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Does the DeLorean have a spare tyre?
Having a spare didn't really matter because it seems that it has a common enough tire/wheel size that they were able to buy 4 new ones in 1955 for the trip back to 1885.
You are correct that the ...
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What is the difference between an AT-ST and an AT-DP?
While they look quite similar (as they're both bipedal walkers), each is designed for a somewhat different - and distinct - purpose. The All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) is primarily a ...
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Where have all the Y-wings gone?
The Y-Wing was an old and essentially obsolete design. The first Rebels episode of the third season, "Steps Into Shadow" set in 2 BBY, involved stealing Y-Wings that were in the process of being ...
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When and how was wheeled transport introduced to Middle-Earth?
There is a passage in "A Description of Númenor" in Unfinished Tales that refers explicitly to wheels (though this only gives a no-later-than answer to "When?" without addressing "Who?"):
Therefore ...
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How does the air traffic system on Coruscant work?
Non-canon answer
Traffic is organised in 3D traffic lanes, governed by a complex set of rules, and policed by Coruscant Air Traffic Control (name varies according to the Era).
A quote from "...
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Does the First Order's "Heavy Scout Walker" / "AT-HS" exist in any official fiction (besides Lego sets)?
In the same way that this walker was cut from The Force Awakens, this toy was probably from a planned scene that was deleted or altered. Keep in mind that the books and toys have to be planned out ...
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Time travel, with compensation for planetary position and velocity
E.E. "Doc" Smith's Skylark series might be a reasonable fit but it's not a time machine.
The first in the series The Skylark of Space.
At the beginning of the story, Seaton accidentally ...
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How can ornithopters in Dune fly with shields?
Shields in Dune surround the object like a semi-permeable skin. The generators seems smart enough (or possibly it's just an effect that they've harnessed) to follow the object that's being shielded ...
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Origin of the Batmobile's flame exhaust?
The 1966 Batmobile was the first version to include an exhaust port and was a trend setter as nearly every version of the BatMobile (live-action or animated) has featured it since.
The 1966 Batmobile ...
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How is Max's Interceptor still running?
George Miller has said in an interview, the films aren't one complete story line. They're more like stories people tell in a post apocalyptic world of the Road Warrior called Max
The Interviewer asks:...
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Does the First Order's "Heavy Scout Walker" / "AT-HS" exist in any official fiction (besides Lego sets)?
It actually does have a real picture on Crait that must have been cut from the movie. It's shown in the background of a picture of the superlaser siege cannon in The Art of Star Wars, The Last Jedi, a ...
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Do ships in Pirates of Caribbean get a speed boost from magic?
It depends
But for the most part, no.
There's a total of 4 notable ships that we know:
The Flying Dutchman
This ship can sail through the water and also ascend. It is almost always with the wind and ...
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Do repulsor craft have a height limit?
Repulsorlift technology has no height limit except the one imposed by the gravity well
STAP
STAPs are lightweight reconnaissance and patrol vehicles used by the battle droids of the Trade Federation ...
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When and how was wheeled transport introduced to Middle-Earth?
Probably during the First Age
The passage from Unfinished Tales quoted in chepner's answer makes clear that wheeled vehicles, while rare, existed in Númenor "in the early centuries". This puts the ...
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Could a TARDIS in vehicle form act like a vehicle?
I'd have to say no.
A TARDISes ability to change shape comes from the chameleon circuit. The Doctor's TARDIS is of course broken in this respect, but when working it disguises itself as something to ...
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Where have all the Y-wings gone?
Like the Rebellion, the Resistance was working with whatever ships it could find. Even the T-70 X-wings in its fleet were only in use because they were more common than T-85s:
Anticipating a conflict ...
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Is there any terrain the All-Terrain series can't operate in?
I can't find a location which is specifically mentioned as unsuitable for an All-Terrain walker (it's easy to find places where walkers have been deployed, but much more difficult to find a place ...
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How wide/long is the Quinjet from the MCU?
Here is Captain America by the quinjet in The Winter Soldier:
Yes, Cap is a bit closer to the camera than the quinjet is, but we can still approximate.
According to Wikipedia Captain's shield is ...
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Outside of the DCAU, does Post-Crisis/Pre- New 52 Superman have a "super mobile", ship or other form of protective transport?
While the Super-Mobile is primarily a pre-Crisis device, it's made a couple (semi-whimsical) appearances post-crisis, mainly as meta in-jokes
From Wiki -
A few different versions of the ...
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AT-AT pronunciation
The original pronounciation (presented to us by the toy commercials) was @@.
We were aware that it was an acronym but it made sense, in-universe for the characters ...
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How wide/long is the Quinjet from the MCU?
Ultimate Quinjet measures over 4” (12cm) high, 15” (40cm) long and 11” (28cm) wide.
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/avengers-ultimate-quinjet-76126
Here's a discussion of scale factors:
https://...
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What late 80s - mid 90s cartoon had heroes with insect mechs?
As per Ayrton's answer, it's Timefighters in the Land of Fantasy, aka Time Bokan (タイムボカン) for the original anime.
Dr. Kieda, a somewhat wacky but intelligent scientist, has finally succeeded in ...
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Could a TARDIS in vehicle form act like a vehicle?
A TARDIS seems to have a fair amount of control over the size and appearance. And another one even simulated an entire Diner interior so if some writer wanted to there would not be any real reason it ...
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Time travel, with compensation for planetary position and velocity
You may be thinking of Heinlein's 1980 The Number of the Beast featuring four people (a father, his daughter, the daughter's new husband and a woman who soon marries the father) who enhance a flying ...
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How wide/long is the Quinjet from the MCU?
I've done a lot of scaling, and am actually responsible for the size chart which lists the Quinjet as 16.5 meters long. After comparing the Quinjet to such things as an Aircraft Carrier runway, people ...
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Could a TARDIS in vehicle form act like a vehicle?
While a vehicular TARDIS driving around has not been shown in the television series, what we have seen gives us every reason to believe the exterior shell can perfectly mimic any object, even one with ...
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Could a TARDIS in vehicle form act like a vehicle?
I think there may be reason to say yes! Though I can't recall any story where a TARDIS is disguised as a car with an engine there are several cases where the Master's TARDIS has disguised itself in ...
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Could a TARDIS in vehicle form act like a vehicle?
In "The Runaway Bride" we see the TARDIS actually fly through the air. Presumably it could use this capability while in the shape of a vehicle to mimic the vehicle in motion.
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