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From: louie@umd5.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Discrepancies (Dune and Ringworld)
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Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 13:25:09 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 24 13:25:09 1985
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Reply-To: louie@umd5.UUCP (Louis Mamakos)
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In article <2053@iddic.UUCP> rick@iddic.UUCP (Rick Coates) writes:
>>As I recall flycycles worked by using a replusion effect against the
>>scrith, and would therefore be useless until they were very close to
>>the ringworld.
>
>No, Nessus had no way of knowing what the characteristics of the ringworld
>floor material was.  I believe that specific mention was made that they used
>reactionless thrusters.
>The floating cities used electomagnetic repulsion and as I remember the lander
>from Ringworld Engineers used this effect.
>
>Still looking for a reasonable explanation . . . keep those cards and
>letters coming. . .
>
>Rick Coates
>
Well, actually the puppeteers *did* know quite a bit about Ringworld.  They
were the ones who caused the superconductor "blight" on Ringworld.

Perhaps the flycycles were not used because there wasn't enough delta-V?
-- 
Louis A. Mamakos WA3YMH   University of Maryland, Computer Science Center
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