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I’m presently working on a functioning lightsaber.

omnipotent on October 2, 2007 at 12:28 PM

Is that the euphemism we’re using for it these days? Hope your mother doesn’t walk in on you…

(kidding.)

of course the x-wing fighter is designed to fly in zero gravity.

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The x-wing was designed to look cool in movie. Nothing more and nothing less. It “flies” with a stick up its butt or while dangling from wires.
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All this reminds me of the lady who asked Leonard Nimoy what it felt like to go through a transporter.

“Mahmoud, the radar shows infidel aircraft ingressing our ZOC.”

“Quickly, use the long range camera to feed their image to the computer for identification.”

“Done. ID coming through now.

“What in the name of Shaitan is an ‘Incom Tango-Six-Five’!??”

Let them explain that one to their superiors…..

cheers

eon

I wonder what kind of rockets it would use. What impulse rating would they require. Since 9/11, the feds have taken all (or most) of the fun out of model rocket flying.

NO DOUBT, there is some bureau-o-weenie at BATFE or Homeland Securithy that is saying right now: “Overall length 21 feet, wing span 19 feet, 4 rocket motors. Hmmm cruise missile? What! CRUISE MISSILE! CRUISE MISSILE!“

Greatness!!! :thumbsup: :)

trailortrash on October 2, 2007 at 3:02 PM

Thanks, trailortrash!

Cool! Back in ’99 I had a ’79 Buick LeSabre that I fancied as my “Millennium Falcon” a la Han Solo. Figured I could drive it into the “millennium” since we were close to it, then. Had it 16 yr after buying it used in ’83. It had 185k or so on it but, alas, GM longevity wasn’t it’s genes. The 350 V8 crapped out with a blown head gasket and worn out & noisy, clattering lifters. Couldn’t see putting anymore $ into it so I gave it away to a mechanic who fixed it for a less fortunate student w/o any wheels at all. It might still be running… Anyway, I bought an old Volvo which I drove into the millennium and from all indications, it’ll never quit, true to the Volvo heritage. Anyway, not my point, but Bigfoot sparked a memory thread! Thanks, guy!

Re: Yoda’s words…do I remember correctly, then, that he actually said: “Try not. Do. Or do not”?

Grinning, but snarky. Should the Wright “boys’ have been tilling a field instead? Dude. We need inventors.

JiangxiDad on October 2, 2007 at 12:37 PM

jihadwatcher has a very strong sense of…er, practicality. Think of him as a Robert Picard.

There is a difference.

But either way, it’s pretty cool.

I was once in a SW fan film about two college students testing working lightsabers…Got my freakin hand cut off.

LOL!

tickleddragon on October 2, 2007 at 2:38 PM

Greatness!!! :thumbsup: :)

I hope it can actually fly. . . of course the x-wing fighter is designed to fly in zero gravity

actually the X-Wing flies in atmospheres and in zero gravity… via the movies, Luke flies his X-wing in the atmospheres of a few planets…

That made my day!

I’m presently working on a functioning lightsaber.

omnipotent on October 2, 2007 at 12:28 PM

I was once in a SW fan film about two college students testing working lightsabers…Got my freakin hand cut off.

LOL!

Speaking of which, for some reason my g/f didn’t think my “Let’s buy two flying lawn mowers and have air duels over the backyard” idea was nearly as cool as I did. Women!

When I was twelve, this would have been the coolest thing ever. At a significantly more *ahem* mature age, this is kinda pitiful.

I find your lack of faith . . . disturbing.

I hope it can actually fly. . . of course the x-wing fighter is designed to fly in zero gravity

ThackerAgency on October 2, 2007 at 12:14 PM

Uh dood…the X wing fighter was designed to fly on film…as in not real…as in your imagination.

I’m going to say this once: the X-Wing was designed to fly in any condition Lucas decided the script needed to be in.

Well said.

geek

I remember reading Isaac Asimov’s “scientifically accurate” sci-fi books back in the day. Space combat consisted of firing a single metal pellet through the enemy’s hull from several miles. No lasers, no bank turns, no sound effects, no gun turrets, no droids, no anything.

To quote Bart Simpson, “I never realized the universe was so boring.”

/geek

Warp speed is coming, baby! This would be so cool to see.

MikeyB on October 2, 2007 at 1:53 PM

Make that Ludacrous speed!