Pelican | Most Detailed Breakdown

[@DezzarTac]

I admit I have a problem: I am utterly obsessed with the Pelican. I love all the human vehicles from the original game, but the Pelican takes the cake, eats it, and bakes another f******* cake.

[@GretchentheAlligator]

I hope Halo Infinite lets us actually fly one of the classic pelicans a lot.

[@majorchimera2494]

@@GretchentheAlligator better yet allow it to be used in multiplayer and forge mod.

[@sophisticatedraccoon]

@@GretchentheAlligator yeah instead of. Single mission where you just fly km and that's it.

[@MaximusOfTheMeadow]

@@sophisticatedraccoon if it's in campaign/multiplayer maybe a pilot and a gunner seat? Like in 4 but better

[@koeryn]

@@GretchentheAlligator I kind of now want a Foe Hammer HALO CE, where you're taxiing troops into/out of combat zones and occasionally rescuing Master Chief on HALO as the baddest pelican in the series.

[@chippsdubbo990]

"You don't have the fire power sir" "No... But I've got the mass"

[@tranminh-hm2nk]

Roger that. Hit ‘em hard boss

[@matthewleto1180]

The subtitles say “I’ve got the math”, but I know what you mean.

[@chippsdubbo990]

@@matthewleto1180 that's strange I mean mass makes more sense

[@sidewinder1176]

@@tranminh-hm2nk You're on your own NOBLE. Carter out

[@matthewleto1180]

I made this channel to comment cal, oh crap. You’re right. I must’ve read and heard it wrong. Whoops

[@battlelord852]

Installation 00: Most Detailed Pelican video U.S. Military: (Takes notes)

[@isaachinds3736]

U.S ONI: Already built it.

[@LoneWolf20213]

I really hope the military make a pelican in real life

[@GretchentheAlligator]

It would be incredible to see a real one built.

[@n8dogue]

@@LoneWolf20213 I would imagine that it wouldn't be too difficult as we already have comparable vehicles irl e.g. the V-22 Osprey

[@LoneWolf20213]

Nathan Morgan that is nowhere near as amazing or effective though

[@MajicMarco]

"It can land virtually anywhere." Pelican pilot: Land?

[@andrewowens4421]

Yeah, as much as I love the Pelicans, they were notorious for being shot down.

[@AdmiralBison]

@@andrewowens4421 well, they would be priority targets especially if they were carrying "demons".

[@simpleisbetter4132]

@@andrewowens4421 They should save time and stop building landing gears for them.

[@omartorres5688]

@@andrewowens4421 that is because most don't have guns or missiles and the pilots don't make the first shot as a 70mm chain gun would have ripped open that scarab turret

[@narenthebeesechurgerman422]

@@omartorres5688 probably not but that pelican was also unarmed

[@VS-010]

See, theirs one military equipment that has been here for more than 200 years... Knives.

[@siva4wotblitzhero531]

Guns and Cannons also

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

Self contained ammunition

[@troopergames8173]

Someone give this man a trophy

[@SaviourSword995]

Tanks

[@Deathpikachu]

@@SaviourSword995 tanks are from the 20th century, mid-to-late WWI to be exact, which started (and ended) a little over a century ago.

[@piercepayumo4212]

Foe Hammer: You know our motto, "We deliver".

[@halometroid]

Foehammer: "Echo 419 inbound. Somebody order a warthog?"

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

I didn’t know you made house calls, Foe Hammer!

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

@@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903 I always made sure you stayed alive.

[@afewspokesloose2699]

F

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

ROBOHOLIC1 thanks

[@thomasa5619]

“The pelican doesn’t look that big” Well no, not from a 7’ tall half ton point of view.

[@thomasa5619]

Also, one pelican can hold half a Spartan II cohort, and a modified one with standard engines can EASILY hold twice the whole spartan II cohort?

[@darrvenomfier790]

Ya their kinda ridiculously useful... the simple fact that they can hold that much and go between Exo and atmospheric flight says something about how fucking powerful those engines are...

