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There is also the long storied history of the Helicarrier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicarrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicarrier

emptysongglass 4y ago
Why can't we have cool things like this? Fuel?
- boringg 4y ago
  Right? Would be cool. That things feels like its the equivalent of the Yamato of the air eventually just being one giant target to expensive to operate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato).
  - EL_Loco 4y ago
    One of my favorite cartoons growing up was the japanese series "Space Battleship Yamato", where in the future the Yamato was rebuilt as a spaceship. Good memories! (I wonder, though, if I would still enjoy it, were I to re-watch the series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato_(1977_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato_(1977_...
    - _carbyau_ 4y ago
      It was amazing how often that show ran across problems that could be solved with one big gun... Like many modern computer games: Mission brief: "You have a mission of the utmost..." Me: clicks skip "Go in, shoot stuff, got it."
- klyrs 4y ago
  Only militaries could afford such a monstrosity. What operational advantage would it actually provide? "Looks cool" doesn't really cut it.
- mcv 4y ago
  > Why can't we have cool things like this? Fuel? Gravity. This thing is going to be huge, weigh many, many thousands of tons. Having it fly on vertical thrust is probably going to take more fuel than it can realistically carry, and certainly more than you can realistically supply it with. If you're going to do something like this, I think you need to look at lighter-than-air airships. Or maybe something hybrid?
maxwindiff 4y ago
In every Marvel movie I watched the Helicarrier was shot down before it could do anything useful. I imagine a real life version would suffer the same fate.

emptysongglass 4y ago

Why can't we have cool things like this? Fuel?

boringg 4y ago
Right? Would be cool. That things feels like its the equivalent of the Yamato of the air eventually just being one giant target to expensive to operate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato).
- EL_Loco 4y ago
  One of my favorite cartoons growing up was the japanese series "Space Battleship Yamato", where in the future the Yamato was rebuilt as a spaceship. Good memories! (I wonder, though, if I would still enjoy it, were I to re-watch the series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato_(1977_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato_(1977_...
  - _carbyau_ 4y ago
    It was amazing how often that show ran across problems that could be solved with one big gun... Like many modern computer games: Mission brief: "You have a mission of the utmost..." Me: clicks skip "Go in, shoot stuff, got it."
klyrs 4y ago
Only militaries could afford such a monstrosity. What operational advantage would it actually provide? "Looks cool" doesn't really cut it.
mcv 4y ago
> Why can't we have cool things like this? Fuel? Gravity. This thing is going to be huge, weigh many, many thousands of tons. Having it fly on vertical thrust is probably going to take more fuel than it can realistically carry, and certainly more than you can realistically supply it with. If you're going to do something like this, I think you need to look at lighter-than-air airships. Or maybe something hybrid?

maxwindiff 4y ago

In every Marvel movie I watched the Helicarrier was shot down before it could do anything useful. I imagine a real life version would suffer the same fate.