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Re: ci maximum
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lugnet.space
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Date:
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Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:03:22 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Philip Painter wrote:
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Steven: Thanks for the response. I’m glad you like it!
Tony: Thanks for the comments. I’m glad you like the design. No, I don’t have
a shot of the underside—it’s pretty uninteresting so I didn’t take one. But
the engine compartment is only open in the very front.
Concerning a landing gear: dear lord, I can’t believe I’m writing this...
takes an audible breath in. . . With a racer, landing gears amount to
unnecessary weight and moving parts as well as possible interruption of
aerodynamics. The only street a racecar sees is the track. The rest of the
time is spent in a truck to travel or in a garage, both of which could
reasonably have harnesses, racks, magnetic bays, bodybuilder midgets, lifts,
super-powered airhockey table, etc., to hold the car up so it doesn’t have to
passively hover at all times. Or they could store it on top of some really
fluffy pillows. Or packing peanuts. Or coat the underside of the car with oil
and the floor of the garage could be covered in water. The only limit is your
imagination.
I see no need for landing gears in most space-only military craft and I have
now reasonably extended this liberating policy to another genre: racing. I
know it’s difficult to shrug the tyrannical yoke of other builder’s enslaving
expectations. But why refuse an alternative of freedom?
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So...the gears tuck up underneath then?
;)
-G
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| Steven: Thanks for the response. I'm glad you like it! Tony: Thanks for the comments. I'm glad you like the design. No, I don't have a shot of the underside—it's pretty uninteresting so I didn't take one. But the engine compartment is only open in (...) (20 years ago, 30-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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