[@WingManFang1]

😹

[@WingManFang1]

@@darrvenomfier790 just imagine the amount of Fuel they use

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

i mean even in the games from a marine POV they aren't they big

[@teryn3723]

Finally something about the workhorse of UNSC!

[@matchesburn]

Virgin: "The workhorse of the UNSC - the Warthog!" The Chad: [snickers in Pelican]

[@sorrenblitz805]

​@@matchesburn the warthog has been in UNSC service for 300 years it's definitely the work horse. The pelican is the truck that delivers that horse.

[@The_Viscount]

I know this ship was inspired by the Colonial Marines dropship, but the pelican blows it away.

[@strategosopsikion8576]

I know right! It’s such a cool ship! I wish they a had a model kit for the OG pelican. As I’m not as big of a fan of the new 343 pelican.

[@padfoot1178]

SoldierlyOyster the new pelicans is one of the newer models

[@Stallnig]

I believe that CM and the likes were exactly the source for the whole beloved gritty artstyle, which 343 never grasped and trew out the window.

[@The_Punisher]

It's a beauty

[@The_Viscount]

@@Stallnig right?

[@HildegardActual]

Fell in love with the Pelican the moment I saw it.

[@RSAleft9]

Same. I still love her to this day. Hands down the best Sci Fi aircraft out there minus the Valkyrie from 40k.

[@jaerpanzer]

I did not like your comment because 69 gigity

[@HildegardActual]

@@jaerpanzer Nice.

[@ace-jc8iu]

@@RSAleft9 couldn't agree more

[@SPEAK_N0_EVIL]

@@RSAleft9 it's one of those "it's so simple yet so beautiful at the same time " type of things

[@StacheMan26]

Y'know, the Warthog being hydrogen powered makes more sense once you take into account the Pelican (and presumably all the other dropships and other aerospace craft in UNSC service) being fueled by hydrogen. It's the space going future equivalent of the current US military requirement that every vehicle in inventory be capable of running on JP8 (their preferred blend of jet fuel), even if its not ideal for the performance or efficiency of the particular platform, because its one less logistical hurdle to overcome when the system gets stressed. And that's just with one nation on one planet (that's generally regarded as being pretty damn good at logistics), take space travel and accompanying limits in cargo volume into account and its a lot easier for the system to get stressed to a point where delivery of multiple different fuel types to the combat zone in sufficient quantity to fulfill needs becomes difficult or impossible, so they cut it down. No more fussing about with "30th Division needs X amount of petrol, Y diesel. No I said Z diesel, you ingrate!", instead UNSC logistics just goes "You get hydrogen! And you get hydrogen! So do you! Everyone gets hydrogen!"

[@thelvadam2884]

HYDROGEN FOR EVERYONE!!!

[@johnwotek3816]

It also help hydrogen is the most abundand form of matter in the universe.

[@phoenixjones7191]

Not to mention you could probably replenish fuel easily seeing as hydrogen is so common. Even if you needed a specific isotope you could make them on the ship and just pull hydrogen from space.

[@UNSCPILOT]

That is actually a brilliant point, I wondered why the Hog was Hydrogen rather than electric, matching the fuel with other equipment makes sense, saves on extra training and simplifies logistics

[@teryn3723]

Technically a pelican will save your ass by giving you something to use like ammo, tanks, and personnel, and close air support "REMEMBER ECHO"

[@keyloh9386]

*salutes* Remember Echo! Btw, my best ship in elite dangerous is named after her pelican and carries her call sign as it's designation in remembrance.

[@benjaminrobledo5466]

Who's Echo?

[@DavidSternburgYt]

@@benjaminrobledo5466 foehammer from ce

[@benjaminrobledo5466]

@@DavidSternburgYt Oh. Yes. Her. Lol. Sorry. Its just that I just finished Reach and just started CE. I'm in that snowy mission. Assault on the Control Room, I believe. Haven't played any of the Halo games except these 2. Just got MCC for PC. :)

[@strangeonexd4776]

Remember her motto; We deliver!

