
April 21st, 2003, 08:10 PM
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Re: A question about solar panels
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Originally posted by Slick:
I have always thought that Solar Sails should add movement without using supplies. It just doesn't make sense. I suppose it is easy enough to mod them some supply generation and I know that some mods do this. But a stock Solar Sail sure doesn't act like you might expect if you are comparing it to a sail on a real sailboat i.e "free" movement using energy from wind (or in space, solar wind).
Slick.
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You still need some energy (from the crew at least) to rig sails and hove the ship 
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