Morningstar Project

Originally posted by Lelapinmechant
think the shape of the machine matters in terms of maneuverability, even in space, because a machine that's heavier on one side will need more thrust on that side than on it's other to keep it from veering off...
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The shape of the machine, in sapce, has no effect on the maneuverability of the craft. Unless there is some sort of medium providing friction, only total mass matters.

In WC, the symetrical shios are for either 1 of 2 things: asthetics (it's looks good), and athmospheric flight.
 
At the risk of being wrong again.. I believe Charles Cafrelli only worked on WC3-3DO..

-John [/B]
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WC3 3DO is still a kind of WC3:( According to the first and only issue of "3" magazine, at least!
 
I saw the discussion on assymetric ships, and I wanted to make a little note here

a ship/aircraft doesnt have to be symetric to fly in atmosphere

around the 1930's, the Luftwafe was looking for a light ground attack aircraft to supplement the Stukas. While Focke Wulf came up with the 189, Blohm & Voss brought in the quite unorthodox, and should we say deformed Bv-141

the fw-189 wont the contract simply because it wasnt a deformed oddity

Some interesting facts:
- It had a range of 700-miles (FW189's was 416 miles )
- It could reach 286 mph (FW-189 could reach 217mph)
- had a ceilling of almost 30.000 feet (189's was 23,950ft)

SO DONT DISS ASSYMETHIC PLANES!
GO DEFORMED BABIES!

Schematics

Pic 1

I got betters pics, but my scanner is not working here
 
Or one could just point out that Wing Commander ships have magical flying abilities where they just hover in the air anyway, so it doesn't really matter how aerodynamic they are :)

TC
 
This reminds me of the topic about the evil Nazi plot to develop Centurions to conquer the Earth... :)
 
Originally posted by TC
Or one could just point out that Wing Commander ships have magical flying abilities where they just hover in the air anyway, so it doesn't really matter how aerodynamic they are :)

TC
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It's not magic:( Colonel Hart explained it once.
 
Originally posted by Kalfor
I saw the discussion on assymetric ships, and I wanted to make a little note here

a ship/aircraft doesnt have to be symetric to fly in atmosphere

around the 1930's, the Luftwafe was looking for a light ground attack aircraft to supplement the Stukas. While Focke Wulf came up with the 189, Blohm & Voss brought in the quite unorthodox, and should we say deformed Bv-141

the fw-189 wont the contract simply because it wasnt a deformed oddity

Some interesting facts:
- It had a range of 700-miles (FW189's was 416 miles )
- It could reach 286 mph (FW-189 could reach 217mph)
- had a ceilling of almost 30.000 feet (189's was 23,950ft)

SO DONT DISS ASSYMETHIC PLANES!
GO DEFORMED BABIES!

Schematics

Pic 1

I got betters pics, but my scanner is not working here
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Thata is a very very interesting looking plane. Its kind of interesting too that it performed so well.
 
Bob McDob.

Nothing personal, but I seem to be reading more and more silly posts these days, almost as if people want to build a reputation of being stupid... like Bob! (Although, even Bob has his off days where he actually posts something sensible. :))
 
Originally posted by Wedge009
Bob McDob.

Nothing personal, but I seem to be reading more and more silly posts these days, almost as if people want to build a reputation of being stupid... like Bob! (Although, even Bob has his off days where he actually posts something sensible. :))
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Oh, sorry...
I'll be less silly from now on...:(
 
No! Don't let anything I say stop you from what you want to do (heck, no one else does). I just think that if one were to continually post nonsense, and then actually post something serious, few people would take it seriously.
 
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