[@siphonicstorm7191]

The Pelican was always my favorite dropship in Halo. To be honest, I'd prefer to be transported by a Pelican. In my opinion, I prefer the D-77 Pelican dropship over the D-79 models.

[@siva4wotblitzhero531]

The D-79 is the Ugly,Starved looking ones from Halo 4 and onward right?

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

SIVA mem.2769 SIVA mem. code 6359 you bet your ass

[@danward4681]

The D-77 is sleeker, prettier and much more visually appealing than the D-79, it also provides a more functional shape for the cockpit glass, the almost globed shape of the D-79 cockpit which makes no sense and would actually make it weaker, again, makes no sense

[@tristanbackup2536]

DC-79 is more aerodynamic for in-atmosphere flights to put less strain on the engines. It's just common technological innovation, can't rock the 77 forever.

[@awesomenessnetwork213]

@DAS ist gut The D79 you're talking about is another variant. The normal D79 actually has less weapons than the D77 (D79 only has the chin mounted 70mm). The D77 has everything you said about it, along with two heavy missile pods ( one on each wing) and is heavily armored.

[@thermalvision203]

3:34 The Mosin Nagant comes close as it was first produced in 1891. The USS Consitution and HMS Victory are still both technically active warships and they were launched in 1797 and 1765 respectively, though as neither has seen combat in over 200 years, I don't think they count.

[@Xenonfastfall]

Which military actively uses Mosins in combat though

[@Nyx_2142]

@@Xenonfastfall The Mosin has been used in more conflicts than almost any other gun. Read up on it a bit. Pre-WW1 and still sees use in active conflicts in the Middle East and whichever neighbor Russia is invading this year.

[@OrileyBomb]

Xenonfastfall if you want to add the stipulation of it has to be deployed by a organized national military then the round the Mosin fires (7.62x54R) was developed in 1891 with the Mosin and is still used today in Russian PKM machine guns.

[@LOUDcarBOMB]

I know my reply is a technically correct answer, but the U.S. military (Navy and Coast Guard) still uses the .45-70 Gov. cartridge that was designed from 1873 and is 147 years old. This round does not have a bullet since it uses it's gunpowder for line-propelling purposes. Off topic, but the little door on lever-action rifles where you insert cartridges that goes into the magazine tube (called King's Patent Loading Gate) was designed and patented in 1866 and used on the Winchester 1866. That rifle was so influential that it caused the Russians to design the Mosin Nagant by the massive losses from the Battle of Plevna (outgunned by a way smaller Ottoman force). The gate is still in use today and is 154 years old.

[@jmfowler9062]

@@LOUDcarBOMB I'm going to need to see the source you found that says 45-70 govt is a cartridge without a bullet so that I may laugh at it.

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

Virgin’s D79 vs. Chad’s D77

[@PS-mw9cc]

Fun fact sir! : james cameron took inspiriation for the huge ass space shuttle in the Avatar movies from the D77 Pelican

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

And the pelican was inspired by the dropship from Aliens

[@Allstar-yl1ek]

@@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903 the circle(jerk) of life

[@sniperbait6950]

The D79 kinda reminds me of that horribly refurbished picture of Jesus, Ecce Homo. Poor gal you deserved better D77.

[@kevinweber5919]

No, no you said it backwards!

[@jamesmartel8381]

Playing Combat Evolved as a kid, me and my friends, always said just wait till halo 2 we will get to fly a pelican !! I absolutely adore this vehicle such a great design

[@thelvadam2884]

Same, , its a piece of art

[@Jose_Doe]

And funny enough we actually can with a glitch

[@havoccreations6746]

One day. We will get to spawn the majestic aircraft that is the pelican in Forge and fly it around in Custom games. One day.

