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Originally Posted by Van Rijn
The entire movie isn't realistic looking, but that's part of the idea. Regarding Dune: Why do they have ornithopters when they have anti-gravity? Is there an energy efficiency issue, or some other explained trade-off?
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Not sure, I think the idea is that suspensors can only provide lift or bouyancy, for actual thrust you need a mechanism of some kind.
(I think IMO it was in the original novel just becuase it "sounded cool", the rationale-- assuming I remember right and there is one-- came later.)
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