Re: Fighter speeds - launch direction

Scott Field wrote:
>Of course, it really depends on how your launch bays are mounted. If
your
>fighters launch forward (ie -- in the direction the ship is heading),
then
>maybe they start out with the carrier's velocity plus 6 (half their
thrust),
>since they would have to accelerate out of the bays. If they're
rear-mounted,
>like the good-ol' Battlestar Gallactica, maybe they start out at
zero-thrust.

Actually, the battlestars launched fighters out the side mounted launch
tunnels of each launch bay.  The fighters returned in the rear of the
bay,
much like a carrier landing.

Mike Miserendino