Fenris Ulven
Spaceman
Hellcat is safe too fly, i must say i like the Thud to, but the arrow is only good to dogfight
Well guys, this thread isn't about what the best ships are but what your personal dream ship is! Sorry for asking but what is a Thud?
Lunitari said:I fondly remember flying the heavy Raptor in the original WC. I loved that ship. By the time WC 2 rolled around, it was the Epee, and in WC 3 the Excalibur was THE ship.
The Fly said:If the cockpits would cancel out g-forces, the pilots wouldn't need those flight suits. Ofcourse pilots are under extreem stress while flying those spacecrafts. Remember that Maniac sayd that he took someone with him that had to puke when he made a few rolls? Comparing equal pilots is unrealistic... in reality there are no equal pilots. It depends on your physical abilities and your flying style what the best spacecraft for you is.
RFBurns said:As to the Hellcat V craft..I find it a good general purpose type ship, perhaps best suited for localized patrol and perhaps tactical support. But I would definately not rely on the Hellcat V for a sustained battle, it simply is not beefy enough for that.
And the flight suit thing....military fighter pilots woudlnt need a flight suit either since the craft is inside a breathable atmosphere, they usually put on oxygen masks when reaching certian altitudes (10,000 or above), but the flight suit in general really has no bearing on a pilots skills or ability to fly a fighter, be it a space craft or aircraft.
I dont see too many 747 or learjet pilots wearing flight suits and those craft reach altitudes of 38,000 feet and higher.
RFBurns said:So within a ship, with no artificial gravity or inertia dampers, like the space shuttle, when that thing fires its course correcting thrusters, why do you suppose the astronauts "buckle up" before performing the manuver? If one of them were to stand up against a bulkhead when the manuver is performed, the astronaut would feel G forces created by the sudden change in ship attitude and speed. Until the astronaut matches the speed and attitude, he/she will remain stuck on that bulkhead, caused by the G forces created during the acceleration or manuver.
RFBurns said:If gravity did not exsist in space...then all the planets and stars would be floating about in countless directions. Gravity is what keeps the planets in check and in orbit around the sun..due to the sun's gravitic forces pulling on them.
Um, guys...when you're in space there are no g-forces. That's why they call it zero-g...as in no gravity. The only reason for "flight" suits (which are really just space suits) is so that you will survive in space if you have to eject.
And the line about the puking person due to rolls would most likely be due to vertigo...not from some "extreme stress" exerted on the body of the pilot/co-pilot. Anyways, just thought I'd point that out.
Edfilho said:You, kid, are too ignorant to deserve an explanation of basic physics.
I hope someone teaches you these things one day.
McGruff said:Um, you might want to recheck your physics there Mr. Hawking......... Good, I see someone beat me to the post.