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Star Wars Error

shrub77

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Yes, I know it's Star Wars but...


If the TIE in TIE fighter stands for Twin Ion Engine then wouldn't it take four years for the TIE fighter to reach 100 kph?

Couldn't help it:D
 

Cognisant

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Re: Star Wara error

Maybe they're high capacity ion engines?
 

shrub77

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Re: Star Wara error

It would still take a fairly long time for them to accelerate.
 

Cavallier

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Title Fixed. It was driving me crazy.
 

scorpiomover

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Next-generation ion engine sets new thrust record. Ion engines can get a lot faster than with current technology.

I'm imagining that a civilisation where instellar travel is easy and commonplace, would be able to advance ion engine technology a LOT, probably way more than we can, to the point where it probably would be a really good engine, at least for a 1-man short-range interplanetary spaceship.
 

Wolf18

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It's another universe, isn't it (or at least a galaxy far, far away)? Does it have to obey our laws of physics?

SW
 
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