[Spaceships] Ornithopter Wings no longer TL5+2!

[vierasmarius]

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

Speaking of wings, by RAW they have a speed limit of 500mph. How realistic is it? Optimistic? Pessimistic?

It don't know about optimistic or pessimistic, but it feels a little arbitrary. Note that a streamlined craft with 0.25G accel normally has an airspeed of 1250, so the only craft that will be slower than the ornithopter's 500mph limit are those that are unstreamlined. Even giving them Small-sized drivetrains (1/3 thrust, or 0.083G) drops the potential airspeed of a streamlined craft to 720mph, which is still over their limit.

I'd actually prefer if Ornithopters were treated more like Helicopters, providing a top speed per motive system (varying with streamlining, of course). That would help differentiate between more and less powerful Ornithopters.