Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!MERMAN%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC From: MERMAN%MIT-OZ%MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: SF-LOVERS Digest V7 #42 Message-ID: <2441@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 00:00:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2441 Posted: Wed Jun 29 00:00:00 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jun-83 13:22:17 EDT Lines: 19 From: Dave GoodineRe: 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