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    phavoc replied to the thread Solid State hydrogen.
    The link is for the company website. The italics are the snippet quotes from the AvWeek article. The article does compare/contrast...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    MT provided for NOE and other speeds for starships - not that you'd expect to see a lot of starships flying NOE, but the speeds were...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    I remember a lot of head scratching picking up MT - Fighting Ships of the Shattered Imperium. I have never understood the book designs...
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    phavoc replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    It makes you wonder if the Imperium put the Marches depot too far to the rear to protect against surprise attacks. The Sword Worlds...
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    phavoc reacted to collins355's post in the thread FFW doing it my way with Like Like.
    Two months into the war and the Outworld Coalition have accumulated 211.5 victory points. Still well short of an automatic victory and...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Solid State hydrogen.
    No. Metallic hydrogen has a different molecular makeup than this polymerized version. Think of it this way - you have your hydrogen...
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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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