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Post by Lonesome Crow on Jan 16, 2013 2:44:35 GMT 1
I think we get our ideas of the machine's similarity from Jeff W's Fighting machine and Handling machine's similarity. There is nothing in the book about them looking the same and you wouldn't expect a tank to look like a spitfire. No I don't see any reason why they have to look as though they have been stamped out of the same mould.
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Post by Relyt on Jan 16, 2013 3:56:53 GMT 1
I can't believe you beat me to the "tank does not resemble airplane," example.
No seriously, I was thinking the same thing.
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Post by stevesudz on Jan 16, 2013 23:04:28 GMT 1
ok, Judging by some early comments on here, is it the general consensus that the martians build from neccessity and function rather than anything aesthetic? I personally get that impression from the book ( particularly the first chapters where Wells discusses the Martian development). This means that the machines are quite likely to have little in common except maybe the control point? Do we assume that all machines are controlled by a single martian? Wells mentions some machines operating remotely or automatically but no mention of what controls the Flying machines. The Fighting machines seem to operate in much the same way we control a car as the damaged FM 'stumbles blindly on' suggesting the same level of control. Do you see the flying machines in the same way? Aircraft and pilot relationship?
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Post by Relyt on Jan 17, 2013 23:11:01 GMT 1
I'm positive the martians would have fly-by-wire installed in their aircraft. So I'd say the flying machine would act similar to a modern military aircraft, in that it would have computer assisted controls as well as autopilot.
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