RE: Tank Traps for High Tech

Well, I think was actually thinking of the Lift Fan intakes. the
fuel/air mixture would ignite in the compessed air environment of the
plenum chamber, lifting said GEV into the air in an uncontrolled
reaction not like the liftoff of a Saturn V..<grin>

Michael Wikan, Game Designer
Accolade, Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Slattery [SMTP:richard@mgkc.demon.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 1998 3:05 PM
> To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	Re: Tank Traps for High Tech
> 
> On 29 Jun 98 at 13:18, Mike Wikan wrote:
> 
> > Assuming a Grav Tank floats a fairly constant height above
> > terrain-PIT TRAPS!!!
> > 
> > Hover Tanks- make aerosol dispensers that spray a cloud of JP-4 that
> > gets sucked into the GEV fan plenum followed by a flare igniting the
> > cloud...
> 
> Well.... if they use something like a gas turbine engine, they'd 
> basically like it and keep running. Might look fairly spectacular 
> though.
> 
> I love the idea of pit traps ;)
> 
> I think grav tanks would either follow lines of gravitic equilibrium, 
> which is independant of undulations (High PSB factor here). Or would 
> have the ability to fly through a fairly high hieght range.
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> Richard Slattery	       richard@mgkc.demon.co.uk
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