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[edit] 1 MGLT (MGLAT) = 400 m/s^2 with a speed limit of 100m/s

100/400=0.25. Maintaining a speed limit of 100/ms for each 400m/s^2 of acceleration capability can create somewhat of a WWII handling style, though a bit lagged. 0.25 second velocity negation, 0.5 second velocity reversal. The turning still wouldn't be intuitive though because you would have to overturn and then remove it to negate the previous vector if it isn't a full 180.

Vectoring engines (star wars space craft do not have this) or bendable thrust without physical vectoring of even true omnidirectional thrust (warp fields / star trek++) would be needed to create true emulation of WWII dogfighting in space.

But then again, real-world pilots find that aircraft don't handle like they do in video games (stalling, overspeed, vehicle out-turning it's change in velocity and creatinve excessive drag). I'm sure Star Wars fighter pilots know how to overcome the peculiarities of uber-power engines in vacuum to get absolute command in the speed, direction, and position of their spacecraft.

[edit] MGLT = "megalight" (verbally)

I've been playing the X-wing / TIE Fighter series since it began. In all that time, I've never heard anyone refer to this unit of measure by the letters of the acronym - "M-G-L-T" - aloud. The common usage has been to speak the acronym with the pronunciation of "megalight" (MeGaLighT). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by KenoSarawa (talk • contribs) 00:26, 15 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Additional meanings of the acronym "MGLT"

I have heard other (theoretical) explainations for the acronym MGLT. One that was popular many years ago was that MGLT derived from the fact that the unit of measure had to do with the products:

1. Mass (or mass-time constant) of the vessel
2. Gravity (acceleration as it is viewed from within a given reference frame)
3. Length (the distance traveled per unit time)
4. Time (the unit time or time ratio including the Lorentz factor from special relativity)

However, the explaination did not say exactly how these terms were combined, nor what additional terms were needed to come out to a relative measure of velocity or acceleration. However, what it did boil down to was that the measure had to do with the size (or mass) of the ship in question. A measure of MGLT had little to do with the overall speed or acceleration, but rather showed how well the ion engines could move that mass and how quickly it could accelerate. This was why (with their massive engines) vessels like the X-wing and A-wing rate so high on the scale of MGLT. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by KenoSarawa (talk • contribs) 00:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC).