Re: Battle of the Week : Battle of Hoth
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:09 pm
Yeah, as Seafort's saying, in space freezing isn't a problem. Its overheating.
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Hmm. Given that we've seen the lasers have all of zero depression, elevation, or swivel, it makes one wonder why they'd have pylons - and especially why they'd have pylons which have the added liability of variable geometry.Captain Seafort wrote:That's one theory - another is that they're simply mounting brackets for the lasers. I don't think their exact purpose has ever been stated.
That's not quite the case - they're adjustable to converge at a set distance.Mikey wrote:Hmm. Given that we've seen the lasers have all of zero depression, elevation, or swivel
Captain Seafort wrote:In flight they are - the convergence distance is adjusted by the ground crew.
What's unusual about that? Fixed forward-firing would make more sense. Pre-setting the point of convergence means that you effectively but an immutable cap on the range of the pilot's primary weapons before actually seeing the combat conditions.Captain Seafort wrote:What so unusual about that? Pilot says he wants the lasers zeroed to 250m (or whatever) and the ground crew set them up appropriately.
Set by the engineers who designed aircraft, or by ground wrenches who never even had a class about airborne tactics? Further, those WWII fighters you mention generally had a co-axial gun, and generally could have predictable engagement range.Tyyr wrote:Converging streams of fire is the norm for that sort of thing. WWII fighters, the basis of fighter combat in SW, all had their wing mounted guns converge at a set distance in front of the aircraft.
They were able to be set by the pilots who would give instructions to the ground crew. Some wanted a sweep of their 6 guns converging at 200 yards, 400 yards and 600 yards. Others wanted all the guns to converge a single point at some distance out for maximum firepower. This is not really odd at all but was a matter of personal preference for the pilot.Mikey wrote:Set by the engineers who designed aircraft, or by ground wrenches who never even had a class about airborne tactics? Further, those WWII fighters you mention generally had a co-axial gun, and generally could have predictable engagement range.Tyyr wrote:Converging streams of fire is the norm for that sort of thing. WWII fighters, the basis of fighter combat in SW, all had their wing mounted guns converge at a set distance in front of the aircraft.
Set by the ground wrenches who had the pilots standing right beside them and worked with them hand in hand on a daily basis. And actually axial guns were not a given.Mikey wrote:Set by the engineers who designed aircraft, or by ground wrenches who never even had a class about airborne tactics? Further, those WWII fighters you mention generally had a co-axial gun, and generally could have predictable engagement range.