I Built a Flying Aircraft Carrier That Dwarfs SKYSCRAPERS

[@seithiophi666]

"Don't shoot it down or it will irradiate the city!" Sounds like something an Ace Combat game would pull on you

[@Mrhobowizard]

Nuclear carriers... of mads size... named the hive.... are you a hell divers fan??

[@rinhijima5697]

Belkan generals be like yes shoot down our own aircraft we will irradiate the osean dogs capital city

[@501stappo8]

Crimson squadron be like: Even better

[@diegodaza4140]

The Gleipnir be like:

[@dranoelarios4788]

Old King: *Brilliant*

[@Officer_duh]

I love how he’s just calmly talking about the width of the wings meanwhile you can see the shockwave from the drop tanks literally washing over everything within 2 hundred kilometres.

[@juan_h_fernandez82]

the Federation would definitely want something like this to bolster their airship fleet

[@mill2712]

The Pacific Federation of Project Wingman right? If so I somewhat disagree. I feel saturation is more of the Federation's tactic than a large superweapon plane. I think they'd go for faster and more well armed airships not too dissimilar from what they have now rather than one make or break airship like this.

[@Brian_on_a_cross]

Predictable

[@thereoc]

Crimson squadrons mouth is watering rn

[@rinhijima5697]

How about the best country belka Btw Fuck Osea

[@f-106deltadart]

@@mill2712🤓

[@Graywolf116]

I love the idea in the Yukikaze books: the flying carriers are too big to ever land/takeoff, so they're built in orbit and drop into the atmosphere where they fly for I think their entire service lives.

[@GreenLeafUponTheSky]

That makes the most sense. You have the small aircraft stationed in the ship in orbit, then have them descend for a bombing run or whatever, then return back.

[@Attaxalotl]

I have a bit of a challenge for you: put some kind of ditch skids on the parasite fighters. Like you said, they wouldn't need landing gear; but I'd imagine that the pilots would appreciate the option to land in case the big boi gets taken out or is otherwise not an option.

[@mcjavabelike8320]

or if there is water ditching may be an option

[@danielnoahalie9186]

​@@MeowserLJCI would love to see how u plan to recover this behemoth in the aftermath ofa belly landing

[@thedoctor4637]

If for some reason or another, they can’t go back to the mothership. The pilots would want a safe way to land on a runway without damaging the airframe to put it back into service.

[@timmy6890]

You could just eject but good challenge

[@SlawcioD]

@@timmy6890 ejection is always a risky option for pilot. yes, you usually survive but there is a chance for serious injuries,

[@mr.markofski4267]

They say that the German blimps of WWI, despite not being super effective at destroying cities, had a major psychological impact on Londoners. *I can only imagine the feeling of walking out of your house thinking it’s still night only to see this blocking out the sun*

[@kneecaps4530]

Damn, id love the idea of something like this being in a fictional futuristic conflict, it seems completely impractical unless you want to patrol landlocked countries. Its overkill and i love it.

[@nathanielhinz4946]

Unless the planet its on has no true seas.

[@kingsnakke6888]

​@@nathanielhinz4946Yukikaze did something like that with the Banshee aircraft carriers

[@unflexian]

your wish has been granted, with the arsenal bird from ace combat 7! messier even shows it at the start of the video. go play that game it's amazing

[@p3chv0gel22]

​@@unflexiangod dammit, now i need to replay that game

[@BxBxProductions]

It could be the future of air travel for all we know. the plane would be able to almost fly 24/7 365 days of the year along a well planned flight path around the world, making pitstops at various airports and dropping passengers off with either smaller aircraft or 'drop pods'.

[@guts60]

“Oh, you know, there’s only two people in the cockpit controlling this thing, the pilot and the copilot. We don’t need anyone else to help move this hunk o’ junk. We got engineers who are engihere to make sure the plane works, but controlling it? Yeah, just two dudes”

[@phyll0medusa]

"We just learned that Erusia is utilizing the Arsenal bird. Those bastards, they had this thing combat-ready this whole time!"

[@neverable2]

Sounds like Military Intelligence was asleep.

