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RE: Question about 7101
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:44:39 GMT
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In the Dune series these are called windtraps.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
Of Steve Bliss
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 8:13 AM
To: lugnet.starwars@lugnet.com
Subject: Re: Question about 7101
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 18:12:51 GMT, "Alan G. Carmack" <agcarmack@prodigy.net>
wrote:
> In lugnet.starwars, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, Alan G. Carmack writes:
> > > My sons enjoy playing with set 7101, the Light Saber Duel. What is that • radar
> > > antenna thing supposed to be? We have not seen the movie and I do not • have
> > > any idea what it is.
> >
> > It's a Moisture Vaporator. It takes water from the atmosphere and • converts it
> > to drinking water.
>
> I thought "Oh, that explains the spigots (faucets)." But then I ask Why • are
> they in the middle of the MV and not at the bottom. Must have a pump in it
> rather than just work on gravity pressure. I assume the planet they are on
> has some gravity. It seems every planet in SW has earth-like gravity? • Wonder
> what a Pod Race would be like on the Moon, w/ 1/6 of our gravity, or would
> gravity make a difference for pod racing? Or for thrust, maneuverability • (or
> "manoeuvrability" in UK).
I figured the spigots were air intakes. I wonder if anyone has written up
technical docs on the vaporator?
Steve
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