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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bond, James Bond: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Nim: [qb] Bond quoted: [i]"Arcjets accomplish this by passing the propellant through an electric arc that heats it before it expands through a nozzle."[/i] You pose that the "electric arc" component might be what those ring-pads are? Interesting. One relevant observation is the attack on the Osiris, in [i]Animatrix[/i]; after the sentinels had cut off the main starboard hoverpad-array, the Osiris started spinning clockwise and crashed into the ground. So if the side-emitters work against some sort of "pushing"-action emmitted by the emitters on the opposite side, it must mean the whole levitation technique operates kind of like old chimney-sweep acrobatics. A sweep worked his way up a vertical tunnel by pushing his hands and feet outwards, pinning himself between the walls. [/qb][/QUOTE]Good example. Niobe's commands to Morpheus like "starboard 90%" would in effect be like the chimney sweep moving each foot up one at a time while simultaneously keeping pressure on the other hands and feet. You cycle one side of the pads up to make the turn but the other pads are still operating to keep the ship at a distance from the sides of the tunnel and in the air. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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