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Re: Republic Gunship
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Sun, 3 Feb 2002 20:10:50 GMT
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Has a kind of Hind feel to me. The Hind also had a rather large 'cargo' area
for an attack helicopter (the Soviets tried to use it as a dual purpose
craft, kinda like a flying infantry fighting vehicle). This would fit the
Gunship's role of being a support craft - it would be used primary to
transport troops to the action, and remain to provide fire support. It would
NOT be suitable to be a main fighting vehicle like say a battle tank or a
starfighter...

Hmmm - would not surprise me to see that the Republic (under Palpatine)
protrayed along the lines of the Soviet Union on the verge of it's collapse...


In lugnet.starwars, Stephen Pakbaz writes:
The cargobay? near the back is open on both sides, I can see through it in
some places. This open space stikes me as not such a good thing to have on a
gunship. I think that maybe the vertical wings under the big wings in the
back may be part of some sort of sliding door system. Still too hard to tell
though, however it would be pretty interesting.

-Stephen Pakbaz aka Steve Halman of the Inter-Planetary Star Ship Odyssey

In lugnet.starwars, Jon Palmer writes:
"Jon Palmer" <jpalmer@oklahoma.net> wrote in message
news:Gqvn6B.Knx@lugnet.com...


Looks cool so far. However whats the story on the cockpits on the side and
wings?  Are those actually cockpits?  Doesn't make much sense to me if • they
are.  Maybe they're sensors or something.

Ok I found the other pics on StarWars.com:

http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/2002/02/news20020201.html

This clears some stuff up.

-Jon (in classic Space you can have pilots sittin' on wings and such,
exposed to the elements, but not in Star Wars.  No sir.)  :-)

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The cargobay? near the back is open on both sides, I can see through it in some places. This open space stikes me as not such a good thing to have on a gunship. I think that maybe the vertical wings under the big wings in the back may be part of (...) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-02, to lugnet.starwars)

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