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Topic: Thunderbird 2 flies again:
The astonishing airship set
to revolutionise haulage,
tourism... and warfare |
Thunderbird 2 flies again:
The astonishing airship set
to revolutionise haulage,
tourism... and warfare
Daily Mail (UK), by Damien Gayle
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Posted By:JoniTx, 1/4/2013 5:39:40 PM
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| A radical new kind of airship funded by the US military is about to make its first test flight - and it looks uncannily like the Thunderbird 2 craft from the classic TV show. The Aeroscraft airship will carry three times as much as the biggest military cargo planes over thousands of miles, use a third of the fuel, and it doesn´t even need a landing strip. It could also have major implications for cargo haulage, and almost everything now laboriously transported across the planet´s surface by boat, train and lorry could within years be carried through the skies,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
crimea river, 1/4/2013 6:01:12 PM (No. 9099003)
I can see these making a big contribution to construction. Warfare? Nope. Despite the hype, a C-5 Galaxy can handle heavier loads.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Watlines, 1/4/2013 6:06:03 PM (No. 9099015)
When can I buy a ticket?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
aintnojoke, 1/4/2013 6:20:09 PM (No. 9099040)
Tom Swift used to fly around in one of these.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
SteelTurman, 1/4/2013 6:23:12 PM (No. 9099044)
Make a great mode of travel for tourists ...
... a true air liner.
And allow development of both the Amazon basin and the far cold north for oil and minerals.
Too bad the Left will stop it dead in its flight plan once they figure that out.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
LouD, 1/4/2013 6:26:54 PM (No. 9099056)
Too vulnerable for warfare. A big slow-moving target that could be brought down with shoulder fired weapons. Great for peacetime uses, or far from the battlefield.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Rafter, 1/4/2013 6:28:37 PM (No. 9099059)
Looks like a sitting duck.
You can´t land it near the war front.
Ka-boom!
Now look how many of ours are dead.
What´s the top speed?
So many questions...
So little info.
Plenty of time to kill this baby before it goes into production.
Remains to be seen...
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
truthfetish, 1/4/2013 6:36:50 PM (No. 9099075)
Didn´t we read here, just days ago, of a helium shortage now and doubling of the price of that rare noble gas?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
preciosodrogas, 1/4/2013 6:58:56 PM (No. 9099116)
What? The C-5 is a 518 knot, 270,000lb cap, 4.8k mi (and can re-fuel in air) beast. This thing is 120 knot, 132,000 lb, 3 k mi tub of lard that´s only hope is that the enemy would be ROFLTAO so that they could not shoot.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
uno, 1/4/2013 7:17:48 PM (No. 9099151)
That thing looks like something out of a Michael Moore wet dream!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Bur Oak, 1/4/2013 7:29:57 PM (No. 9099168)
It might be feasible if they could get the UN to ban thunderstorms.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
rocket scientist, 1/4/2013 8:12:45 PM (No. 9099206)
Main problem is an airship that large could only be a fair-weather craft. A 30-40 knots gust of wind could blow that thing completely off course and even crash it to the ground.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Rivetjoint, 1/4/2013 9:26:27 PM (No. 9099292)
Reminds me of the Head Bug in ´Starship Troopers´.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Stopstoreload, 1/4/2013 9:48:42 PM (No. 9099318)
I told Orville; I told Wilbur; and I´m telling you: This is a major spoof.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
KTWO, 1/4/2013 9:49:14 PM (No. 9099319)
Construction maybe. Tourism maybe. Don´t see it for warfare.
The great advantage is low fuel costs. But the slow speed means you need more of them in war.
Crew costs will be high because the trips will take much longer; the military might not care about that.
Bad weather wrecked airships but modern controls might defeat high winds and shear.
And how can the enemy miss? Which means the ability to deliver near battle zones is????
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
JG27AD, 1/4/2013 9:50:25 PM (No. 9099322)
Somewhere Frank Luke is smiling.....
AD
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Caljeepgirl, 1/4/2013 9:53:33 PM (No. 9099327)
Where´s that cloaking device when you need it?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
LanieLou, 1/4/2013 10:27:08 PM (No. 9099380)
Awesome! Perfect for re-distribution of American assets to the African continent, China & elsewhere!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Up2Here, 1/5/2013 2:19:27 AM (No. 9099553)
The prototype is half of what the largest model will be. So far three models are planned. The largest which will be used for freight and military logistics is Aeroscraft´s Model ML86X : 165 feet high, 244 feet wide and 647 feet long. That´s about as long as two football fields. It will carry up to 500-tons of cargo over a range of 6,000 miles. With a top speed of 174 mph, it will be able to cross the U.S. in about 18 hours.
Many functional possibilities.
As for its control, 30% of its lift will be due to the rigid hull design which will perform the same maneuvers as an airplane. Its has vertical take-off/landing abilities with no need for ground personnel.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Johnny Angle, 1/5/2013 12:49:45 PM (No. 9100363)
Right #7, we squandered the helium reserves.
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