[@potatowizard6252]

You can fly it in Reach on the Alexander mission. But you have to press some buttons and fly through a donut.

[@LOUDcarBOMB]

PC and mods my friends and people have done it already on the Insider Program for Halo 3 just a few days ago.

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

Our budget only allows for one crashed Pelican per mission.

[@cfdeers]

ehh fuck it. It's a rental

[@autumngottlieb3071]

"Right. Land. That just means 'stop flying,' right?" "Brace for impact!" "Oh shit! This is gonna suck!"

[@DartLuke]

Halo 4-Lets's crush 3 Pelicans in one mission

[@deltadude7417]

@@DartLuke I mean the infinity has like 150 on regular and their hangers aren’t even that full

[@FrostyShock349]

North Korea can only afford the cannons for half a year

[@jamesneumann2003]

I don't know of any military equipment still in use from the 1860's but the Madsen MG was first introduced in the 1890's, its last know use was in 2016 by the Brazilian Military Police.

[@christopherjohnson532]

Swords and knives

[@liamblack1558]

The sextant was produced in numbers in the late 1700s, and remains in regular use by modern navies.

[@jonathangardner8481]

Gatling gun. It was first fielded during the civil war, if I recall correctly.

[@ShaneA112]

Pilot: "York send that little green guy up here." York: "You heard her Delta, go on."

[@PyroMaster87]

"Did you just create a backup of yourself?" "I am confident in your abil.." "Dick move." "I am" "DICK....move."

[@dylancasey1702]

Man i love red vs blue

[@RSAleft9]

I do love how Bungie really thought out the Pelican and how she could operate.. with out realizing it completely mind you but you can get this brick to fly and that makes me so happy. The Pelican is one of my favorite drop ships of all time. Knowing she's similar to a 130 makes me just smile even more!

[@ardoronro6677]

I'd rather crash and die in a D-77 then live to fly a D-79. That's why they the pilots never make it and I'm with them all the way.

[@YapYapCrackShack]

But the d79 gunship... thats another thing. Also im pretty sure the d79 is russian

[@screech-screecher536]

He’s talking about the 343 designed pelican the D-79

[@Abrxas01]

That picture you showed of the 'C-130' loading an M1 was in fact a C5 Galaxy. While I'm not sure about the internal dimensions of the C-130 cargo bay, I am certain it cannot carry an M1 Abrams. The Abrams weighs 68 tons while the max cargo weight of the C 130 is 24 tons.

[@syndromeofadowns]

A d- 77pelican can carry a 66 ton scorpion tank with ease

[@thearnorianruby4681]

​@@syndromeofadowns with its magnet, not in its cargo bay.

[@Trollo_Swaggins]

I’ve been having a rough go of it lately (anxiety and depression are a bitch aren’t they). Seeing an alert for a new Installation 00 lore video, especially the Most Detailed Videos really does make me happy Thank you

[@greatkhan7278]

I hope you're doing OK bro

[@awesomenessnetwork213]

Installation00: *briefly talks about SSTOs* KSP players: hey, hey. I've seen this one!

[@herbderbler1585]

2120 youtuber: I challenge you to find a single example of military equipment still in use today after being originally introduced in the 1950s. 2120 commenter: B-52 Stratofortress, what's my prize?

[@stuglife5514]

The M2 browning or the AK-47 and AKM would be good guesses. As long as there is war there will be two things for the foreseeable future. The maduce and the kalash

[@SaviourSword995]

@@stuglife5514 Bolt action rifles. Let's be honest, Bolt action sniper rifles are always preferred by Snipers

[@commanderbracey7501]

Bayonet 🤔

[@_Raven_]

I know it's already been done, but I've always wanted to build my own Pelican in Space Engineers. This video has given me enough information to design one in real life, let alone in a game. You are a credit to the Halo fanbase. Thank you for your service.

[@FilterBySubgenre]

for military equipment still in use today from the 1860s you are looking for the Gatling gun of 1861 made by Richard Jordan Gatling. Though a big difference of the m61 gatling gun of today vs the original.