[@Jetstreamsamsbiggestglazer]

@@neverable2nope just hidden by the dammed belkan witchcraft

[@09archange]

ENEMY HAS A RADAR LOCK.

[@Trainspottinkid]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@evle2417]

This level of complexity is something I dream of from things like Simpleplanes, Can't wait for the release of this game

[@BierBart12]

I've seen stuff like this in Simpleplanes, it's insane how some people can somehow get around the limitations of these kinds of games in creative ways

[@Ramash440]

Damn, when you said something big I was expecting another episode of the Flying Cruise Ship. I'm a sucker for flying carriers so this is a welcome surprise.

[@judet2992]

Haha, Belka approves.

[@shea442able]

With that flag icon this comment is no surprise

[@rinhijima5697]

All heil the best country BELKA Fuck osea

[@judet2992]

@@shea442able yepXDDD

[@november2435]

Thank you, Belka, for the tech in the Aigaion and support ships

[@FippeFi]

Super-sized aircraft would likely actually be flying boats - calm day is all they'd need to have a massive, very well-supporting landing strip. This'd still need either pontoons or similar structures to sit in the water, but once it kicks into high enough speed it'd get grabbed by the ground air effect boosting it out of the water. Also, that AWACS dish would probably sit way further forward or be on a taller leg to avoid the prop noise on screen, similar to how the E-2 Hawkeye has to mount its dish quite high to avoid prop noise. Funny design, though, and you put quite a lot of thought into it.

[@stethacanthusseven3654]

there was a real life flying aircraft carrier, the USS Akron. It carried 1 biplane, but it is still technically one of the only flying aircraft carriers ever built.

[@pux0rb]

The akron and macon could carry up to 5 biplanes if I remember. 4 in the internal hangar and 1 on the trapeze bar.

[@heiliger_otter]

and the japeneese where working on one too i think (not 100% sure)

[@GooseOfYork]

What about the Soviet TB-3 bomber modified to carry 2 I-16 fighters?

[@unflexian]

​@@heiliger_otterthey had a submersible aircraft carrier ready, idk about an airborne one

[@EngineeringAndVehiclesArchive]

This comment goes to show that you must do your homework before showing off your knowledge

[@manuel.camelo]

You know? This is probably the very BEST gameplay I've ever seen in my entire life. Watching a GAME and LEARNING Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering?? ABSOLUTELY AMAZING 😊 Subbed Obviously.

[@richmay56]

Okay, now that thing gives me huge Project Wingman airships vibe. Maybe only two things different: 1. Most of them have box-wing. 2. They use harbors and water as landing-takeoff zone. Oh, and also, they use basically magic engines on "cordium" instead of nuclear powered

[@egoalter1276]

Cordium is explicitly said to be some high energy fissile material that naturally surfaced with the yellowstone eruption from the earths molten core. They do use nuclear engines.

[@Voodoomancer]

Yeah, cordium is uranium with a little less radioation, and a lot more O R A N G E. But yeah this looks almost exactly like the Sky Battleship model from PW

[@ServantOfOdin]

Given the size of the aircraft overall, I think the cockpit would essentially be two decks tall all by itself....

[@safaaminhas1461]

I wish the gravity of earth was low enough for flying aircraft carriers to exist efficiently.

[@shootiNg_MoroN]

They probably wouldn't be able to fly efficiently anyway since a lower gravity would mean thinner air

[@dragon-ksp]

Try doing this on terraformed mars

[@jameskolehmainen9758]

You want high gravity so the air is super dense

[@Poopshit420]

No you do not

[@po1ly414]

But bone density…

[@lolguy480]

I imagine a large airship like this would be best suited for taking off from water similar to how an airship from project wingman would as seen in the one mission where you assault the naval base in Rawaki (hawaii). But I imagine flyout also doesn't have that kind of system yet, but this is still an impressive build.

[@boykevanderborst682]

Water produces even more friction then the landing gear so I think that won't be an option

[@jonathanvoshell7914]

Salt Flats maybe the best option for this. Given the size of take offs and landings as well as surrounding elevations. Although the salt may~ damage the engines.

