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hovernet temporary model 01?

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Winter:

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so, that is ok,
first model to settle alien styles.
hovernet drones.
forget the old one.
ka
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The old one was better. This new one appears to use some kind of magic antigravity to stay afloat, which we will not be writing into the story. Any hovering enemies will need the fan blades as on the old model.

Regards,
Winter

kaeau:
better? the old ? never!
no design concept, no emotional shape, no modes of expression (formensprache), ...

Mattn:
i think that this model can hover - below the wings can be hover turbines. i think the model is very stylish - looking forward to see it with textures. thanks for your work - but nevertheless i would like to be able to use the "old" model, too - and maybe only as a mapobject... it's up to you - you are the modeller

Hoehrer:
Hm if the hovernet model is supposed to be the same size as the old one (2x2 in the battlescape) it would certainly need some elevation devices (be they propellors, turbines or helium balloons ;) [1]) that take up quite a bit of space/volume to keep it afloat.

There are some propellor and turbine-driven drone concepts pictured in this google-search.

EDIT: I think when Winter wrote he likes the first mdoel better he just referred to this problem, not the overall shape. At least i think he does :)

Other than that i really like both of the models (and the ones in your other thread as well). Keep up the good work 8)

Werner

[1] On the other hand the aliens could have e.g. developed a (more efficient and compact) successor to the ion drive engine as they are already in use in some sattelites and interstellar crafts by NASA. Dunno how this would fit in with the rest of the story.

Winter:

--- Quote from: "Hoehrer" ---EDIT: I think when Winter wrote he likes the first mdoel better he just referred to this problem, not the overall shape. At least i think he does :)
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That's correct, though I really don't like the overall shape of the new one either. It's too thin to put any useful electronics in the body, and the thing hanging under it -- I presume it's a gun -- is both comically oversized and out of place.

One thing we don't want to do is to use things just because they 'look cool', ignoring the fact that they're badly designed for their supposed purpose or that they couldn't even work according to the laws of physics. The new model resembles a piece of architecture more than a war machine. If it's going to be in combat, it has to look like it would actually work and survive in combat; it should be sleek and nasty and rugged. The new model is anything but.

Hell. It looks like a Segway.

Regards,
Winter

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