[S-99]

I know with terran fighters have that bottom fin on them, except for bombers. Bombers land differently than standard fighters do, for terrans. Vasudan craft really do land differently, as you can tell from the psamtik mainhall. Vasudan fighters all take off like standard airplanes, except for pretty much no runway, they just take off. Vasudan fighter tend to land in the same fashion. No ones seen a terran fighter land, except for going into an orion fighter bay.
One thing that came across my head that would be cool, is if you could actually be deployed from an actual capital ship, or be deployed from a capship, and then warp to your destination. Like get all of that in 3d and part of the mission brief and giving your ship the loadout, then push commit, and you get launched from the capship. That would be kickass
Probably on no ones time watch though

[Dysko]

So... how lands a terran fighter? Especially a fighter like the Hercules II, with that long fin under the fuselage? And also: what is the use of that long fin?

[Prophet]

what is the use of that long fin?

What is the use of the other weird spikes you can find in almost every other scifi space ship? You should know better than to ask questions like that.

[Charismatic]

So... how lands a terran fighter? Especially a fighter like the Hercules II, with that long fin under the fuselage? And also: what is the use of that long fin?

IIRC, its' bottom tip is its sensor subsystem. Id imagine maby a unsealed hanger deck or a specially designed landing pad: ______
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Meh, you get the point.
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[Mars]

Wow, I'm out of it. Filtered post for my dignity.

[S-99]

I would assume, that possibly the sensor fin is probably motorized to the point that it can pull a drag queen maneuver and tuck under the fighter when it gets back on board a capship

[Turnsky]

I would assume, that possibly the sensor fin is probably motorized to the point that it can pull a drag queen maneuver and tuck under the fighter when it gets back on board a capship

that's what i mean, it wouldn't take that much of a stretch in technology to pull it off

[S-99]

kicks the **** out of the need for a special landing platform too

[AlphaOne]

Or they could just have a multipurpose landing platform for taking in different ships.

[Fury]

Since GTVA had this pilot exchange program going on during FS2 including Alpha 1 assigned to Psamtik, they must have their fighter bays suitable for both terran and vasudan fighters. At least Hecate and Hatshepsut destroyers can house all GTVA fighters if not older destroyers.

[aldo_14]

Since GTVA had this pilot exchange program going on during FS2 including Alpha 1 assigned to Psamtik, they must have their fighter bays suitable for both terran and vasudan fighters. At least Hecate and Hatshepsut destroyers can house all GTVA fighters if not older destroyers.

Maybe the insides of a Hatshepsut are all squidgy.

[AlphaOne]

well from what we can see there is a mlti pourpose platform that kind of sustains the ships entering the destroyer frum the sides to alow any othe fin or whatever it is to pretrude as it is shown during flight. this is regarding the herculesmkII.

Also the vasudans seem to have some sort of energy field supporting they vessels this would greately improve the speedines with wich they are able to park ships.

I think.

[aldo_14]

All FS ships are capable of anti-gravity.  I think Adam Pletcher confirmed the tech level included that in the FS mailing list or similar.

[AlphaOne]

uhmm then why do they even need specialized landing pads or even landing pads or some sort of grapling hook to help bring ships in?
I mean they could have some sort of inertial sistem mounted in the hangar bay to well stop the thing in its tracks!

[aldo_14]

uhmm then why do they even need specialized landing pads or even landing pads or some sort of grapling hook to help bring ships in?
I mean they could have some sort of inertial sistem mounted in the hangar bay to well stop the thing in its tracks!

Who said they needed specialized landing pads or grappling hooks?

[AlphaOne]

errr.....nevermind..point taken.

[Colonol Dekker]

On the subject of launching,.. In the first Nebular mission (as in it took part in a nebula) The hercs launched from the aquitaines wing-flap-protuberance-thing, Which is quite far from the Hecates hangar, Any views on this?

[aldo_14]

On the subject of launching,.. In the first Nebular mission (as in it took part in a nebula) The hercs launched from the aquitaines wing-flap-protuberance-thing, Which is quite far from the Hecates hangar, Any views on this?

Probably either had them docked temporarily in order to have a mass-scramble, or for some reason elected to get all the ships out and preflight-checked in the nebula (perhaps to check sensors, etc, worked in the soup) before launching the wings proper.

That, and someone at V no doubt noticed it was much cooler to show fighters 'lifting off' from there than just starting out of the rather crap Hecate launchbay.

[Colonol Dekker]

Point   With regards to anti grav hangar rams/catch system hypothesised earlier, Why has the orion got a runway? possibly for transports?

[aldo_14]

Point   With regards to anti grav hangar rams/catch system hypothesised earlier, Why has the orion got a runway? possibly for transports?

Do we actually know for sure it's a runway?  Could be simply open space to bolt fighters onto; perhaps for scrambling, ala the Hecate, when jumping into attack an enemy blockade.