how do they do it!

[genius21]

This has been bugging me how do the ships go up and down left and right the engine are at the back off the ship and there are no flaps.

so how?

[JoNzA]

well I guess that their is small thrusthers around the ship or something like that

[ManiacMike]

they have forward and reverse thrusters.

For up and down, I have no clue maybe the thrusters can make it go up and down.

[The Signal]

Magnets.

What?

[genius21]

i know that i star trek they had those thrusters that were part of the hull and there were top and bodem holes front and back and the side looked like a triangle.

i did found this about the thruster in star trek:The reaction control system (abbreviated RCS) is a subsystem of a spacecraft. Its purpose is attitude control and steering. An RCS system is capable of providing small amounts of thrust in any desired direction or combination of directions. An RCS is also capable of providing torque to allow control of rotation (flight dynamics, pitch, yaw, and roll). This is contrast to a spacecraft's main engine, which is only capable of providing thrust in one direction, but is much more powerful.

RCS systems often use combinations of large and smaller thrusters, to allow different levels of response from the combination.

Reaction control systems are used:
for attitude control during re-entry
for stationkeeping in orbit
for close space rendezvous/maneuvering during docking procedures
for control of orientation, or 'pointing the nose' of the craft
as a backup means of de-orbiting

[wolfax]

i know that i star trek they had those thrusters that were part of the hull and there were top and bodem holes front and back and the side looked like a triangle.

i did found this about the thruster in star trek:The reaction control system (abbreviated RCS) is a subsystem of a spacecraft. Its purpose is attitude control and steering. An RCS system is capable of providing small amounts of thrust in any desired direction or combination of directions. An RCS is also capable of providing torque to allow control of rotation (flight dynamics, pitch, yaw, and roll). This is contrast to a spacecraft's main engine, which is only capable of providing thrust in one direction, but is much more powerful.

RCS systems often use combinations of large and smaller thrusters, to allow different levels of response from the combination.

Reaction control systems are used:
for attitude control during re-entry
for stationkeeping in orbit
for close space rendezvous/maneuvering during docking procedures
for control of orientation, or 'pointing the nose' of the craft
as a backup means of de-orbiting

Nice knowledge of ST Tech. It could be simular to SG Tech on starships, or there is the possibillity of gravimetric drives.

[Zatarc]

Nice knowledge of ST Tech. It could be simular to SG Tech on starships, or there is the possibillity of gravimetric drives.

Gravitics sounds like the most likey options seeing as they do have inertial dampening tech which is quite similar.

I don't know for up and down, but turning would be easy to explain: eacxh ships engines have like middle, right and left engines to some degreee, so turn one way they would just need to increase the thrust from one of the engine (i.e to turn right, more thrust to the left side, vice versa)

[s09119]

This has been bugging me how do the ships go up and down left and right the engine are at the back off the ship and there are no flaps.

so how?

That's easy; the wonder of bad writing

[Col. Matarrese]

That's easy; the wonder of bad writing

probably

[genius21]

thanks i found the info on this website :http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Portal:Technology

on the main page you can choose different categories also science.

[Crazy Tom]

thrusters are my best bet.

[2ndgenerationalteran]

thrusters or magnets, im siding with the later

[wolfax]

thrusters or magnets, im siding with the later

Gravimetric drives are simular to Magnets

[SmallTimePerson]

Directional control can come from the rear thrusters by directing the thrust.
As for going up... the Daedalus craft are equipped with landing thrusters (as evidenced by the water spray when landing on Atlantis), going down I am not sure about, directing thrust the upwards would work (according to Newton's Laws on Force) however there is the problem of the hull getting damaged or deflecting the thrust back again.

When do the ships ever go straight down in space anyway?

[Ouroboros]

My money's on sorcery.