[91242] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: QoD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Mon Dec 12 11:07:43 2011
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:07:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>,
Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A6031E4C6AAFEC@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
--- On Mon, 12/12/11, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> ter'eS:
> > It's a theory. It could also refer to using impulse
> power, for
> > example, to maneuver into a spacedock. You as an
> aircraft pilot
> > would not be likely to use anything similar, but I
> think a
> > spaceship in weightlessness behaves more like a ship
> on water
> > than a craft in the air within a gravity well.
> =
> lojmIt tI'wI' nuv:
> > Keep in mind that spacecraft lack rudders.
> "Maneuvering thrusters"
> > appears in many places in the Star Trek world. {QoDmeH
> chuyDaH}? =
> =
> Unfortunately Okrand has never used {QoD}, but I would use
> it WRT to docking a ship (or parking a car).=A0 WRT
> aircraft, think about the in-flight refueling of
> warplanes.=A0 Remember that it is just as tricky to
> undock and leave a spacedock (or a tight parking space)
> without hitting any of the smaller craft swarming
> about.=A0 =
> =
I was thinking of the fact that a spacecraft in weightlessness can come to =
a full stop without trouble (assuming it doesn't drift into anything), wher=
eas it would be catastrophic for an airplane to come to a full stop in mid-=
air. I didn't realize that aircraft that land on water need to maneuver aro=
und, too.
Back to the steamboat analogy for a moment: a sternwheeler had just a singl=
e propulsion unit in the back, but lots of steamboats had two independent p=
addlewheels on the sides, and the pilot could control their rotation and sp=
eed independently. They had rudders (I think), but the rudder was used for =
slow, relatively gentle navigation. The sidewheels were used for abrupt mov=
ements; since they put quite a strain on engines and hull, their use was mo=
re for crisis situations. When they used the sidewheels, they were more lik=
e bulldozers, with their independent treads, than like modern boats, even t=
hose which steer by angling the propeller.
-- ter'eS
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