Re: Proposal: "Full Thrust: ANIME" (Was Re: Macross)

On Aug 10, 1996 17:56:59, '"Earl R. Forsythe II"
<73162.3521@CompuServe.COM>' wrote: 
 
 
>>>>in space combat. What advantage would a space fighter gain by
transforming   
> 
>>>>into fifty foot tall robot?).  
>>>  
>>Well, I always thought it could use the limbs to shift its orientation
around	
> 
>>>its center of mass, allowing it to alter facing without expending
vernier 
>fuel.	
>>  
>>Could it also be that the man-form can fire its main gun/autocannon
outside  
>>the fixed forward arc?  
> 
>Well, so could a fighter with a turret. 
> 
>Ray 
 
Oh, sure, come up with a reasonable and sensible answer.  I'd agree with
you; except, I'm having difficulty picturing, say, a F-14 Tomcat sized
space fighter with a large enough chin turret for a 20mm or 30mm rotary
cannon and still being aerodynamic enough for atmospheric flight.   
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Michael Kwan 
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mkwan@pipeline.com 
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