#114 | Chapter 4, Page 22

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   Chris Talbot
   September 2, 2011 at 12:03 pm

   My apologizes; it’s a touch of a pet peeve.  Whenever someone depicts a ship-like vessel traveling through the air, they always use a ship’s wheel to control her.  I can see the wheel part controlling the yaw (left and right turns) just like a normal ship and the whole thing could tilt forward and back to control the pitch (up and down tilting), but what controls the roll (just like it sounds)?
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     Kneon Transitt
     September 2, 2011 at 12:08 pm

     Well, it’s a pretty complicated helm:
     http://shadowbinders.clownfishtv.com/2010/11/29/031-chapter-2-page-7/

     And when in doubt, I say “magic.” 😉
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     Anonymous
     September 2, 2011 at 2:33 pm

     its fantasy so relax
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     Carlo
     September 4, 2011 at 9:29 am

     Maybe the whole thing turns from side to side… or it’s magic. 😀
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   RG
   September 3, 2011 at 7:22 pm

   Note: Objects may be closer than they appear on your screen…
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   Carlo
   September 4, 2011 at 9:30 am

   I just wanted to say that I’m loving your story! 🙂
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   richard wills
   April 12, 2012 at 10:46 pm

   is  it carefully reasoned and constructed magic such as Alexandra Erin describes in her Tales of MU?

   Or is it just another hokey Deux ex Machina so that the writer can avoid having to take the time to develop a coherent system of magic?  Skipping over embarrassing questions and just move the script right along to the action?

   To the good stuff, where Agatha Hetrodyne or Mackenzie Blaise windup losing their clothes in some unfortunately public exhibition?
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     SotiCoto
     April 18, 2013 at 9:09 am

     You know how it is: “Magic” is just a term for what people don’t understand… yet. Once it is understood, it becomes SCIENCE!
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   SotiCoto
   April 18, 2013 at 9:13 am

   You’d think that guy would have enough sense to put some sort of a strap on his bulky radar machine. Let us recount the facts:
   #1. It is somewhat large and cumbersome… and may possibly be delicate and easily broken despite that.
   #2. They’re on a freakin airship.
   #3. He has been seen holding it out over the side of said airship.
   #4. This area was previously described as “a bit dangerous”.

   Simply put, unless he puts some sort of a strap or something on that device to keep it safe, it seems highly likely to get lost or broken before its use can be fully realised.