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RE: [DSII] Sinking hover tanks

From: Oerjan Ariander <oerjan.ariander@t...>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 22:35:38 +0200
Subject: RE: [DSII] Sinking hover tanks

Ryan Gill wrote:

> >Perhaps tanks could be equipped with a small set of retractable
> >hydroplanes to provide additional lift?
>
>Like the new USMC AAAV?

Something like that, except that the AAAV floats even when stationary 
whereas the tank would need to hit the water at high speed and never
slow 
down in order to avoid sinking.  (The AAAV also doesn't have anything on

the bottom which can be ripped off when moving fast over water :-/ )

/Oerjan
oerjan.ariander@telia.com

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry

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