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tonka 'fury
Lord QDaan
Ranger
in Babylon 5
Knowing me this is addressed somewhere, but I'm too lazy to look at the moment.
How does the Maint Starfury pitch? I don't see any thruster arrangement that would allow for it. By my understanding, the Aurora pitches by firing its dorsal foreward and ventral aft thrusters, or vice versa. But the forklift only has one set of 2 fore and aft thrusters, so this wouldn't work. It could do everything else the regular fury can, but in order to get to something below or above it it would have to roll and turn its way into position, which is something of a liability.
How does the Maint Starfury pitch? I don't see any thruster arrangement that would allow for it. By my understanding, the Aurora pitches by firing its dorsal foreward and ventral aft thrusters, or vice versa. But the forklift only has one set of 2 fore and aft thrusters, so this wouldn't work. It could do everything else the regular fury can, but in order to get to something below or above it it would have to roll and turn its way into position, which is something of a liability.
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[b]Which point do they rotate about?
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Center [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
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[b]Perhaps these little buggers rely much more heavily on thrust vectoring? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img][/b][/quote]
Yup, gimbals.
Take these pics of a shuttle engine for example.
In this pic: [url="http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMALL/GPN-2000-000543.jpg"]http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMALL/GPN-2000-000543.jpg[/url]
The nozzle is at center.
While in this pic: [url="http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMALL/GPN-2000-000552.jpg"]http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMALL/GPN-2000-000552.jpg[/url]
They have the gimbal vectoring the nozzle about 15 degrees. Enough for some manuvering. I think 20-25 degrees would give a Maint. Fury more than enough ability.
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
I haven't seen any evidence of thrust vectoring, though.
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bobo
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B5:ITF
To pitch up the weight moves up so the thrusters are below the center of weight. To pitch down, the opposite.
It seems like a moving weight would create an equal reaction...the weight moves up and the Maint. Fury moves down, but the up/down thrusters could counter that.
As for the weight solution: It's too overly complex. Gimbals or simply adding thrusters would be much simpler.
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
"Oh hell ! A saboteur has dumped a virus into the control firmware on the 'furies !... We've got no fighters for atleast 15 minutes !
All we have is the maintenance furies... we could up the amps on the welding lasers and get just enough juice to make them close range weapons...
You upto this pilot ? "
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
In the B5 universe there are ‘maintenance bots’, but those are different from what you're calling a ‘maintenance 'Fury’.
We also threw around the idea of it being possible, early on while you’re stationed at B5, to be busted from 'Fury pilot down to "maintenance 'Fury" pilot. You get to spend some time clearing traffic lanes and such before regaining your seat as a fighter pilot.
[This message has been edited by Randy (edited 03-08-2002).]
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[b]I smell a secret mission forming. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Yeah you smell something anyway...
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