture just shows 4 cells per row.
Probaly that's some primer paint applied before the final coat of paint is applied.
I see you fellows are playing "How many VLS cells can I count" ..again. Didn't you do this before?
What ever the number of VLS cells it's a step in the right direction by the PLAN.
The hatches are not dark orange on the outside. They are dark orange on the inside. You can see that there are dark orange lids and white lids that are overlapping in the picture. When the lids are open, some are opening towards the camera (white) and some are opening away from the camera (dark orange). Not all the lids are open. One row of hatches open to the left, the second open to the right, the third open to the left, and the fourth open to the right.
FugitiveVisions
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That really explains it. Thanks a lot crobato!
It would still be nice to see an ariel shot, because she looks like a beauty!
It would still be nice to see an ariel shot, because she looks like a beauty!
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Actually I find crobato's comment bit absurd becouse to my eyes its clearly the opposite, the Dark orange is upside and the white is for the inside, just look at the shape of the hatches and the joint hinges...
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