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Chapter D: The Four-Propulsor Spacecraft

D5. Identification of the type of Four-Propulsor Spacecraft
To allow other space travellers to identify from a distance the type of Four-Propulsor Spacecraft they are approaching, significant geometrical features of this vehicle are built in appropriate proportions. Therefore the identification of its type is very simple and can be done by a computer. It only requires to determine the mutual proportion between the vehicle's significant dimensions. In turn, these proportions describe the type factor "T" of a given Four-Propulsor Spacecraft. The value of this "T" factor is equal to the ratio of the crew cabin total height "H" to the height "Z" of the roof, or to the height "h" of a propulsor (see Figure D1):

T = H/Z = H/h       (D1)

Each type of Four-Propulsor Spacecraft has a corresponding type of discoidal Magnocraft (e.g. T3 has K3, ..., T10 has K10). For this reason, the shape and dimensions of the Four-Propulsor Spaceship were so designed, that they also allow for the determining of the type factor "K" of the Magnocraft to which a given spaceship corresponds. This "K" factor can also be determined through dividing the total height "H" of this spacecraft by the height "Z" of its roof, or by the height "h" of its propulsors, i.e.:

K = H/Z = H/h       (D2)

When a given Four-Propulsor Spacecraft reveals the value of its factors T or K, all its remaining data can either be learned from appropriate tables (e.g. see Table D1) or can be determined from appropriate mathematical relationships describing these vehicles (e.g. see equations listed under the Table D1).

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