Re: [GZG] [FT] ?? on Streamlining as of FB1

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In a message dated Sat, 06 May 2006 13:59:09 +0200
From: Oerjan Ariander writes:

> Doc Agren wrote (in a horribly formatted post that took me a while to
get
> into a readable format):>>
> 
That most likely the wonderful side effect the latest upgrade for AOL
for 
Mac.
> 
> >Okay, Now that Streamlining cost Mass have the requirements of Thrust
4
> >for Full and Thrust 6 for Partial, been dropped that in More
Thrust?  Or
> >do you still need the engine thrust?   Thanks for imput on this
> 
> This has been discussed several times on this list in the past (an
archive
> search for "streamlining" should find most those threads), but IIRC it
> pretty much comes down to how much accel you consider "1 thrust point"
to 
> be.
> 
> If "1 thrust point" = 1G (a common but by no means universal
assumption
> among FT players), then even a thrust-1, non-streamlined ship would
> theoretically be capable of landing safely on Earth (safely for the
ship
> itself that is, not necessarily for the rest of the planet) - it'd
take
> quite a while, and it probably wouldn't be able to take off again
without
> some external help (it'd need slightly *more* than 1G of thrust for
that),
> but it *would* be able to "float" down to the ground slowly enough to
avoid
> getting burned up by the friction. With thrust points this big I'd
expect
> the main effect of spaceship streamlining to be a limit on how fast a
ship
> can move and still safely enter an atmosphere - un-streamlined ships
would
> have to move *very* slowly and rely on raw engine power to lower
themselves
> essentially vertically, while streamlined ships could enter the
atmosphere
> at an angle, "skip-brake" and glide down to the surface much like
today's
> space shuttles do.
> 
> I'm afraid that this answer didn't help you very much, did it...>>
> 
But Oerjan, it did, it cleared up those threads into 1 simple answer  
Thank 
U...

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