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Re: ALC Orca Dropship
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Newsgroups:
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lugnet.space
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Date:
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Sat, 27 Nov 2004 03:20:45 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Chappie Adams wrote:
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I really like this ship. The more I look at it the more I like it.
My only suggestion is if those things on the side are thrusters, perhaps beef
them up some and add air intakes.
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Sigh. That’s what the big yellow (soon to be red) intake vanes on the front are
FOR. :)
This design has dual spamcake plasma drives (exo-atmospheric) and conventional
scramjets (endo-atmospheric), both of which utilize the same thrust nozzles.
Hence the massive front intakes. The side thrusters are designed primarily for
lift, with the bottom thrusters providing additional lift during initial takeoff
as the ship gains speed, as well as for high speed maneuvering in space. You
will also note small 1x1 round grey plates that represent the additional RCS
(reaction control) ports. The side thrusters are sleek to minimize additional
drag, and are only used to direct the secondary thrust in different directions
as needed. The actual engines (plus fuel tanks, power plant and life-support
systems) are inside the main body, sandwiching the crew and cargo cabins.
Primary forward thrust, both in and outside of an atmosphere, is provided by the
two main exhaust cones that are tucked under the rear control vanes.
The side vanes also flip up into a semi-feathered postion during re-entry.
End technical overview. :^D
But seriously, thanks for the comments. I’m glad you like it. I’m swooshing it
now.
~Trev
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Snip (...) I have this feeling you have already drawn up the schematics and are preparing to build the real version now. (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I really like this ship. The more I look at it the more I like it. My only suggestion is if those things on the side are thrusters, perhaps beef them up some and add air intakes. (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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