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Old 26-February-2009, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Fazor View Post
I suppose it makes it easier to steer if you can time your blinks with the rotational speed.
Or they could spot, like dancers do.

No, I imagine film footage of the test flight: the thing starts spinning faster and faster, with the hapless pilot struggling to stay coherent, and all of a sudden the clear canopy is abruptly obscured by a deposition of vomit.
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