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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: LAVs (was Re: (New cyber) Regnerating Nanites)
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 11:36:48 +0100
David Mezerette said on 9:25/12 Jan 98...

> >ACV, Air Cushion Vehicle, not antigravity. I think that was what he
> >meant.
>
> Look at the Banshee picture, it doesn't look like an ACV at all, and it's
> refered as an LAV, though i don't know how LAVs work...

The most plausible explanation (IMHO) is that they have a jet engine with
the thrust directed downward, similar to a Harrier but built into the hull
of a light tank rather than a fixed-wing aircraft.

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Message no. 2
From: "Darrell L. Bowman" <bowmandl@*****.DHR.STATE.NC.US>
Subject: Re: LAVs (was Re: (New cyber) Regnerating Nanites)
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 10:35:53 +0000
On 12 Jan 98 at 11:36, Gurth wrote:

> David Mezerette said on 9:25/12 Jan 98...
>
> > >ACV, Air Cushion Vehicle, not antigravity. I think that was what he
> > >meant.
> >
> > Look at the Banshee picture, it doesn't look like an ACV at all, and it's
> > refered as an LAV, though i don't know how LAVs work...
>
> The most plausible explanation (IMHO) is that they have a jet engine with
> the thrust directed downward, similar to a Harrier but built into the hull
> of a light tank rather than a fixed-wing aircraft.

Yeah,.. I screwed up,... the LAV's are Vectored thrust, not
hovercraft.... but somebody mentioned anti-gravity, yuck.

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