[@jamesmartel8381]

Also not a vehicle but a military hardware introduced in the 1860s and still in use today it the Gatling gun(introduced in civil war ) which they put a motor on and turned into the minigun

[@SuperHornetPilot]

And then they made a bigger version that fires 20mm ammo and put it onto just about every US fighter jet as the M61 Vulcan and finally an even bigger version in the form of the GAU-8 on the A-10 Warthog. Not bad for something that started out as a hand-cranked weapon mounted on what looks like a mount for artillery of that same era.

[@alfredforbessealy524]

yeah but it's not like we're using the exact same model of the same hardware made in the same way, as the pelican. You can discern lots of common points between the 1860s one and the present day one, but apart from their basic functions they're almost nothing alike

[@Justice094]

The classic art style pelican is one sexy bird. Its long since been a reason of why i wanted to be a pilot.

[@riktor3005]

@Installation00 - List of Military equipment in use since the 1860s: Flagpole + Flag. Bayonet. That's it, I think...

[@shaq6976]

Do not forget the gatling gun

[@SaviourSword995]

Bolt action rifles

[@VictusPrime]

Always loved the Pelican, it's probably my favorite vehicle. It's just so recognizable. It's too bad 4 and 5 fudged the design.

[@Vatniks_are_clowns]

agreed

[@SaviourSword995]

I love halo 4 design. It has lots of goodies also so bonus points

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

@@SaviourSword995 the halo 4 design just does not feel right. the cockpit traded out that "halo" look for something more hind like. the back feels even smaller and the few time you see it there are no lights providing a black hole to keep you from realizing that it is not detailed AT ALL! like so much of H4, there were good ideas with bad implementation, and then royally fucked by H5. that being said, the H5 take on the bird is at least slightly improved in a few points: larger and detailed bay.

[@Xenonfastfall]

I like Halo wars 2's use of it in heavy lifting and the cooler one for personnel transport, makes it look to fit its role there

[@paulnathanmullock6214]

Halo 4 and 5 fudged up a lot of designs.

[@Leitis_Fella]

160+years of service for the pelican eh? The closest real-world example of military equipment over a century old still being in use is the 7.62x54r rifle cartridge, introduced in 1891 for the Russian Empire's Mosin-Nagant M91 bolt-action rifles, and used today in PKM machine guns and SVD and PSL marksman rifles.

[@kennethbedwell5188]

B-52. By the time it leaves service it will be over 100 years old.

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

Even the AR-15 family is getting old

[@Bird_Dog00]

To be fair, the past 200 years have seen some very fast technological advancement. In that time frame we got rid of the flintlock and have now developed the railgun...

[@mizzinfamous9746]

@@Bird_Dog00 crazy to think how fast we went from no internet and limited medicine and damn near no space travel( no self landing rockets) among other great technology is seemingly just one lifetime it’s like as soon as we found out what electricity was and can use it technology was literally just off to the races. Just like how our grandparent don’t understand current technology much it’s hard to believe that I’m prolly gonna be that grandparent who can’t understand my grandkids toys and technology

[@Bird_Dog00]

@@mizzinfamous9746 I don't think electricity had much to do with it beyond making some things like communication easier. The real game changer were the printing press, the mechanisation of agriculture, freeing up much manpower and improving food supply thus allowing more people to devote their time to things other than food production and more universaly available education. Those factors combined were a force multiplier for collective learning.

[@CoffeeCrowgasm]

Another 50 years and the M1911 will just about be there lol.

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

And still going strong. John Browning is a saint

[@fluent4530]

When it’s able to enter space on its own thrust then I’ll be impressed

[@Mcree114]

The M2 Browning HMG too

[@zennyblades]

Time to strap a rocket to a 1911

[@thomasbrand2650]

The 1911 left service in 1986 when it was replaced by the Beretta M9. Even most special forces carry other sidearms such as SEALs and the P226.

