Airshow - Page 2

busterb · 06-22-2005, 12:45 PM

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BigV · 06-22-2005, 03:10 PM

Yeah. I distinctly remember that part too. Whole damn plane is made from titanium. Heats up and expands and seals itself. Reminds me of something my brother-in-law in the aerospace industy said once, "It's less like flying a plane, than it is a collection of 250,000 parts all flying in close formation". He wasn't talking about the SR-71, but it still fits. It is a prodigious feat of engineering. And it looks like a Star Wars prop from the reject pile--"Naw, they'll never believe it." Then they go and make the Princess' ship from Naboo (whatever NOT a starwars geek, merely an admiring amateur) ggrr. this one

Is that a blatant SR-71 ripoff or what? Maybe "homage" is the right word.

BrianR · 06-22-2005, 03:41 PM

And there is an SR-71 parked outside a building at Richmond Int'l Airport. I bet you no engines or avionics but if the need should arise, I'll bet my bottom dollar they can be produced and installed and the plane flying within a month. Particularly the ones sitting inside a museum, protected from the elements.

Brian

xoxoxoBruce · 06-22-2005, 09:33 PM

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Is that a blatant SR-71 ripoff or what? Maybe "homage" is the right word.

Form follows function when you have to deal with atmosphere but space shit can look like a model-T.

BigV · 06-22-2005, 10:30 PM

By "in space" you obviously mean the space between my eyes and my brain, right? It's a cg model, a lovely one to be certain, but the vehicle designers for star wars operate in an exempt-from-the-laws-of-physics zone. And yet it still looks like a chrome blackbird. I think this is a textbook example of the sincerest form of flattery.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-24-2005, 04:10 AM

No, I mean space as in not in air. Out there streamlining is completely unnecessary. Look at the solar sails or the space station.
I agree the Star Wars designers are into the zoomie, phalic looking creations.

Elspode · 06-24-2005, 01:48 PM

Outside of a couple of Chesley Bonestell drawings, I think that Princess Amidala's cruiser is one of the coolest looking spaceships ever.

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BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Yeah. I distinctly remember that part too. Whole damn plane is made from titanium. Heats up and expands and seals itself. Reminds me of something my brother-in-law in the aerospace industy said once, "It's less like flying a plane, than it is a collection of 250,000 parts all flying in close formation". He wasn't talking about the SR-71, but it still fits. It is a prodigious feat of engineering. And it looks like a Star Wars prop from the reject pile--"Naw, they'll never believe it." Then they go and make the Princess' ship from Naboo (whatever NOT a starwars geek, merely an admiring amateur) ggrr. this one Is that a blatant SR-71 ripoff or what? Maybe "homage" is the right word. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-22-2005, 10:30 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	By "in space" you obviously mean the space between my eyes and my brain, right? It's a cg model, a lovely one to be certain, but the vehicle designers for star wars operate in an exempt-from-the-laws-of-physics zone. And yet it still looks like a chrome blackbird. I think this is a textbook example of the sincerest form of flattery. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-24-2005, 04:10 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, I mean space as in not in air. Out there streamlining is completely unnecessary. Look at the solar sails or the space station. I agree the Star Wars designers are into the zoomie, phalic looking creations. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-24-2005, 01:48 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Outside of a couple of Chesley Bonestell drawings, I think that Princess Amidala's cruiser is one of the coolest looking spaceships ever. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-22-2005, 03:41 PM	#3
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	And there is an SR-71 parked outside a building at Richmond Int'l Airport. I bet you no engines or avionics but if the need should arise, I'll bet my bottom dollar they can be produced and installed and the plane flying within a month. Particularly the ones sitting inside a museum, protected from the elements. Brian

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