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Questions about fighter planes...
 
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I'll second what Dartz said, and add Babylon 5's Starfury fighters as a visual for considering. 

I'll never forget when I watched the very first regular episode of Babylon 5 and saw Commander Sinclair in a Starfury. He had a Raider on his "6" lining up a shot. If this was an atmospheric fighter, or a Star Wars X-Wing, or even a Macross Valkyrie, what you'd see next would be some maneuvering for position, corkscrewing through space, or even some kind of abrupt "cobra" breaking maneuver that puts the enemy out front of the protagonists guns. 

But no. In that first episode, Sinclair just coolly - in one smooth maneuver - cuts his main port thrusters, engages the equally strong rear port thrusters, and engages the opposite pairs of thrusters (rear facing starboard, forward facing port) an instant later to pivot his Starfury smartly 180 degrees in a split second and stop his spin and then blow the Raider out of space before the bastard even knew what to do next!

At which point I LEAPED from my seat, pointed a finger at the screen, and yelled "PHYSICS!!!!"


And let's face it, the Starfury is COOL. It's even cooler because it does all it's cool tricks while (as far as I can tell) obeying the known laws of physics. 


-Logan
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(Why yes, I really AM that much of a geek. Why do you ask?)
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Questions about fighter planes... - by sparkthatbled - 11-03-2010, 02:27 AM
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