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From: joel@peora.UUCP (Joel Upchurch)
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Subject: Re: Discrepancies (Dune and Ringworld)
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Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 09:44:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 19 09:44:47 1985
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> Here are a couple of discrepancies (one large, one small) that I have
> run across lately:
> 
> Ringworld:
> 
> After the Liar had been zapped by the ringworld meteor defense and was 
> falling towards the ringworld, why didn't they use the flycycles to change
> their orbit?  Obviously they had considerable thrust since a single one
> could move a large building about, and they had four while still in the
> ship.  It wouldn't take a tremendous thrust to allow them to miss, given
> the distance they were traveling.
> 

As I recall flycycles worked by using a replusion effect against the
scrith, and would therefore be useless until they were very close to
the ringworld.