On 24 Feb 2018 at 0:48, Rupert Boleyn wrote:

> TL12 CG for an air/raft used 0.3MW power. The HEPlaR thruster used
> about the same (using reactionless thrusters gets more thrust per MW
> but they're massier, which is probably a wash in an air/raft). If
> neither of these technologies suits, ducted fans could be used, but
> they'd make for a slower (and atmospheric only, obviously) craft.

*HEPlaR*?!?!

There goes any hope of IR stealth. As well as making it hazardout to
fly near grasslands, woods and flammable construction!
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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
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