As I said before, the trick is in the construction. How do you think the
manufacturers allow for structural intergrity of, say, a DC-8 cargo jet that
was modified with a huge cargo door that just about covers the top to bottom
portion of the fuselage? You add stifferners such as thicker skins,
stringers and longerons. The same thing they do with any fuselage around the
opening for the door on large aircraft that had a large cargo door
installed. I don't see any problem with a 3 story door on the ark as long as
you add structural members to take the load, as is done with large cargo
and passenger planes. It is all in the construction. The builders of the ark
replicas followed the dimensions the Bible gave and many believe the ark was
a large rectangle barge. Why?! Because it is easier to build, can carry more
cargo than a typical boat, and was designed to just sit, not sail through
the water at 17+ knots. The ark wasn't a typical boat, so you didn't have to
build it as a typical boat. You could construct it in a way that you
couldn't with a regular boat. As for the construction, they didn't see any
big problem with the wood in its construction.
Aubrey
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