[@rplanet_ua]

​@@boykevanderborst682Is it possible to use hydrofoils as landing gear to reduce friction?

[@-LastStand-]

The Aigaion from ace combat 6 takes off and lands by the sea just like the airships.

[@thedoctor4637]

For the parasite aircraft SHOULD have some type of landing gear, whether to be moved about the flying hanger (depending on the in flight systems), but more importantly, in the case of an emergency landing. They doesn’t have to be much, just enough to safely land the pilot and preferably not damage a runway if they have to divert (something like a glider’s gear; two stationary wheels or one and a skid plate with maybe wing tip wheels as well).

[@erictheepic5019]

Another advantage of putting gear on the parasite fighters would be that the carrier could have a reduced takeoff run, perhaps being able to takeoff from a normal-length runway without JATO. It would takeoff as empty as possible (meaning no parasite fighters in the bays, no fuel, munitions, other supplies, etc.) and all that would be flown up to it after it's already in the air. Because of the nuclear reactors, it *does* have basically infinite loiter time, after all. Because of how risky takeoff and landing are (especially for an aircraft of this size), it would make sense for it to stay in the air for many months or perhaps years at a time, similar to actual aircraft carriers or nuclear submarines. They too require resupply, but they don't always go back to port to do this, instead relying on auxiliary ships to resupply them. I imagine that aircraft with similar roles may be designed and employed in the upkeep of the carrier, making the mid-air resupply immediately after takeoff a lot less unusual.

[@ATruckCampbell]

@@erictheepic5019 This would likely be better as a float-plane.

[@theorangeoof926]

This is like Lockheed’s proposed CL-1201, in fact you mentioned in the video it was between the Arsenal Bird’s size and the Lockheed proposal I mentioned earlier.

[@apatheticdeity6030]

Damn Belkan witchcraft... Trigger, destroy those propellers! Stonehenge is about to fire!

[@demolition3612]

Love the idea of the mothership with the super powerful radar communicating with its fleet of aircraft who cant fit as powerful radars on themselves. Great design, looks amazing

[@Yo2Distribution]

I could see some problems with the rotating radar above, being too close to the fuselage and being blocked by a lot of elements... everything else, it's wonderful!

[@taylorsmith9197]

could maybe have 1 above and below, with AI meshing the two radars into 1 view essentially?

[@lukedumelle7529]

This man is a belkan engineer and you can’t convince me otherwise

[@Obi1CanBloMi]

The maintenance required to maintain something like this after each sortie would be EXCRUCIATING 😂 such a cool concept though, maintenance nightmare fuel, but cool!!

[@SubLordHawk]

But how often would it actually need to land? Fuel isn't an issue, and it can be resupplied on the go, so would it come down to how often it requires a full overhaul?

[@joshuafischer684]

​@@SubLordHawkOn some aircraft, a 5-minute part swap can drive 8 hours of follow-on checks.

[@SubLordHawk]

@joshuafischer684 Yes, but whats that got to do with how often it needs to land? 😅

[@joshuafischer684]

@SubLordHawk You can't change parts with power applied. Maybe an aircraft that large would have the hardware to shut off certain systems for maintenance, but any crew chief will tell you hydraulics are a major maintenance driver and you can't shut off hydraulics without landing the aircraft since hydraulics power basically anything that actuates: flight controls, doors, etc.

[@SubLordHawk]

@joshuafischer684 Once again, you're stating known reasons of why it would need to land, not how often such landings would be needed.

[@LordLaberstein]

Damn this thing looks so great even though its impractical af, but it just looks so cool soaring through the air.

[@leeionicatlas6461]

That plane is awesome! Great work! Here's an idea for a loadout, not that you asked but I thought it'd be cool: 4 Squadrons of 12 Multi-Role Turboprop craft, similar to your last video in the series 2 Squadrons of 12 Rocket-powered interceptor craft 2 Squadrons of 4 smaller scale AWACS craft 2 Squadrons of 4 smaller scale transports for supplies, crew, and repairs. 76 smaller craft, 8 larger craft. Maybe even have a compliment of 8 cruise missiles on it at that point.

