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Re: Mark's Lego Creation Update! 1/5/01
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:39:31 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Adrian Drake writes:
> What I'd really love to see is something akin to the way the Star Furies
> launch from Babylon 5. They're mounted on pivots, and when deploying, a
> door opens below them and the Star Furies swing down and shoot straight out.
> That way you don't have all your ships launching from one or two bays, they
> spew forth from all over the ship.
Actually, there's more than just an asthetic or flight control reason for B5's
Cobra bays to act like they do. At the time B5 is built, the Earth Alliance
only has centrifugal artificial gravity- ie, they generate gravity by spinning
sections. The outside of the section becomes "down".
In the Cobra bays, pilots can walk up to their ship and get in. The fighter
swings "down" just before launch, and when the clamps release, the fighter gets
some additional speed from the centrifugal force of the spinning station.
eric
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| (...) What I'd really love to see is something akin to the way the Star Furies launch from Babylon 5. They're mounted on pivots, and when deploying, a door opens below them and the Star Furies swing down and shoot straight out. That way you don't (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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