[@icyknightmare4592]

3:35 While I can't think of anything still in use that's specifically from the 1860s (i'm not counting knives or bayonets), there are some bits of hardware that have been going for over a century, and some will probably be in use for longer than that length of time. 1. 7.62x54mmR - A Russian rifle cartridge in military service since 1891. Many modern rifles are chambered in 7.62x54, and it won't be going away anytime soon. 2. Mosin Nagant - Firing the above round, this bolt action rifle has also been in active service since 1891 with a variety of countries. 3. Kommuna - A Russian salvage ship launched in 1915, and still in active use. 4. M1911 pistol - In use around the world since 1911, including by some special forces today. 5. M2 HMG - The M2 has been in use for 87 years, and there are no plans to retire it, even though far newer 12.7mm machine guns exist. It will definitely go over 100 years. Halo also makes some predictions about ammo we use today. Maybe some of them will actually last over 500 years. The UNSC regularly uses 7.62x51mm (NATO, since 1954), 12.7x99mm (US, since 1921), and 14.5x114mm (USSR, since 1941).

[@_Hodgepodge]

What is the plural of "Mongoose"? Most people: Mongooses Instalation 00: Mongeese Me: I say Mongoosen

[@josephscott666]

Moose mooses meeese moosen

[@pancholopez8829]

Monpeople for me.

[@retroicdescent]

Mongsoon.

[@keirfarnum6811]

I prefer “mongoosies” myself.

[@GloomToon]

@@keirfarnum6811 I’m a mongooseses kinda guy

[@Kaiserland111]

Minor correction: jet fuel does not detonate, it combusts, when in a jet engine. A detonation would explosively destroy the engine, a much less desirable outcome than an exothermic chemical reaction producing hot, expanding exhaust gasses. Fantastic video as usual!

[@thatguyj5596]

a piece of equipment used since the 1860s, if not earlier: Binoculars. Do I win a prize? (jk)

[@LoT945]

the bayonet circa early 1600s

[@SBRtime69420]

@@LoT945 yeah, but a 1860s bayonet and a modern day bayonet are extremely different whereas a D77 and a D79 are fairly similar

[@fubar9629]

the longest serving piece of equipment that i can think of is prob the mosin nagant... pre ww2 i believe

[@stahl1624]

Fubar96 Only because you’re a Sovietboo who knows nothing outside of your small brain. You’re probably a Yank as well, says it all really lmfao

[@mechredd]

The 45-70 cartridge was developed in 1873 and is still in active duty use with the United States Navy.

[@SyntaxScout]

The pelican use a stronger alloy than titanium with a reflective,anti heating coating,lighter than a C130,with a main ion pulse reactor with massive infinite amounts of power making the Pelican versatile in space or any type of atmosphere.Same technology is used in the main vessels. This technology actually will become a reality for the US military forces.

[@alienatedjam5767]

This guy literally makes huge essays on halo! Respect.

[@letsoveranalyze2135]

The Halo 4 and 5 Pelicans are inferior to the originals. Glad 343i is going back to the original design.

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

lets not jump that gun to early, but we can still have our fingers crossed that it is a return to form.

[@bryan4194]

Your profile pic is glorious

[@BrSgtJordan]

@Jeremiah Hyde the D78 is just a D77 with new engines and avionics

[@AdmiralBison]

They are the equivalent to "Spartan" IVs.

[@deltadude7417]

yeah but have you heard of C O N D O R

[@privatepessleneck]

"Like rocks with wings, seriously! Never see one land the side up you want, or even land it on purpose." ~Dimkee Hotay

[@Vatniks_are_clowns]

Has always been my favorite scifi dropship, such an awesome and unique looking ship. Thanks for the video!

[@Sanya6496]

The best and most venerated Pelican model finally gets an in depth review.

[@waywardwhiskey117]

I adore this even a year later! Installation00, You would make my entire nerdlife if you did a video for the GA-TL Longsword like this. That would be truly fantastic my guy.

