RE: What do your ships look like? (was: Minatures)

john_medway@zycor.lgc.com wrote:
>>>  From: Mike Miserendino <phddms1@cris.com>
>...
>>>  a force larger than the torque to change direction.  I would think
ship
>>>  designs using a rotating section would be built with sufficient
thrusters to
>>>  overcome the force produced by the rotating section for
maneuvering.
>
>
>The cheaper and easier plan would be second counter-rotating section.

IMHO I think this would be the opposite.  A second rotating section
would
increase the overall mass and complexity of the ship, as well as cost. 
As
someone already pointed out, it would be optimum to lock the rotating
section when in combat, to eliminate maneuvering errors due to sustained
damage of a rotating section.

Mike Miserendino