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Re: Tri-Wing Fighter Redux
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Sat, 22 May 2004 23:31:14 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Allister McLaren wrote:
  
Uh oh. You’re not gonna start laying more bubble are you?

Nope. Just noting if a craft goes fast enough, it doesn’t need lift from wings to stay in the air.

-Clangador





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  Re: Tri-Wing Fighter Redux
 
(...) But what about the space air? Without wings, the friction from the space air will disintegrate the ship. Only the Gaean Federation has the technology to overcome this. *ducks for cover* -Tim (21 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.space)
  Re: Tri-Wing Fighter Redux
 
(...) I'm not sure what the orbital velocity that close to a gravity well the size a planet makes would be, but I'm guessing other physical factors would come into play that would limit achieving it. What you need is to lay a bubble of frictionless (...) (21 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)

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(...) Uh oh. You're not gonna start laying more bubble are you? A (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.space)

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