MERMAN%MIT-OZ%MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP (06/29/83)
From: Dave Goodine <MERMAN%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC> Re: Speeders It seems to me that the speeders had two throttles, and two exhaust(propulsion) ports, therefore providing all the necessary manaeuvering capabilities. I suggest that the anti-gravity force used to keep the bikes above ground (even when the motors weren't running, which surprised me) would allow the speeder to tilt in a similar fashion as being on a motorcycle, although the "surface" of the field would have to greater to allow the 90 degree tilt we saw luke pull off. By the way, I almost died when I saw the rope that suspended on of the models right after it hit a tree(I think it was the "you seem to have lost part of your speeder buddy" scene. Dave Goodine