Re: [GZG] Thrusters

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lot of the ships I've seen from Jovian Chronicles
(www.dp9.com<http://www.dp9.com>) have 'vanes' on the rear thrusters to
help turn the ships without retro rockets.  Granted, not really useful
for braking.....

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Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 11:27 AM
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Subject: [GZG] Thrusters

One possible defense of thrusters...

Imagine your reaction mass/reaction chamber is in the center of the
ship. Let's say you have ducting on all three major axes. You just open
the ducting from the main reaction chamber whenever you want to thrust.
The thrust goes out any of the six directions (or combination of).

Thus you have equal thrust capability in all directions without the need
to install 'a second engine in the nose' and justifying *full*
turn/retrothrust capability.

Of course, the best design for this is a big spherical ship.

But there are ways to imagine drive systems that don't necessarily mean
you've only got thrust to the rear.

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