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Flyndaran · 05-25-2015, 04:31 PM

Solar sails only give good thrust close to any star no matter how big.
I also prefer mag-sails getting thrust from charged ions emitted by the star. They automatically adjust their size to maintain thrust a bit further out. They require superconducting loops and initial charge up, but otherwise act like classic solar sails.

This is all from memory, so may be off. I hope by only a bit and not completely incoherent.

05-25-2015, 04:31 PM	#4
Flyndaran Untagged Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon	Re: Help with my first spacecraft Solar sails only give good thrust close to any star no matter how big. I also prefer mag-sails getting thrust from charged ions emitted by the star. They automatically adjust their size to maintain thrust a bit further out. They require superconducting loops and initial charge up, but otherwise act like classic solar sails. This is all from memory, so may be off. I hope by only a bit and not completely incoherent. __________________ Beware, poor communication skills. No offense intended. If offended, it just means that I failed my writing skill check.