[@gsresener]

Maybe it could be a family, with specialized variants, like awac/soad/ew, interceptor, multirole, cargo/air refuel

[@jackvearncombe9892]

It’d also need a healthy supply of defenses too, flares, chaff, Anti-radiation missiles, and PDCs to shoot down enemy missiles, it could even fit a vertical launch system for also shooting down missiles.

[@gsresener]

@@jackvearncombe9892 I don't think countermeasures would work in such a huge plane, also evasive maneuvers wouldn't be an option, I think. I think you'd have to go with active measures, or be outside the enemy's range, or have AWACS/interceptors work like the f14 was supposed to, with the aim54

[@malusignatius]

A small quibble about the AWACs function: Given how low the radome is, you're going to get blind-spots from the vertical stabilisers, particularly the ones on the wings, and the hull itself )meaning that you'd have a minimum detection range on the radar, particularly when dealing with low-flying targets). However, given how massive the aircraft is, you could circumvent this by installing the radar system in pods on the wing tips instead of the central disc, or depending on how advanced your electronics are, even flat-panel electronically scanning arrays like in the AEGIS system installed on the hull. Like I said, it's a fairly minor detail, but it was something I noticed.

[@nemesis7774]

That looks a bit between the fed ships with the multiple boom tail, and a bit of the arsenal birds with the propellers. Also the massive middle body reminds me of the not easy to pronounce XB-0...

[@darkstar_sierra1588]

Ah the Hresvelgr "Res-Val-Ger" the H is silent.

[@nemesis7774]

@@darkstar_sierra1588 As they say, killing it ain't difficult, it's pronoucing its name that is...

[@zman90]

You should recreate those ridiculous photoshopped planes you see in clickbaity youtube thumbnails

[@sufi4360]

19:56 was that a shockwave? If yes that was BIGGGG

[@acefromwithin2079]

i think that might've been the drop tanks exploding on impact with the ground

[@optionalcoast7478]

yeah from the drop tanks, but a shockwave that big could only be from something nuclear

[@deviousN]

Damn Gleipnir

[@hphp31416]

@@optionalcoast7478 it was 6000 tons of explosives, close to smaller nukes

[@jimdigitalvideo]

He dropped the drop tanks at 19:29. They must have been packed with TNT. I feel sorry for anyone on the ground.

[@matthewseligman5470]

The game Project: Wingman got around the problem of getting their super-battle-fortress-mega-planes off the ground by making them flying boats. Don't have to worry about takeoff distance if you take off from the ocean!

[@deltacx1059]

8:20 more like a closed beta/ alpha. Early access means people can buy into it before 1.0 normally. I am very excited for this and will buy it as soon as it becomes available.

[@monsterno.definablenever.3484]

0:10 Don't forget the flying cities of Armored Core.

[@FLYBOYFANTASTIC]

Love your videos, keep up the good work

[@mark009vn]

I like how the basic planform and size is almost identical to the XB-0 from AC Zero (twin boom and all), kinda neat to know the Hresvelgr is a theoretically feasible design.

[@atinofspam3433]

according to youtube, this is a Kerbal Space Program gameplay video.

[@Herr_Unknowen]

The arsenal bird is just legendary

[@frankburton3002]

I love it! It's like the arsenal bird had a baby with a 205 class air battleship. great work! 👍

[@butaneboyz6625]

I watch this and I just can’t help but think how many people gloss over how smart you are! Like this is absolutely insane to me that you can even comprehend this stuff nevermind applying that to a project 100 fold

[@j.r.harris5090]

Honestly this is something that would fit so perfectly in the fallout universe. Everything from the nuclear turbines, the absurdly large size, and even the fact that this thing would be so loud it’s takeoff could make anyone within a half mile radius temporarily deaf. This feels like something right up the Enclave’s alley.

[@remingtonghiasso2286]

My aunt was a technician for many aircraft, and she mentioned a few times that she worked with giant nuclear aircrafts, the only issue with them being how heavy they were.

