StarDestroyer.Net BBS

Drooling Iguana wrote:Maybe it's because it's a .bmp, and .bmps are evil.

You're right. SDN won't accept bitmaps. @The Jazz Intern: in Paint, save your file as a png. That'll keep the file clarity (jpegs muddy it up) and keep the file at a reasonable size.
- Ra

Okay, now the size thing i'm testing here.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/B ... newtie.png


Sorry, it won't come on any other way.

[teal'c]Indeed.[/teal'c]

Now, I was thinking about the radiator panels. One could easily put the panels against the pod, rather than mounted on pylons. At any rate, I like the concept.
- Ra

Thank you. An added bonus is its easy to store, hard to hit, and probably about the same price as a tie fighter!

Ummm....

It's a flying bucket.

Bah!

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Ummm....

It's a flying bucket.

Well, as proved by the F-4 Phantom, that CAN work...

When I design new starfighters, I take the lazy way. I look at a picture of a current fighter, like the F-22 Raptor or the F-14 Tomcat.

Replace the standard guns with laser cannons and use appropiate missiles. Add shields and hyperdrive (optional) and standard sensor packages.

The aerodynamic frames allows them to be used as a reasonable atmospheric fighter, while having no real effect on its abilities.

Basically, adapt any aircraft for space. It's a lazy method but I'm not too good at designing things.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/ ... /Heron.jpg

Like that?

But I personally find the entire TIE series to be lacking in many key features.

Well, mines not angled like it's steamlined but get a closed paper cylinder and throw it compared to a paper airplane. Which gets more distance? I'm going to guess mine. I'm not dissing anybodys designs, I just don't want someone to tell me mine sucks for that.

Aerodynamics are the LEAST of your problems.

Yeah, I guess your right. But it helps in atmosphere. Which, Why don't fighters like B-wings expeirnce turbulance and/or damage when moving through atmosphere.

Deflector shields adjusted for atmospheric flight.

What about tie fighters? some are streamlined and un-bulky wimpyified enough to go through atmosphere (X-1, tie interceptor, and Andavced) but what about the normal tie fighter (un shielded)?

Normal TIEs may not (even without shields, they could still fly, albeit with limited performance). Later TIEs seem to have at least some form of shielding, so their performance may be improved.

RedImperator wrote:Bog standard TIEs do the job just fine. There's already a TIE variant for every concievable need. The Rebels might need something between the X-wing and the B-wing, to replace the Y-wing--a good, fast fighter/bomber of some kind, maybe.

Isn't that the E-Wing? 3 Laser cannons and 16 Proton torpedoes? Fast and manouverable? It clearly didn't replace the X-Wing as the space supperority fighter of choice, but I thought it replaced the Y-Wing as the fighter bomber craft. Somewhat faster and better able to fight enemy strike craft though.

As an aside, I maintain that it is necessary for all Star Wars spacecraft have some minimal shielding for a host of reasons (micrometeorites, wash from their own ion engines etc). The point is that TIE Fighters lack combat-rated deflectors, but somehow that got blown out of proportion into "no shields at all".
Aanyway, that mandatory shielding would help improve the aerodynamic characteristics of all craft, including TIEs.

Yes, it's just my own idea on things, but I'm a stubborn mofo.

actually Cykeisme, I think your right.