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This may be a silly question, but would not counter-gravity powerplants need to be sufficiently powerful to allow a vehicle to cope with any given planet's...
... Hey Greg, sorry so long replying, been busy and I'd hoped to hunt up some rules to back my handwave, haven't yet so here goes without any support... I...
Dan, that makes sense, but in terms of vehicle design we are assuming same powerplant cost (based on volume/power source) no matter the output. In other words,...
It seems pretty clear from the Striker speed chart and elsewhere in the rules that vehicles need more power to combat stronger gravity, but that, as Dan...
... It gets even worse that this. Even in normal gravity, Grav Vehicles cannot run the risks of travel at the speeds they are given in CT-Striker, especially...
... I'm sure you will get a new reply from Matt Bailey, but he has explained this comment before on this list. Look up message #1627 and #1635 in the archive....
ta, I figured Matt would have sum logic behind it. It strikes me Striker has a range of NOE speeds reflected, some more effective than others. (eg between the...
I've always seen Grav as being like VTOLs with longer loiter times. That and the strategic/operational options of force projection (how much can I get there...
Matt, Your views were expressed previously, and convincingly :) I'm not even attempting to address this handwavum issue. There are in fact even now several...
As I understand it, Matt B wasn't talking about target acquisition so much as basic maneuvering. Unless there is some handwave involved, your basic G-vehicle...
Well, we know that helicopters today operate at NOE at quite high speeds. Basic US Army Aviation training at Fort Rucker Alabama is up to 40kts at NOE...
... It isn't about the modifiers, but about the physical impossibility to perform the maneuvers necessary to get those modifiers. As I said before, you will...
... Not only that, but you don't see ACVs PERIOD as AFV (Armored Fighting Vehicles) that operate on land (The Russians and the USA have several navy craft that...
Jake, My brother's best friend in an Apache Pilot... Both of them are Aeronautic Engineers. They are who clued me into the NOE problem. The reason that an...
Interesting discussion, I'm enjoying the different perspectives being put across. Jake, I worry about people that spout research docs like that :-) Aerodynamic...
... Imn addition to supplying thrust, the rotors of a Helicopter are also a wing, so it can be flown like an aircraft in some situations, such as making high-G...
I'm still to be convinced, sorry. In Traveller the CG generators have generally provided both the adjustable ability to negate natural gravitational attraction...
ta on both counts. I'm not entirely convinced on the rotor theory 'under certain circumstances' generating 3x the thrust, but I don't have enuff background...
Unfortunately, there is a fundamental difference between helicopters and tanks. The grav tank has only the thrust of its drive available, whereas the ...
I guess so, but it is not just the 1G thrust cancelling out gravity is it? On top of that there is the thrust G's from comparing the grav generator thrust to...
... Ah, but the brick has contra-grav lift nullifying the effect of most of it's mass*, so it'll perform much like the paper plane if they have the same...
Often, with a tank, you have a total thrust of maybe 1.2G, 1G of which keeps it aloft and the other 0.2G moves it around. 0.2G makes for very poor braking or...
Nullifying inertia as well as weight is one handwave you can use, but you'd better make sure you're wearing a seat belt if you're firing anything other than a...
... Then, I suggest that you consult an Aerodynamic Engineer. Helicopters have significant aerodynamic surfaces, including the entire rotor, which, as I ...
... I was hoping to avoid this, as I didn't want to embarass anyone for their ignorance... But... A 1G grav tank accelerates at 36 feet per second per second,...
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