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    Capital Ship Engine System —John R. Beck
   Hello All, From moocher to member in only 600+ days! Check's in the mail. I'm a member. On to the photos... I'm no scientist so I dunno if the physics of it all is right. But, I wanted to imagine that my ship could use space particles for fuel i.e. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)  
   
        Re: Capital Ship Engine System —George Haberberger
     (...) think of the idea. You pretty much reinvented the Bussard Ramjet, which scoops up hydrogen from space to turn into fusion fuel. Thanks, George (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Capital Ship Engine System —John R. Beck
     (...) Nice ship, and your physics are good enough, though you're not the first to (...) George, Wow. I never heard of this Bussard thing. Does it really work? Where do I find a picture of it? John (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Capital Ship Engine System —Rick Hallman
     Very groovy! I have never seen someone do a Bussard style engine on LUGNET before. very original! KUTGW! -Rick (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Capital Ship Engine System —John R. Beck
      (...) Rick, Thanks for the comments. I never heard of Bussard before. I may just have to google that name and see what kind of thing he built :-) John (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
     
          Re: Capital Ship Engine System —Rick Hallman
      (...) The Bussard Ramjet is a ship that had a giant funnel on it to vacuum up the space matter and particles to use as fusion fuel... you can see it here: (URL) (21 years ago, 7-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Capital Ship Engine System —Trevor Pruden
     (...) What? Rick, you know that a lot of my sub-caps used bussard ram scoops...they didn't have the space for excess -125 degree hydrogren slurry, and you have to go to warp or at least some appreciable % of speed of light to collect enough. Even (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Capital Ship Engine System —John R. Beck
     (...) Trevor, Please post a link or name to one of those sub-cap ships. I'd like to take a look at it :-) I'm heading over to brickshelf... John (21 years ago, 7-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Capital Ship Engine System —Trevor Pruden
     (...) John, these are sample pics of my caps/sub caps that utilize the bussard concept.... (12 URLs) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
    
         Re: Capital Ship Engine System —John R. Beck
     (...) Trevor, I'd be hard pressed to call these sub capital ships! There as big and bigger than the one I'm calling a capital ship. Wow. Very cool. There was a thread a few months back that kinda outlined (if memory serves :-)the generally accepted (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
   
        Re: Capital Ship Engine System —Kevin Blocksidge
     (...) This is very cool. I was just thinking of building a ship with a similar engine idea! I have always liked the Bussard ramjet engines, they seem to make more sense than the other science fiction tech out there. Well anyway, I think you pulled (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Capital Ship Engine System —John R. Beck
     (...) Kevin, Thanks for your input. I googled this "Bussard ramjet" guy and saw the theory. Very cool. I think I will rework the grills to scoop more space stuff :-) And yes, there's more photos to follow. This is fun! John (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Capital Ship Engine System —John Henry Kruer
   (...) Nice! I like the progession of the Big Blocker. The Bussard system is nice. I like all the detail of the steps. Very nice. You've done a good job keeping this big rectangle interesting. -JHK (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
 

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