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Schadenboner posted:Blimpunk is poo poo, the genre lacks an internal structure. but generally has explosive finales
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gonadic io posted:but generally has explosive finales 
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haveblue posted:blimpunk
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i do like the idea of a giant blimp dropping little baby biplanes into a freakin freefall until they get enough lift to fly on their own
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Jonny 290 posted:how would you design it Basically they have it exactly backwards. Rotate the current design 180 so the glass bits are near the back of the head where it can't hurt your eyes. Meanwhile your eyes are protected by the strong shell 
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Roosevelt posted:i do like the idea of a giant blimp dropping little baby biplanes into a freakin freefall until they get enough lift to fly on their own the stall speed of those baby biplanes is like a swift walk, they're always flying the problem is that when you are really close to something big the airflow suddenly changes and you have a tendency to crash into the big thing. its just one entry in the long list of why flying aircraft recover doen't really work.
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Apr 24, 2020 19:12
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hobbesmaster posted:the stall speed of those baby biplanes is like a swift walk, they're always flying That design also seems to exist in a world where the idea of an enemy force having any kind of anti-aircraft capability is laughable.
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LanceHunter posted:That design also seems to exist in a world where the idea of an enemy force having any kind of anti-aircraft capability is laughable. the wwi zeppelins were actually quite hard to shoot down with biplanes, the holes they punched in the gas cells didn't let enough oxygen in to really get them burning with the anti aircraft guns they developed by wwii yeah they'd be gone in seconds
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plus I imagine they could hypothetically loiter out of range like a seagoing carrier according to a documentary I watched the nazis had some success with this but had issues with civilian hijackings haveblue fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Apr 24, 2020 |
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Apr 24, 2020 19:38
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The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a blimp is a good guy with a blimp
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gonadic io posted:The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a blimp is a good guy with a blimp
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haveblue posted:issues with civilian hijackings take this blimp ... to Cuba!
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[grainy footage of two blimps gently bumping into the WTC towers]
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rotor posted:[grainy footage of two blimps gently bumping into the WTC towers] 
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gonadic io posted:The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a blimp is a good guy with a blimp finally, ron paul's time to shine!
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How come none of the Saudi princes or Jeff bezoses of the world have made a modern luxury blimp?? You can make them way bigger than an RV and sure they have super yachts but you're restricted to the coastline with those!
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gonadic io posted:How come none of the Saudi princes or Jeff bezoses of the world have made a modern luxury blimp?? You can make them way bigger than an RV and sure they have super yachts but you're restricted to the coastline with those! I imagine a massive luxury dirigible would be an enormous pain in the rear end to dock. Add in having to deal with airspace restrictions, helium costs, and not being able to have mega-yacht levels of "and orgy suite, a drug suite, a private room, and a few guest rooms" space and it's just not worth it. EDIT: It looks like some companies are trying to make luxury blimp cruises a thing, but it just looks 'meh'. https://www.oceanskycruises.com/our-aircraft/ LanceHunter fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Apr 24, 2020 |
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Apr 24, 2020 21:08
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modern billionaires got no gumption, that's their problem
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When I'm a modern billionaire...
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if we're talking REALLY big blimps you could do it, passenger zeppelins could carry around 100 people in total. all that capacity dedicated to one rich person, staff for one, and a reasonable number of guests could be pretty luxurious of course then you run into the problem that, yeah, there's literally nowhere in the world equipped to dock and service a vehicle like that
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haveblue posted:if we're talking REALLY big blimps you could do it, passenger zeppelins could carry around 100 people in total. all that capacity dedicated to one rich person, staff for one, and a reasonable number of guests could be pretty luxurious Ur mum would have to take some yoga classes but I think she could work her way up to it?
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you'd have to perfect the aircraft docking concept so you could have them go land for supplies and you the rich person never has to set foot on the surface again
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is it possible to embed that entire archer blimp episode on this page
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N for Nancy?
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Star Wars Kid really grew up!
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haveblue posted:you'd have to perfect the aircraft docking concept so you could have them go land for supplies and you the rich person never has to set foot on the surface again The Russians used a crane
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haveblue posted:if we're talking REALLY big blimps you could do it, passenger zeppelins could carry around 100 people in total. all that capacity dedicated to one rich person, staff for one, and a reasonable number of guests could be pretty luxurious i think the problem is that they're slow and it'd take like a week to get from NY to Paris
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gonadic io posted:N for Nancy? Mancy!
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 Schadenboner posted:Mancy! jeez, you of all people
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luxury megablimp begs the question of why not a luxury A380
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Bloody posted:luxury megablimp begs the question of why not a luxury A380 https://www.etihad.com/en-gb/fly-etihad/our-cabins/the-residence
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what, and share the plane with other people? you monster.
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if you didn't want a butler and full kitchen you'd be alone with your pilots on a global express
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Bloody posted:luxury megablimp begs the question of why not a luxury A380 those exist tho
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Found Sky Captain, watching now. Just pipe this poo poo into my veins.
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Schadenboner posted:Found Sky Captain, watching now. Same. I'm finding it very weird though because I haven't actually seen any of the noir movies it's referencing/homaging/apeing
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gonadic io posted:I haven't actually seen any of the noir movies it's referencing/homaging/apeing noir 101: maltese falcon, big sleep, double indemnity, kiss me deadly, sunset boulevard, this gun for hire intermediate noir: night and the city, the killing, touch of evil FMguru fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Apr 25, 2020 |
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FMguru posted:sounds like you have a weekend project ahead Brick isn't classic noir but it's real fuckin' good as is Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Chinatown is probably one of the best movies ever but an art:artist separation is v.necessary here  .
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