[@thebekowsky1217]

8:46 Kind of looks like turboprop F4 Phantoms slapped onto it lol

[@romigithepope]

I feel relieved that I’m not the only one who thinks about these kinds of aircraft. Quickly becoming one of my favorite KZbin channels.

[@Gibbo919]

Love this! Can't wait for Flyout to release!

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

The moment I saw this I thought of the Lockheed CL-1201 flying carrier concept.

[@shrekrecker]

imagine the maintenance on this 😂

[@subjectc7505]

That's a lot of maintenance time 👀

[@davisdf3064]

The maintenance staff works while it flies! Imagine the nightmare of that!

[@deltap6967]

It would require a small nation's GDP to get this thing up and running

[@Jetstreamsamsbiggestglazer]

@@deltap6967or you know just pay for belkan witchcraft that should solve the money issue

[@erikwilliam1254]

19:56 The shockwave from those pods was impressive.

[@IK_MK]

This is so dope🔥 It looks like the type of overengineered titan that would come out of the Soviet Union 😂❤ I'm definitely subbing

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

Didn’t the Soviet’s have a flying carrier in WW2? Albeit a bit smaller…

[@DrBarbequeSauce]

Since the earth is mostly covered with water, it should probably be able to float

[@taxfraud853]

You should do a series where you remake jet fighters from memory I think that would be pretty cool

[@fleetproductions1410]

Was I the only one who noticed that massive damn blast wave from the drop tanks finally hitting the ground? 19:56 lmao

[@awesomeness360SP]

What an incredible build!! The shape of the fuselage looks very nice, and I love how thick the wing roots are, gives the whole thing a general sense of beastliness. The twin boom tail is also a nice choice for this kind of aircraft, as it does provide a little more lift and control to an extent. The cockpit design is awesome too, it gives a sheer sense of scale for the rest of the aircraft since you know there’s people inside the cockpit, and it looks so small by comparison. I like that you mentioned games like SimplePlanes and KSP, while Flyout’s graphics do seem to be better than those two, I’d argue that there is a little more creative freedom to be had with SimplePlanes and KSP, seeing how, just from watching you create this and how your PC struggled to render it, larger builds and/or more complex builds don’t seem to sit as well with Flyout. Which is a shame really, but considering it’s still early access and not available to the public yet, I’m sure the devs will get right to optimization and overall better performance with larger creations. Being a SimplePlanes player myself, I’ll be one of the first to admit that the flight model of SP is not the most realistic, but that certainly doesn’t take away from the fun of the game, you can make some batshit ridiculous stuff there. Speaking of flying aircraft carriers, I myself have built one as well in SP, with a wingspan of 6,250ft, and a weight of 20 million lbs unloaded, 30 million fully loaded. It doubles as an aerial attack carrier as well, fitted with hundreds of AA Missile batteries, AA Gun Turrets, RailCannons, and even small bomb bays. It is a testament to how ridiculous SimplePlanes can get. If you ever plan on building another flying aircraft carrier, I’d recommend building it to take off from and land on water, just because it provides your aircraft with so that more space to move, and it’s generally easier to land as well. Happy flying! From a fellow flight enthusiast and flying aircraft carrier connoisseur.

[@hannojaanniidas9655]

100 parasite aircraft implies an airwing of ca 2000 personnel, plus the mothership complement. The Nimitz class of aircraft carriers is 3000 personnel. I presume that could be reduced to some degree, but this monster would need crew quarters, gallies, recreation facilities, and a sick bay. Incredible.

[@tera59487]

I love your videos man keep it up ❤

[@the3rdid485]

Honestly I can totally see concepts like this evolving and taking off more in real life. Instead of manned fighters that waste a lot of space though, it would be really easy to do this with some sort of AI drone swarm on a much smaller scale.

[@BAD_HOBO]

The one guy chilling and BBQ'ing: 😎 THE BOOSTERS: 💣 THE DROPTANKS: 💥💥☠☠💥💥

[@gen2mediainc.577]

i saw this thing on the steam page for flyout and it really showed me the extent this game can handle. really hyped lol

[@richbuckley6917]

Antigravitic engines for the main platform will be needed before this concept works…and then it won’t have wings. It must also be capable of interstellar leaps.

