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<p> Today's stop on our whistle-stop tour takes us to one of the Federation ship yards, where <a href="/builder/ian-greig">Ian Greig</a>'s LL-136 Poulet Class heavy tug is one the main workhorses, pulling heavy loads with the utmost precision. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-moose/3380903842/"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/ll136-tug-01.jpg" width="500" height="500" /></a> </p> <p> <i>The Poulet Class Heavy Tug is a mainstay of orbital construction yards, salvage depots and dockyards. A very utilitarian design, it is effectively two high power engines with a high-visibility cockpit mounted on top. Uniquely, the main engines are steerable, providing the pilot with precise control. The cockpit provides all-round visibility, whilst also offering the pilot high levels of protection, should things get out of hand.</i> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-moose/3380905034/"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/ll136-tug-02.jpg" alt="Tug from above" width="500" height="375" /></a> </p> <p> <i>They are often operated in teams of three or four; advanced automation systems allow one pilot to control upto four Poulet Class Heavy Tugsfrom the cockpit of one of the tugs, or remotely using a Remote Operation Console.</i> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-moose/3380904388/"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/ll136-tug-03.jpg" alt="Tug from behind" width="500" height="375" /></a> </p> <p> <i>The superior station keeping, provided by the large side mounted thruster units, makes it popular with pilots.</i> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-moose/3380085109/"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/ll136-tug-04.jpg" alt="Tug from side" width="500" height="333" /></a> </p> <p> Ian says: <i>A quick build, the planned model was scrapped less than a week ago when another in the 30 Year anniversary entries proved to be very similar. The name derives from the chicken like shape of the final model.</i> </p>

<p> Today's stop on our whistle-stop tour takes us to one of the Federation ship yards, where <a href="/builder/ian-greig">Ian Greig</a>'s LL-136 Poulet Class heavy tug is one the main workhorses, pulling heavy loads with the utmost precision. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-moose/3380903842/"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/ll136-tug-01.jpg" width="500" height="500" /></a> </p> <p> <i>The Poulet Class Heavy Tug is a mainstay of orbital construction yards, salvage depots and dockyards. A very utilitarian design, it is effectively two high power engines with a high-visibility cockpit mounted on top. Uniquely, the main engines are steerable, providing the pilot with precise control. The cockpit provides all-round visibility, whilst also offering the pilot high levels of protection, should things get out of hand.</i> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-moose/3380905034/"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/ll136-tug-02.jpg" alt="Tug from above" width="500" height="375" /></a> </p> <p> <i>They are often operated in teams of three or four; advanced automation systems allow one pilot to control upto four Poulet Class Heavy Tugsfrom the cockpit of one of the tugs, or remotely using a Remote Operation Console.</i> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-moose/3380904388/"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/ll136-tug-03.jpg" alt="Tug from behind" width="500" height="375" /></a> </p>

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