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Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 5:25 AM
Subject: Re: [gurps] Water Jet spell
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From: "Gerald "roguebfl" Grenier" <[email protected]>
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> All:
>
> Any thoughts from you engineering types on how much "thrust" the Water
> Jet
spell provides at given energy inputs?
>
> The setting:
>
> Enchanted water jet device, self-powered with Power-3, as propulsion on
> a
water craft.
>
> Any other thoughts?
A possible answer is zero. it might be designed so that the magi is
not blow around like a bad cartoon holding a fire hose.
I'd not thought of that, and it is a good thought. I'll mull that over.
Even if true, one could still mount such a magical device and fire it at a
water wheel mounted on a cart-- the first Yrth-like horseless carriage?
-vk
A set of Air Golems would probabluy be more cost effective...
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