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Old August 10th, 2008, 01:13 PM   #32
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Default Re: A Battlestar Called Galactica...

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And I doubt any kind of catapult system could use a curved launch path with any degree of efficiency. Some of the energy would have to be used to direct the viper along the curve, rather than just pushing it out at maximum thrust.
The Viper goes along and out of the tube under it's own power. There's is no catapult involved.
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