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General Pain
04-07-2009, 09:16 AM
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/03/hotelicopter.jpg

I'd like to see the military variant ;)
Mohoender
04-07-2009, 11:57 AM
Reminds me of a little thing that was called the "Graf Zeppelin":D .
General Pain
04-07-2009, 12:37 PM
touche!
Legbreaker
04-07-2009, 06:17 PM
That thing just can't POSSIBLY fly!

Can it? :confused:
General Pain
04-08-2009, 02:38 AM
That thing just can't POSSIBLY fly!

Can it? :confused:

seems they have designed it ..or?

http://www.hardwaresphere.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-huge-flying-hotel-helicopter/
pmulcahy11b
04-08-2009, 03:49 AM
seems they have designed it ..or?

http://www.hardwaresphere.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-huge-flying-hotel-helicopter/

That just smacks of CGI and a fake story...
kato13
04-08-2009, 09:37 AM
It is fake. It was a viral marketing campaign for an in airport hotel.

http://aprilfools.hotelicopter.com/
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-not.html

This is the military version it is based on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-12

Never made it past the prototype stage however.
Legbreaker
04-08-2009, 06:20 PM
That's what I thought. The port engine housing just doesn't look real enough although it's a pretty good job elsewhere if you ignore the lack of dirt and grime that always builds up on aircraft.
Eddie
04-08-2009, 07:10 PM
Hmmm...it's a great graphic for a mobile team's headquarters for future/not-so-near-future games though. Definitely going in my GM's kit bag for future use.
Legbreaker
04-08-2009, 11:35 PM
Can you imagine trying to actually fly that thing, or worse land it in more than a slight breeze?
Must handle like a drunken, one legged elephant!
Targan
04-09-2009, 01:40 AM
I don't think it looks capable of flying at all. Actually I think it looks ridiculous. Much more believable if it was attached to a dirigible or lifting body airship.
Legbreaker
04-09-2009, 09:10 PM
Hmmm, might work in a low grav environment....

Traveller anyone?
pmulcahy11b
04-09-2009, 09:28 PM
Hmmm, might work in a low grav environment....

Traveller anyone?

Low-grav would mean you probably have a thinner atmosphere, which means much larger rotors!
Legbreaker
04-09-2009, 10:40 PM
So we swing those side jet thrusters around a few degrees and we've got our extra lift.

Why are you trying to pick apart an otherwise completely unworkable plan?

;)
pmulcahy11b
04-11-2009, 03:24 AM
Why are you trying to pick apart an otherwise completely unworkable plan?

;)

Who was that on this forum that had a sig that said, "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"
TiggerCCW UK
04-11-2009, 11:23 AM
Who was that on this forum that had a sig that said, "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"
Its a quote from Adam from Mythbusters, but I think it night have been Targan's sig at some stage.
Targan
04-11-2009, 12:30 PM
Its a quote from Adam from Mythbusters, but I think it night have been Targan's sig at some stage.
Wasn't me. KCDusk maybe.
chico20854
04-12-2009, 02:16 PM
For some reason I think it might be Antenna's?