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Re: Libertador - Light Penetration Fighter
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Wed, 6 Dec 2000 22:53:40 GMT
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message
news:G50po7.A47@lugnet.com...
> "Mike Petrucelli" <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message
> news:G50KGn.LIs@lugnet.com...
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> > Cool. Most of the fighters I see are huge mostrosities (cool looking • but
> way
> > to big compared to Galactic Confederation fighters.) That is the • perfect
> size
> > to go head to head with my fighters. Oh yeah did I mention, Cool.
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> Thanks!
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> Hmm...now that I think of it, most fighters are on the large side. I • was
> thinking that it was 'light' because its small compared to those. I • still
> plan on designing larger fighters up to gunboats for heavier assaults. • As
> size of a fighter increases, so does firepower, but does manuverability
> decrease? I would assume so because of mass and inertia. How do • fighter
> designers rationalize/compensate for the apparent loss in • manuverability?
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More powerful engines, better shielding, thicker armor.
-John Van
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| (...) Isn't that basicly irrelivent if the capital ship can use its heavy weapons on such a large target? Of course it could be argued that smaller mass means more efficent engines and faster more manuverable fighters. This of course would be more (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| "Mike Petrucelli" <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message news:G50KGn.LIs@lugnet.com... (...) way (...) size (...) Thanks! Hmm...now that I think of it, most fighters are on the large side. I was thinking that it was 'light' because its small (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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