[@MonteKowalsky]

Fighter recovery in larger craft in the BattleTech universe is done with nets, at least in emergencies and when you don’t have time for a controlled dock. Granted that’s for outside atmosphere, but I always thought the idea was hilarious and interesting and probably a little terrifying for the pilots.

[@KuppyleGrand]

Cloud Base from captain scarlet deserves an honorable mention!

[@I_am_not_a_dog]

May I make a suggestion? Just in case you’re doing any continued world-building; The ‘parasite’ fighters, might I recommend they mount the APG-66 (or whatever it would be called in your carrier’s universe). It’s small, cheap, and was developed in the early 70s. Provides basic cannon fire control, missile control, and some light BVR/all-WX capabilities. Cheers, love your videos!

[@beepthemeep12]

A scramble between this and the WW2 era T̶a̶n̶k̶ Battleship destroyer plane you made is a must.

[@superdave6889]

in my mind, i see this aircraft staying airborne 24/7 and only landing to replace its fuel rods. to this end you might need two things a COD aircraft (COD: Carrier Onboard Delivery- a carrier capable cargo aircraft to onload/offload crew and supplies/food/mail) the second thing is CIWS turrets (radar guided Gatling guns for last ditch defense). also usually carriers launch off all their aircraft which then return to their home airfields when the carrier is returning to its home port, because of this, you might want to keep the landing gear on the parasite aircraft.

[@stilgar2007]

Awesome build, thanks for publishing. One quibble, that radar disc needs to be on stilts to clear the horizon of the plane itself.

[@AURORAREVEALNOW]

This is a certified Ace Combat oversized aircraft classic.

[@Keyboard_Thoughts]

Put in it such a nuclear reactor that shooting it down will create a super Chernobyl, in this case simply no one could afford shooting it down.

[@itsumayo]

Messier82AC is definitely a Belkan who works at Gründer and he’s not telling us

[@cnlnews8967]

I love the jay-do rockets hitting civilian buildings. Amazing video

[@thewiirocks]

JATO - Jet Assisted Take Off

[@Power5]

100 aircraft is ambitious. Cannot wait to see this build. Gerald Ford Class is around 75-80 aircraft. Would have started with something like 50 which is still ridiculously ambitious. Lets see where this goes. I would like to have seen a bit more ambitious rear hull and tail design. Somehow attach the twin boom to the main wings to keep the middle open. That would allow a rear opening for aircraft to land back onto the plane. Top of the rear hull could slide forward to allow planes to drop down onto the deck like an aircraft carrier. Move landed aircraft below to hangars and to be dropped from bombay launch mechanism. Would not need much runway since planes would be basically in VTOL to touch down at same flight speed as their normal flying. You said you had 8 reactors on the plane which seems like a lot of excess weight compared to 1 larger one that can supply the power needed for the 16 engines. If that is too large, then 2 larger reactors to get the power for all the engines. Maintaining 8 reactors seems like a lot of extra personel needed.

[@franciscoferraz6788]

I don't know how realistic this game or whatever is, but taking a turboprop airplane anywhere above Mach 0.8 would be absolute insanity as that's where you are going into transsonic flight and you're probably gonna blow everything up. Even 0.7 would probably be too fast for turboprops but that's based on my knowledge of compressible aerodynamics.

[@Critter145]

All those turboprops! This would be the loudest man-made vehicle ever. Louder than the Saturn V.

[@The2ndRateGoblin]

This is the stuff I dream about, I love it

[@UNSCrearadmiral]

Belka is interested in your services

[@UncleFester84]

Just a thing: irl most of a wing's lift force is generated by its upper part, to put the engine nacelles there you lower the wings efficency.

[@sledge3174]

I love how the turbine says caution. Like, “yeah, be a little careful around our Chernobyl of an engine, you could get a very minor case of obliterated by radiation”

[@cakeadventure8412]

This behemoth is something I would expect to see him Wolfenstein, so sick.

