In the expanded universe Star Wars novels, particularly the X-Wing (and related) books by Stackpole and Allston...pilots do crazy vector tricks with tractor
beams and repulsorlifts, turning on the proverbial dime or whipping around in ways that typical aircraft wouldn't be capable of. But at least in those
books, it seems that kind of thing is unconventional. The implication seems to be most pilots aren't that creative or skilled enough for WTF Throttle
Tricks - most pilots still think in linear terms. Or maybe they're too caught up in one paradigm or another...a pilot who trained in a planet's
atmosphere performing poorly in space, or a TIE pilot ripping the wings off his fighter trying to pull a turn against air resistance. Or whatever.
Of course, that's just one way to look at it. It's consistent logic, I suppose. 'course, I'm also told by aviation fan friends that the
expanded universe X-Wing books give an absolutely horrible depiction of fighter tactics anyway, so...
-- Acyl
beams and repulsorlifts, turning on the proverbial dime or whipping around in ways that typical aircraft wouldn't be capable of. But at least in those
books, it seems that kind of thing is unconventional. The implication seems to be most pilots aren't that creative or skilled enough for WTF Throttle
Tricks - most pilots still think in linear terms. Or maybe they're too caught up in one paradigm or another...a pilot who trained in a planet's
atmosphere performing poorly in space, or a TIE pilot ripping the wings off his fighter trying to pull a turn against air resistance. Or whatever.
Of course, that's just one way to look at it. It's consistent logic, I suppose. 'course, I'm also told by aviation fan friends that the
expanded universe X-Wing books give an absolutely horrible depiction of fighter tactics anyway, so...
-- Acyl