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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    The idea of drop tanks has changed from the initial edition to the 2nd and subsequent editions. Like many changes I think they...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    Perhaps. It should be abundantly clear that starships (even 6g ones) cannot travel at ridiculously high mach numbers except at the...
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    phavoc posted the thread Solid State hydrogen in Traveller.
    The Nov 4 Aviation week magazine had an article on a company called H2MOF (https://h2mof.com/our-technology/) that has pioneered a new...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    Anti-grav only affects weight and lift, It doesn't do away with drag or the issues related to control due to drag and aero-dynamic...
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    phavoc reacted to collins355's post in the thread FFW doing it my way with Like Like.
    Yes, but that errata never addressed the issue of how one is meant to calculate the top speed of a flying craft inside the atmosphere if...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    I had to go back and look. You are correct. The rule is from Book 2, 81. There are no rules like that in HG'79. The only passage I...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    I don't think I quoted the wrong texts - I was using my FFE DVD info. The JTAS article calls for a 400 ton hull with drop tanks - thus...
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    phavoc reacted to collins355's post in the thread FFW doing it my way with Like Like.
    Yes MT Ref's Manual...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    I don't quite agree with the "perfectly legitimate" LBB-79 design rules. I think it remains questionable under the 79 rules. Here's...
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    phavoc replied to the thread 2300 AD the Kaefer.
    As an American who was not up on the South African language, I had never heard the word Kaffir until I saw Lethal Weapon 2, and the...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    Craft must go up and must go down. And if you had read you'll have seen I spoke of altitude and density. By the rules, as written, a...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    I'm trying to engage you and be civil, but you continue to make snide remarks like this. The art reflects the ships and the rules. If...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    They aren't flying bricks, but they are also not streamlined enough to make the speeds that MasterGwydion posted. The first issue is...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    I can't, and won't, argue with a book that doesn't follow the actual rules of aerodynamics. The book(s) can say what they want, but I...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    I'm talking actual streamlining, the kind that a high-speed aircraft needs in order to fly. I know what the book says, and one look at...
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