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Re: F-2 Bat
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:04:29 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Anthony Sava wrote:
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I disagree with Mark that it needs landing gear. With the way you built it,
with those 8 studs on it’s belly, I can just see a small squadron of these
haning upside down (i.e. their namesake) afixed to a capital ship’s
underbelly in deep space, ready to be deployed at a moment’s notice.
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Well, aside from the well-known fact that I have a thing for landing gear, the
“realistic” rationalization is that it would be far cheaper to build landing
gear into fighters than it would to engineer a hanging rack system for fighters
with individual airlocks.
Remember, in the military, your weapon was built by the cheapest bidder. :D
-Grand Admiral and Keeper of Fleebnorks
“Adopt a fleebnork. They’re DYING!” -Sally Struthers
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Again, I'm going to have to disagree, if we're going to dive into a 'realistic' rationalization here. For you see, from my perspective, normal landing gear in a zero gravity environment are totally useless. After all, landing gear serve only (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) That looks so very very cool. I'm not a space fan, but I am certainly drawn to swooshable things. And I gotta agree with you, swoosh factor of 10, man. I disagree with Mark that it needs landing gear. With the way you built it, with those 8 (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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