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Offline Billy Joe Bob

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can this thing ever fly?
« on: February 02, 2006, 11:05:33 PM »
i am planning to someday build it (minus weapons).... YES it is from a game but i just cant get over how good it looks.

we are all air nuts in one way or another, so what do you guys think of it?




Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2006, 11:17:05 PM »
If this perrenial blowhard is any indication then prolly, no, it cant really fly.

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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2006, 11:18:21 PM »
I think your name fits
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Re: can this thing ever fly?
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2006, 11:41:45 PM »
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Originally posted by Billy Joe Bob
i am planning to someday build it (minus weapons).... YES it is from a game but i just cant get over how good it looks.

we are all air nuts in one way or another, so what do you guys think of it?





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Offline Billy Joe Bob

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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2006, 11:59:27 PM »
why does evryone compare the Orca to the sky car WHY?!?!?!

Offline Pooh21

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« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2006, 12:28:43 AM »
there was a GI Joe vehicle that was pretty cool looked like that.
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« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2006, 12:31:39 AM »
Once one has a goal, the only thing that separates one from that goal is time and money.

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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2006, 12:40:36 AM »
And a mean goaly.

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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2006, 12:52:32 AM »

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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2006, 01:03:00 AM »
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Offline lasersailor184

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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2006, 01:06:28 AM »
Yes, it can.  I had it drawn in schematics somewhere, but I'm not sure where I've put my notebooks since then.
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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2006, 08:34:17 PM »
i have a feeling that with enough gyroscopes and such that it could fly. if i made it a military plane (i am planning on starting an aircraft company) it could actually replace the attack helicopter. it would be faster, it could have an ejector seat, and it would be more manuverable. nobody would want to eject out of any helicopter except for the hokum


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« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2006, 08:53:14 PM »
The military needs to start the shift away from powerful attack craft, to personal attack vehicles.  I.E. Something that can be easily operated on a squad level to support the squad specifically.  Sorta like an HMG.  

You would attach these things to the infantry wings, not the airforce.
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« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2006, 09:01:18 PM »
X plane looks fun, too bad its expensive
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« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2006, 09:32:41 PM »
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Originally posted by Billy Joe Bob
i have a feeling that with enough gyroscopes and such that it could fly. if i made it a military plane (i am planning on starting an aircraft company) it could actually replace the attack helicopter. it would be faster, it could have an ejector seat, and it would be more manuverable. nobody would want to eject out of any helicopter except for the hokum


You should make the vehicle entirely of interlocking gyroscopes.  That way you could never crash the thing, and it'd probably even be stable in space!
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