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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cartman: [QB] Aircraft bank (rotate about their longitudinal axis) when turning because their control surfaces alter the flow of air around them, which creates pressure differences that cause one wing to be pushed up and the other to be pushed down. It's a side-effect of the aerodynamic forces acting on the wings and tail. But since there IS no atmosphere in space, a starship instead has to turn by rotating about its vertical axis (yawing) with plain old thrusters and wouldn't bank at all while using them. There'd also be nothing to gain by banking manually, unless the lateral thrusters were less powerful than the ventral/dorsal ones or the IDF generators could for some reason handle a two-dimensional acceleration better than a 1D one or the impulse engine nozzles could only vector thrust vertically or whatever. *cough* Realistically *cough*, ships should always turn like that Ambassador in the [i]Emissary[/i] teaser. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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