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Subject: SF-LOVERS Digest   V7 #42
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Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 00:00:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 29 00:00:00 1983
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From:  Dave Goodine 


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