Aircraft Carriers

[Tim_Barrett]

Don\'t know if I have posted this here before, but my Yamato space battleship (and sea cruiser) can have VTOL-capable ships land and launch from a stern runway.

[Cthulufaic]

Don\'t know if I have posted this here before, but my Yamato space battleship (and sea cruiser) can have VTOL-capable ships land and launch from a stern runway.

I bet it wobbles. And it looks like it could tip over on the pad because of all those fuel tanks on the underside.

[Tim_Barrett]

I bet it wobbles. And it looks like it could tip over on the pad because of all those fuel tanks on the underside.

Struts, and it doesn\'t tip in any direction because even though there are more fuel tanks on the hull, the tanks on the bridge above is much further from the center of the ship.

[Briareos]

Don\'t know if I have posted this here before, but my Yamato space battleship (and sea cruiser) can have VTOL-capable ships land and launch from a stern runway.

Holy crap, that\'s amazing. Don\'t suppose you could post the craft file and mods you used for that?...

[Tim_Barrett]

Holy crap, that\'s amazing. Don\'t suppose you could post the craft file and mods you used for that?...

I will probably release it as a light ship when I make my medium variant, but that won\'t be any time soon (busy)

[StelarCF]

I will probably release it as a light ship when I make my medium variant, but that won\'t be any time soon (busy)

I can\'t possibly imagine what the heavy variant will look like...

[mc8888]

Where did you get those floating pontoon things from?

[sss]

Where did you get those floating pontoon things from?

hstw.

search it.

[Anachronda]

A flying aircraft carrier?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macon_%28ZRS-5%29

[cardgame]

Now we just need to make an aircraft carrier carrier.

[Tim_Barrett]

Now we just need to make an aircraft carrier carrier.

Lol, on it

[mincespy]

Lol, on it

DID I SERIOUSLY JUST HEAR THAT

[cardgame]

I expected no less from Tim. o7

[randyrules711]

DID I SERIOUSLY JUST HEAR THAT

No. You read it.

[RC1062]

A flying aircraft carrier?

Well... With trim it might be possible to land on one... ???

[Tim_Barrett]

Im thinking making the flying aircraft carrier that carries aircraft carriers ontop of the main aircraft carrier from launch, so in mid flight, I will detach, and then come back and use damned robotics arms to attach myself back on.

Ill start tonight.

[Technical Ben]

No one mentioned the Avengers yet?

[Guest GroundHOG-2010]

Entirely unrealistic design. No possiblity of it flying. That is all.

[RC1062]

The blades alone would rip themselves apart at the speed they would have to be spun.

Oh well... One day...

(When we smash physics up into teeny-weeny little insignificant pieces...)

[lonewolf2121]

sky captain anyone? we could do them.............

[Technical Ben]

Entirely unrealistic design. No possiblity of it flying. That is all.

Oh.

I need an engine design for a totally ridiculous flying city idea I had. How about carbon nano tubes for the blades?

[RedDwarfIV]

Oh.

I need an engine design for a totally ridiculous flying city idea I had. How about carbon nano tubes for the blades?

It\'s more to do with the fact that the force needed to make the blades turn is huge. You would need both speed and torque. And a heck of a lot more of it than any modern day engine or motor could give you.

[Cthulufaic]

It\'s more to do with the fact that the force needed to make the blades turn is huge. You would need both speed and torque. And a heck of a lot more of it than any modern day engine or motor could give you.

Nuclear powered Jet Engines.

[RC1062]

Nuclear powered Jet Engines.

You know sticking \'Nuclear\' on the front of something doesn\'t give it a better thrust to weight ratio, right?

[TelluriumCrystal]

The blades alone would rip themselves apart at the speed they would have to be spun.

Carbon nano-fiber blades. 8)

Also, who says there aren\'t huge helium tanks in the lower decks to lower its overall weight?