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Re: Libertador - Light Penetration Fighter
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 00:23:59 GMT
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Tim Courtney wrote in message ...
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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?
Well, what John says for a start, and also remember that advances in
technology can allow bigger, more powerful, better armoured fighters with
maneuvrability comparable with (or even superior to) older models.
And a particular state of technology might not be able to craft a weapon
below a certain size that might just necessitate the design of an
extra-large fighter to wield it. That's my reasoning anyway ;-)
Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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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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