morganr@csu-cs.UUCP (06/18/83)
Proposed method of propulsion for hoovercraft/speeders in ROTJ: (proposed by a freind, 'Randy'), 'The speeders must have some kind of repulsers out to the sides. If you watch closely, the only collinsions are head-on, where repulsers could not prevent an accident.' Karl of Godelbach csu-cs!barnesd
john@hp-pcd.UUCP (06/19/83)
#R:csu-cs:-226600:hp-pcd:24800005:000:963 hp-pcd!john Jun 18 12:58:00 1983 Any society that could build droids like R2-D2 and C3-PO would be able to come up with something a little more elaborate than a steering wheel for their vechicles. Those craft probably had enough sensors and intelligence to avoid running into things and all the rider had to do was pick a general path to follow. The effect would be more like riding a horse than a motorcyle. Crashing would only happen if you forced one into a path where there were no solutions that the vechicle could find. You have to admit, If an EWOK can fly one then they must not be to hard to operate. I am curious as to how that one ewok left the cycle by grabbing onto the vine and swinging up. Has anyone figured out how high he would of had to swing to convert all that foward kinetic energy into potential energy? Once he came back down then he should have been moving backwards at nearly the same speed as when he left the cycle. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john -------------