Someone's building an Airship

[gaijin]

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsnew/18ac893302839010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/TECH/02/16/aeroscraft/vert.aeroscraft.jpg
http://img.timeinc.net/popsci/images/2006/02/cp0206luxHotel_485.jpg

What seems coolest is the water/snow landing capability. I'd imagine it'll be a pricey casino to get into, but it begs for a small party of good friends with an urgent mission to hijack it and save the world.

[flatliner]

Thats pretty damn awesome, and pretty damn big.

[corky13]

I want one !
pure awesomeness :) *imagines a Metal-Gig several thousand feet above the ground*

[Mort]

ok this is cool, but it feels like the titanic idea gotto go for several reasons.
i know they need to get their private founded money back, but its just feels like they are looking for an iceberg . and something about hindenburgh zeppeliner. very cool design but it just have bad history. we heard it before.
and using helium is smart for its non flammable but , the whole crew and passengers whould inhale it if it leaked and thats not good. not sure if they have avoided that by designing it so it cant happen.

[Number_6]

I'm having Final Fantasy flashbacks here. Where's Cid?

[K-17]

I think it'd be Setzer in this case. Man, if this can land on water and snow i'll have to rethink where on the world map i'm gonna hide that secret materia.

[Number_6]

I think it'd be Setzer in this case. Man, if this can land on water and snow i'll have to rethink where on the world map i'm gonna hide that secret materia.

I've only played X and X-II. Need to find me a copy of VII...

Sin would probably make mincemeat out of this thing though. :(

[flatliner]

You know, stick a spoiler and two jets on the side of that thing and bam!








http://www.fortunecity.com/bennyhills/pun/190/thunderbird2a.jpg

Thunderbirds are go! :teeth:

[Xpose]

sounds cool but still very dangerous.

[Phaethon]

I'd actually be pretty confident that modern materials and engineering could prevent the sort of dangerous equilibrium seen in 1920s and 30s airships. Strangely enough, while they operated during those two decades, airships were statistically among the safest means of long-distance travel. The problem was that, after the Hindenberg, consumer interest in that particular mode of travel dropped off so much that all the airship companies had to go out of business.

You guys have heard of the US military's Walrus project (http://www.aerosml.com/pr04-26-04b.asp) right? Cool stuff. I just love airships! :)

[Slash]

I've only played X and X-II. Need to find me a copy of VII...

Sin would probably make mincemeat out of this thing though. :(


I think its already common knowledge that i'm a huge nerd, so i dont have any problem with pointing out that setzer is from FFVI. :P


That airship looks awesome, i want one! And about the hindenburg, wasnt it really supposed to be filled with a less flammable gas?

[K-17]

i'd think US airships would work on claudia units, not helium

[Number_6]

I think its already common knowledge that i'm a huge nerd, so i dont have any problem with pointing out that setzer is from FFVI. :P


Bah, the materia reference made me think of FFVII.