Okay, before I send some ship designs and an idea how to locate damage locations
in Brilliant Lances, a short note to Scott:
Scott Kellogg (< HA! Got it :) ) wrote on my comment about streamlined hulls:
> Sounds good to me. The idea that an AF hull can fly aerodynamically without
> Grav is absolutely rediculous though. Take a look at the weight of those
> ships. Then take a look at how big they are. There is NO WAY that those
> ships can fly without gravitic lift. Not at all. The scoutship weighs
> 680 tons, right? Well, it has 1/3 LESS wing area than a 27 ton F-4
> Phantom II. And it Weighs more than TWICE what a fully loaded B-52
> Stratofortress. It will NEVER fly by aerodynamic lift.
Well, a brick will fly if you give him enough power. The Scout mentioned above
will fly, at about 800 kph. That's no problem, but the landing would be a bit
rough, because if the ship gets slower than 800 kph, it will indeed behave like
a brick. But all in all you are right. AF Lift is to small for those super heavy
ships the Technical Booklet creates.
Juergen Kirsch
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Juergen Kirsch
Institut fuer Informatik, Universitaet Bonn
Germany
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