From: "Onno Meyer" <[email protected]> Subject:
> The funny
> thing
> is a Grave truck in a lot of ways is far more mechanically simple than the
> ground truck it replaces.
There is some gain and some loss. 4E calls contragrav TL^ while
the old 3E rules called it TL8 in Traveller, TL12 otherwise. If
TL12 superscience is possible at all, it might be mechanically
complex or amazingly simple. Who knows?
And stabilizing a weightless flyer in gusts close to the ground
might be tricky, too. Think of a hovercraft at slow speed.
The Segway and other automated systems demonstrate that sort of fine
control can be done, plus the farm application grav vehicles can be
fitted with gear to engage the ground in really high winds for safety.
On the plus side, there are no wheels or suspension.
Does this imply they move horizontally by reactionless thruster? If so,
they ought to be able to handle any farm-country weather short of a
tornado, and could easily outrun one of those.
--
Jeff Wilson - [email protected]
IEEE Student Chapter Blog at
< http://ieeetamut.org >
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