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| (2 URLs) Flickr> (URL) BS> An armed VIP transport. I rather like playing around with pseudo WWII crossed with pulp sci-fi. Tim (18 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| In lugnet.space, Timothy Gould wrote: Called "Eric"? (18 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) This is very cool! I really like how the cockpit meets the fuselage, especially in the back. I'm probably biased because I like fork tailed planes though. But it is still really cool. James (18 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) Yes, this is really neat! Got me to thinking--would anyone dare try to create a push-pull space-fighter a-la: (URL)? For a spaceship, push-pull could create some uniqe design challenges. ;o) -best, Wolf (18 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Isn't pull kind of impossible in space? Tim (18 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) I thought Eric was half a bee? Doesn't that mean he could only be half a fruit bat (at most)? ROSCO (18 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| (...) Not with an anti-matter engine. ROSCO (18 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Nice contest entry, but I don't think it'll win. (18 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) You pull the space air (URL) Tim (18 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Kind of, maybe- but not totally. One could have a ram-scoop for example. Although the particles are pulled to the inlet, there's an equal-and-opposite pull of the vehicle toward the particles. And then there's space-air. Tim (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Not entirely: (2 URLs) It's a technicality, but you get the idea :). I'm just looking for an excuse to bring that design up. Soren (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Trés cool, Tim. Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Richie Dulin (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| In lugnet.space, Timothy Gould wrote: Neat little plane, Tim....sort of SteamPunkish, too. "Big Daddy" Nelson (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Not for the Bonktrons. Those guys can pull anywhere. (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Grow up, troll. (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) ??? "Are all your pets called "Eric"? So you've got Eric the pet fish (an halibut), Eric the pet dog, Eric the pet cat, Eric the fruit bat, and Eric the half-bee. HTH JOHN (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| (...) Pull your head in, hypocrit. (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) "Pull your head in"? "hypocrit"? Austroll. Ha, think Richie will add that to his (URL)? (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Perfectly normal expression, at least here in Aus. It roughly translates as 'I strongly suggest you internalise things, and move on." (...) I'm not sure it meets his stringent criteria, but I appreciate the gesture, so I'll just say (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Really. So what exactly are you "strongly" suggesting that I internalize? JOHN (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) You, know - "things" (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Squirm. Actually, I don't know, which is not coincidentally why I asked in the first place. I'll let you in on a little secret, though. I suspect that you are, as usual, full of it. Prove me wrong. Bet you won't-- or can't. JOHN (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Well, admitting your ignorance is the first step on the path to enlightenment, so well done, champ. (...) Full of what, exactly? (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I thought so. (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Even if I thought I had anything to prove to you, John, I can't without knowing what 'it' is. Lies? Frivolity? The Holy Spirit? Either way, I took it as an inept attempt at insulting me, and therefore not to be taken seriously, but I could be (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) IDI, BICBW ROSCO (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| (...) Experiencing temporal disturbances? I believe I asked you what you were talking about previous to that statement. You are obfuscating. Perhaps so much so that you've confused even yourself. (...) Ah, is that your expert opinion as one who (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) W, AYIITFSOTPTE, SWD, C (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| (...) It's just a turn of phrase, John. (...) Far be it from me to attempt to insult one as virtuous as yourself. (...) Are you mocking me? It certainly reads that way to me. (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) IWYETA, BYWSID ROSCO (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| (...) You, sir, are a liar. (...) If there is anyone on this board who would recognize mockery, my friend, it would be you. JOHN (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) That's a bold assertion. Got any proof? (...) Is calling someone a liar, a troll and a jerk any way to treat a friend? (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) It's just an expression, Al. (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Which bit? The liar bit, or the friend bit? You're coming along nicely, though. You'll be a fully-fledged CTOPper in no time. (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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