SSgt Baloo Posted September 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Re: Fod? good gosh man, this design would suck up every screw and pebble off the tarmac ! It's a superplane. Sucking up and spitting out debris only happens when it advances the plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concord Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Super Transportation This is the Anhinga (a type of diving bird). It is the Wardens' submersible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Super Transportation This is the Anhinga (a type of diving bird). It is the Wardens' submersible. Nifty design--reminds me of Gerry Anderson's Supercar. Does it fly as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concord Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Nifty design--reminds me of Gerry Anderson's Supercar. Does it fly as well?Nope... it just uses it "wings" and "flaps" to maneuver underwater... It's ballast tanks are very small and are used for the most part to maintain neutral buoyancy... If all ballast is blown, the craft will float... But hey, it is a super team's vehicle... if someone wants to make it fly then more power to 'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 Re: Super Transportation heres an idea, what about giving it actual flapping wings, similar to the way a manta ray moves... then you could easily justify giving it limited flight capability too. you end up with what amounts to semi-amphibious ornithopter what else can you tell me about the design, I will take a stab at building it as much detail and fluff as you can will help a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concord Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Sorry, I am not much of a 'gearhead' I don't have any real details... beyond the little blurb in my last post, I haven't put any work into the Anhinga... it has not been close to being in a combat, so I never really stat'ed it out... in the campaign, the Wardens have used it mostly to come and go without anyone being able to observe them... I have been fascinated with underwater 'flying' vehicles since watching the Sealab 2020 cartoon when I was a kid and came back to the idea after watching some pop science shows on television... the ability for a vehicle to operate underwater using 'aerodynamic' principles rather than ballast tanks was what inspired the Anhinga... Using my Google-Fu, I came across some concept art from the guy in this interview http://nexus404.com/Blog/2007/03/28/concept-submersibles/ and used it as the basis for the 'floorplan' of the vehicle. Most of the Wardens vehicles I imagine as just a couple of steps beyond current vehicles... not really 'super' vehicles other than super materials, super electronics and miniaturized power systems with the same or more output than their modern larger sized counterparts... mix in a little 'super' physics and the vehicles become super. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Cool! Link: DARPA seeks submersible aircraft concepts Now every superhero (and villain) will want one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Re: Super Transportation More neat stuff, suitable for near-future Sci-Fi settings: The Rhombus VTOVL SSTO space vehicle. The Ithacus VTOVL transorbital assault transport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Way cool finds, Staff. The ROMBUS looks a damn sight more practical than the POS shuttle we actually got lumbered with. I think I may have seen a pic of the Ithacus before, at school. To quote Johnny Rotten: "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Re: Super Transportation This is a starship I made deckplans and a character sheet for some years back. Surprised the link still works TBH: http://www.herogames.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20987&d=1143133596 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Re: Super Transportation except that you will require more than twice the fuel that the shuttle does and we have experience with unpowered reentry nobody has tried a powered decent from orbit yet Way cool finds, Staff. The ROMBUS looks a damn sight more practical than the POS shuttle we actually got lumbered with. I think I may have seen a pic of the Ithacus before, at school. To quote Johnny Rotten: "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Aero-Sml AEROSML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Re: Super Transportation except that you will require more than twice the fuel that the shuttle does and we have experience with unpowered reentry nobody has tried a powered decent from orbit yet Yeah, I kinda forgot that part. Yeesh. :facepalm: Did anybody else notice that in "Superman Return" the experimental space shuttle they used was essentially the Delta Clipper mated to a specially modified 747, which is the basic system (shuttle piggybacking on aircraft) NASA originally wanted to use, before NIxon and the military got involved. I believe that the USAF (amongst others) was, or still is, testing a similar system called Black Horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted October 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Tex Jones' TJ-309 (XP-52 prototype) Just after Pearl Harbor, the War Department issued a requirement for an aircraft that was faster and more maneuverable than the Japanese "Zero". The specifications as written were drawn up before any solid intelligence could be gathered on the Zero to gauge it's real-world performance, and were therefore based on guesses and overestimations. While several manufacturers offered studies indicating when they might be able to produce such a weapons system, Tex Jones sat down and built one. Less than six months after the requirement had been issued, the TJ-309 was undergoing flight testing under Tex Jones' supervision. While Tex Jones' manufacturing capability was limited, he offered to licence the design to any company willing to produce it. Curtiss turned down the offer as they were certain their new development based on the P-40 would prove easier to produce for only slightly less performance. Tex Jones shopped the TJ-309 around until finally Lockheed Aircraft decided to give it a go. They offered Tex Jones an exclusive contract, but he declined as he was friends with Kelly Johnson and didn't want to risk harming their friendship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Re: Super Transportation The USAAF liked the performance of the YP-52, but requested some changes to ease maintenance and ground handling. The US. Navy preferred the taller landing gear of the XP-52 but preferred the "High Tail" configuration. The Navy Department ordered 20 [somebody suggest a Naval Designation to insert here], which combined these features, deleted the "bumper" tailwheel and replaced it with a retractable tailhook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 Re: Aero-Sml waaah! nobody liked my MasterMind Dirigible AEROSML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 Re: Aero-Sml Dirigibles really only work in a pulp setting otherwise they are t easy to destroy waaah! nobody liked my MasterMind Dirigible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SSgt Baloo Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Re: Super Transportation I finally made good on that "in-progress" Batplane I posted at the beginning of this thread: Yet another interstellar-capable flying bus. Of course this one's more streamlined than the last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Re: Super Transportation Hey Baloo! have you ever seen a full work-up of a B-52 Stratofortress in Champions Vehicle stats? okay, found it in the old vehicle book. sigh. now I have to type it in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proditor Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Re: Super Transportation I found a fun art site that I thought the good Staff Sergeant and others might get a kick out of for some wacky aircraft. http://www.flitzerart.com/aircraft.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Re: Super Transportation I found a fun art site that I thought the good Staff Sergeant and others might get a kick out of for some wacky aircraft. http://www.flitzerart.com/aircraft.htm Cool!! Repped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proditor Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Re: Super Transportation I forgot, I had one more. Try this on for size. Lockheed CL-1201-1 Span: 1,120 feet Gross weight: 11.85 million pounds Endurance: 41 days: Reactor output: 1830 megawatts Crew: 845 Tactical fighters carried: 24 Lift engines for VTOL: 182 I thought I was ambitious when I started making a model of an Airborne Aircraft Carrier. In typical Lockheed-Martin style, they ratcheted the crazy up to a whole new level and made designs for a V/TOL AAC!!! Stick that in your patch and smoke it Nick Fury! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedneckJedi Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Re: Super Transportation These are some great looking vehicles but my team are using a beat up A-Team van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJerry Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Re: Super Transportation These are some great looking vehicles but my team are using a beat up A-Team van Mr T's not gonna be happy about you borrowing his van one bit. He won't care that in the least that Face and Murdock "sold" it to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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