[@prosto_potomuwto]

A flying platform is surprisingly easy (in my opinion). Ships deal with dangerous water, while planes just need TWR above 1.0

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

Flying aircraft carriers actually existed. Though back in the day they were known as “blimps” or “zeppelins”. They had fighters that could be launched underneath, and even redocked! There’s also plane launched fighters, but they could obviously only hold a few at most, and couldn’t redock. There was also a plan for an aircraft launching submarine from Japan way back in WW2.

[@Marta-n5g]

Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.

[@MrZombiekiller23]

I love how you just ignored the massive shockwave from the fuel tanks you dumped hitting the ground and causing massive collateral all on their own lmao

[@austinkirkconnell465]

Awesome build, really enjoyed it. As for your issue with docking the parasite planes back with the mother ship, how about a in-tow system similar to that of the in air refueling system, but instead of refueling, it would latch on and hoist the parasit plane back into the bay and store it in place. On system per plane, that way each plane can be launched and retrieve by its own in-tow system. Anyway, it is just a thought.

[@underlord4805]

It would be cool if you could create a primarily awacs variant of this where the parasitic fighter bays are replaces with equipment to work a giant radar system mounted on the aircraft.

[@cars-and-you]

This video is a mix between screpmechanic episodes and lesson of science, Great content!

[@rjds1800]

Did anyone else see the orange blast wave under the plane a minute or so after the drop tanks were jettisoned? Who needs fighters or nukes? Just drop two gigantic drop tanks filled with fuel! Job done.

[@homefront1999]

One thing I like is Project Wingman's take on large aircraft. They land and take off on water. Would make sense. If you can find still water. Then you pretty much have a cost free airfield. Without the time it takes to construct one as well. I can't imagine how big an on land airfield would have to be for this plane. Edit: The idea though of there being one giant plane in the sky. Hasn't touched ground in years. Requiring all personnel, food, and water to be supplied by arial restocking. Sounds like something you could see in a dystopian world still roaming the sky 100's of years after civilization ended.

[@R3V3N1R]

im in love with the build, this is like the 6th time rewatching this

[@jurassicattack01]

others have probably said it, but this does very much feels like something straight out of Ace Combat cool af to see

[@pa_alia]

What a fun design! You'd really need some wheels on those wings too.

[@BisexualPlagueDoctor]

I’d love to see a movie with this in a sci-fi but realistic setting, or a video game where you get in and cause it to crash or something

[@Beilnda-x8m]

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

[@FloydFitzgerald-wv9vl]

Thanks!

[@jammay22]

this guys 3d modelling looks amazing, like this is something I could design in my head, but could never translate to a 3d or even 2d space

[@jammay22]

would also be epic if models like this were exportable because when the game does release it would make it to easy to make plane mods for games such as warthunder.

[@superyamagucci]

At about 20:00 , was that a shockwave from the tanks hitting the ground? Also, I don't know why I felt compelled to watch so much of this. Messier seems kind of like a gamer Skyking or something.

[@davecrupel2817]

These nuclear engines would be essentially steam engines. Just with a modern heat source.

[@ultramarinus2478]

Might be interesting to add "on the flight refuel" and "on the flight rearm" capabilities. When the airplane is already powered by nuclear power, you can add laser point defense - if not, even canon CWISes are handy. Sugesting broadening of the flight wing. No transport/cargo airplanes, no AWACS like planes for prolonging the sensor vision of command - both such airplanes will be needed - first for "marines" attacks and materiel aquiring, second for more effective command.

[@LiiftYourself]

whether it was necessary or a Ace Combat reference, thecounterrotating turbo prop brought a smile to my face

[@Rexmandell]

Lockheed CL-1201: Exists RB-D2 and the dev team at Humble Games: "I'll take your entire stock."

[@mattdombrowski8435]

The Soviets did actually fly a nuclear powered jet as a proof of concept (and they heard the Americans were working on it). They solved the weight issue by using minimal shielding. The flight crew didn't have great long term health outcomes.

[@LuckyAceCard]

I half expected that truck in the front to switch lanes and open the trailer to reveal a mini-gun or an anti-tank gun