[@yoloman3607]

Well, the browning m1911 has been around since....1911. Its well over a century old and many variants see service with police or as a choice for military personnel in many countries.

[@commanderbracey7501]

A field knife. (Around for centuries in one form or another)

[@1014p]

Does it act as a vehicle? No it does not. Pretty sure he was pointing out a vehicle platform going that long. At present C-130 is most likely on that path and A-10 Warthog though retired might see a revision update soon.

[@Emps597thADR]

So happy that we discussed the d77 and not the cheap knockoff that is the D79

[@CovfefeDotard]

I hope you do a breakdown of the gravemind next

[@TheSaintDario]

I second this

[@Robert-cl2ft]

I agree as well

[@thedishonoredamerican129]

I? I am a monument to all of your sins.

[@internet_kaiser]

Contents: Meat Mind

[@Paladinpal]

Gatling gun, 1861. Has it had changes? Yes, but so has the Pelican in that timeframe. Gatling guns got an electric motor. By the end of the covenant war, some pelicans were fitted with shielding and small slipspace drives, if i remember correctly. So if we're still counting that as the same equipment introduced 160 years earlier, i think gatling guns get a pass.

[@genemonai9592]

A weapon that was developed in the 1860s that is still used today, hough heavily upgrades would be the gatling gun.

[@sqwatchy1010]

As an aircraft mechanic, the breakdown of the engines and propulsion systems was very interesting and very well researched. Of course, I wouldn't expect anything other than a well researched video from the lore master himself. Love these videos sir, and I'm really enjoying the Cartographer series.

[@LoneWolf20213]

If I were to change one thing, I’d be to have a Covenant power plant to power the ship, some of those engines for better speed and maneuverability, plasma weapons and shields, but keep the design the same

[@phoenixjones7191]

There's one in the books. Sorta hybrid designed ship. The infinity has forerunner based slip space engines and shields and actual forerunner engineers fixing her up

[@schwig44]

@@phoenixjones7191 true, not even the ones that the covies had, fresh Huragok, nothin like it

[@CoffeeCrowgasm]

Oh my God you said mongeese I finally feel less alone haha

[@schwig44]

@Kit Andrei Maniquis it is known

[@irondudeful]

@Kit Andrei Maniquis I hate to completely ruin your life, but the plural for "mongoose" is actually "mongooses". Somebody told me that once and.. low and behold, Google was there to ruin me, and now you guys as well.

[@kjoege1000]

@@irondudeful both are correct, as is listed on many online dictionaries. Don't just trust what people tell you, same for me, go check the merriam-webster dictionary, that's one i personally trust.

[@irondudeful]

@@kjoege1000 ohhhh I see, thank you for the correction!

[@nicholaswalsh4462]

The Scorpion Tank is undergunned and over-engineered.

[@TheArtistKnownAsNooblet]

it's just a big ass rotating turret on a set of treads innit

[@thomaspriewasser6660]

@@TheArtistKnownAsNooblet but it's quad tracks, so even worse

[@nicholaswalsh4462]

@@TheArtistKnownAsNooblet with a gun that stopped being used by armies on earth in the 1950s.

[@TheArtistKnownAsNooblet]

@@nicholaswalsh4462 correction: ammunition that stopped being used in the 50's. The gun itself looks pretty advanced being significantly smaller than modern turrets and having an impressive fire rate of 15 rounds per minute using an auto loader and having much greater variation in the z-axis (seriously that mother fucker can almost look straight up) also the turret turns pretty fast, I don't know how fast exactly but it's way faster than most real tanks

[@madcourier6217]

@@TheArtistKnownAsNooblet Well to be fair the 90mm their using for the Scorpion tank is supposed to be a Ultra High Velocity cannon.

[@AscendingBliss]

For as long as I can remember, Pelicans have been my absolute favorite transport ship out of any sci-fi universe.

