shadowcat1313 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 http://www.liveinternet.ru/community/weapons_dells/post62710709/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Agenda Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Re: instead of Flying Cars, how about Flying Tanks? OK, now that's just awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Re: instead of Flying Cars, how about Flying Tanks? That is so awesome! I must use them in a pulp adventure! Yes! A grand pulp adventure that will put hair on the chest of any who are fortunate enough to read it, are past puberty, and are (hopefully) male. Here goes: In 1884, as faithfully recorded by ace reporter J. Verne, a man named Robur tried to conquer the world with his flying machine 'The Albatross'. He tried again in 1904 with his new flying machine 'The Terror'. And now, in present day 1924, the Skymaster has announced that he is actually Robur the Conquerer and is threatening to unleash flying tanks on the governments of the world unless they acknowledge him as absolute Master Of The World! But wait! Skymaster's base is a dirigible, and Robur is well known for his hatred of lighter than air machines? What is going on? What is going on It's not Robur. It's not Skymaster either. It's one of Robur's engineers who, after Robur's demise, secured the plans to a device powered by the mystery element radium!! The device produces unlimited electricity, but was abandoned by Robur because it also produced tremendous heat, far too much to use in an aircraft. The engineer had different ideas. By using it to superheat helium, he could create a dirigible that could lift the extra weight of the flying tanks, fly to heights unreachable by other aircraft, and the lifegiving rays of the radium (as harmless as sunshine!) keeps everyone toasty warm in the freezing stratosphere! It's up to your players to solve the mystery and defeat this madman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Re: instead of Flying Cars, how about Flying Tanks? Somebody's got to say it, so it might as well be me: Tanks a lot for posting this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Re: instead of Flying Cars, how about Flying Tanks? According to My Tank is Fight! by Jay Parsons, they actually tried this with the U.S. Army just before World War Two. Walter Christie, and engineer who some credit for a revolutionary suspension system for armored vehicles, desighed a light tank that could glide over the battlefield. The vehicle was lightly armored, carried a small cannon with a limited arc of fire, and had a high road speed. However, the hybrid craft would only managed to fly at most one hundred feet above the battlefield, thus was in easy range of any weapon that would penetrate the armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Re: instead of Flying Cars, how about Flying Tanks? Great link. I can't ever imagine such a thing being truly viable, but that never stopped the pulps Perhaps more easily inserted into games would be something like the Rotabuggy mentioned partway down the article, which sounds absolutely terrifying to operate! The link at the bottom of the Wikipedia page to British Experimental Aircraft is worth a look, especially if you're into flying wings and weird gliders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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