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Originally Posted by Noclevername
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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One of the few things I remember from the "Dune" novel, was that the Ornithopters used JATOs for takeoff.
David.