Re: [GZG] Subject: Re: What are the pitfalls of standardised forces?

>At 5:03 PM +0100 7/14/08, Adrian1 wrote:
>>I know little if anything about mechanics but aren't hovercraft/GEVs
>>less complicated than wheeled tracked vehicles.   WIth no need to
>>replace wheels/tracks or broken suspension, etc.
>
>Bearings are bearings. It's FAR easier to swap out a road wheel and 
>bearing than say a high speed bearing. Presumably GRAV uses some 
>high energy components that don't wear, but they'll still have an 
>MBTF of some non infinite number. Ever see a high voltage 
>transformer that failed NOT do so spectacularly? 8-o

Seeing as Grav tech is all PSB handwaving anyway, we can make them 
work any way we want!  :-)

My take on them (which I suppose you can consider as at least 
semi-official for the GZG-verse) is that the "early" grav systems 
will be maintenance-intensive, probably with lift field generating 
equipment that requires regular tuning, alignment or whatever, while 
the later high-tech grav will be more a case of solid state modules 
that need little support unless/until they actually fail, when you 
just pull the module and slot in a new one.... that's if you HAVE a 
new one to hand of course....  ;-)

Jon (GZG)

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