i would see something depending on use as having a flat bottom and a front that angles up somewhat curved to a flat top. skis on the bottom, fairly long. and as far as problems go, dont know much about ion thrust or even how you could make it work but i could see a huge problem with carbon buildup on the parts that come into contact with the ion as i assume its high heat and that could possibly depending on how the engine is designed lead to critical failure of specific parts if not properly cleaned off/replaced as far as parts said, if it flies rather fast turning would be an issue unless you planned on dieing. so depending on how futuristic you want to go we could go with the F18 option and have G-suits or even enertial dampening systems in the car that has effects on the entire vehicle making sharper turning more possible [no idea what you want]. if your looking at more of a wire and duct tape scenario you could describe outer shell to be crudly welded togeather-- or even riveted togeather out of metals and scraps
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something along the lines of what i had envisioned. versitile shape as you could replace one of the storrage compartments or even both with human transport, it is a fairly big vehicle though as it seems most of are cold climate stuff is, other than snow mobiles and skis that is.
thanx for the input
i didnt think of the high speeds involved. i circumvented that in my other scenarios, by having them travel in machines that would "correct" gravitational forces, but this machine most certainly would not, requiring a suit.
as for exterior design, i went for a mini jet airplane kindovan idea, where it uses wings with the engines mounted to them, but similar to a fighter jet, the wings are rather short.
skis vs wheels got me thinking just now. in a cold scenario, skis would be good for snow - where wheels would be catastrophic, but in summer the skis would scrape against the sandy ground
well glad we could help, i still think high amounts of carbon buildup should be thrown in there. but thats probably because its the only idea i have not ripped off of sy-fi shows and/or logic. XD
i actually will
i mentioned dust accumulations, and ammounts of filters that were routinely changed, building up piles of used filters around his garage
but yes, un-ripped-off ideas are valuable, well any idea that goes to the actual core of the technology, rather than just ideas that are trendy to the genre.
thanks :]
(i even mentioned ducttape! ducttape in space!
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^(no, its not a space ship, its safely atmospheric :] i just like saying "in space", they have beer in space)