[@StreakedSilver]

F in the chat for Foehammer. the best written character in the fewest amount of lines who you never see the face of.

[@alfredforbessealy524]

he is died F edit : just here to rectify mistake : she is died

[@bmxdude1337]

I love the Pelican. When I first saw it, I was blown away by its majesty.

[@_Xerota_]

My favourite Sci-Fi vehicle, great video dude.

[@ryzokusovai3403]

The pelican is one of my favourite vehicles from any universe and it's just amazing how much detail they put into there stuff like how it works and everything

[@SPEAK_N0_EVIL]

There's just something so simple yet so beautiful about the UNSC vehicles maybe it's the setting of halo with humanity against aliens that brings the human pride into play

[@robertwelch2843]

As an upcoming aerospace engineer, I hate the pelican. As a a Halo fanboy, God is it beautiful. Something about it just does it for me, she has a wonderful design.

[@MarcusWolfWanders]

i work in a factory that casts/finishes the blades for the hot section of jet engines. i feel you on both fronts.

[@gavinstarks2761]

Is it just physically impossible? Or could the pelican really exist?

[@irondudeful]

@@gavinstarks2761 it would be possible to recreate something similar (like we could make a functional aircraft that looks like it), but the design is impractical so you'd never see anybody do it. For one- we don't have efficient propulsion that could lift something like that (the weight) the way it does, and beyond that, to add extra weight/passengers would be even harder. Possible? Yea, we could probably do it, but it would cost millions of dollars that no one would be willing to blow. It would fly like a brick.

[@gavinstarks2761]

Living in False Eyes thanks for the response. Sad but hey maybe in the future

[@GoldPicard]

I turned wrenches on H-60's so I feel it too, the VTOL aspects of it I can get behind mostly and the whole "lifting body" ability of the fuselage is maybe believable but it would be nowhere near enough to take most of the weight. But I can kinda maybe believe it could go supersonic if you shove powerful enough engines on it but hypersonic? No.

[@caesar4336]

The B-52 is on its way to be the Pelican equivalent of a 160 year service life generational air craft

[@PolymurExcel]

Damn, 160 years, the closest thatthe US millitary has ever gotten to that are the M2 Browning and the M1911, both are just over 100 years.

[@Neion8]

I thought the browning came into service in 1933 (ergo 87 years rather than over 100)? The M1911 is a good example though. Only other thing I can think of (which is kinda sketch at that) is the Lee Enfield rifle (in service 1895-1957) which continued to see use in other countries armies until the 70's and recently mostly used either for training (up until 2016 was the training weapon for the Canadian rangers) or by relatively poorly equipped fighting forces (such as ISIL in 2019). Though, depending on how much leeway is given to a modification before it's declared an entirely different entity (comparative to the Pelican's model numbers), one could argue that a heavily modified version of the Gatling gun ( original in service 1862-1911) exists today in the M61Vulcan minigun and the GAU-8 Avenger given that the basic operating principle (though not the systems that power them) are very similar - in fact, miniguns are often referred to as a subcategory of gatling guns.

[@PolymurExcel]

@@Neion8 Oh was it? I must have confused the year it was fiished with the year it entered service, my bad. The Maxim/Lewis guns were in service for almost a hundred years though. I do expect the M2 Browning to hit that 100 year mark, the US honestly tried to make a better one but it ultimately failed to be as reliable. They instead went and upgraded them making the M2A1 and the GAU 21.

[@Neion8]

@@PolymurExcel No probs, and yeah I think the M2 browning is a design that will keep with us for as long as guns like it have a place on the battlefield; any changes you make sacrafice something, whether it's reliability, accuracy, rate of fire, cost or ease of maintainance.

[@Nyx_2142]

@@Neion8 Recommend you watch Forgotten Weapons newest video on the M2 for an actual history on it. It just missed WW1 and is technically over 100 years old seeing as it was made in 1918, and saw service officially in 1922.

[@Neion8]

@@Nyx_2142 Okay cheers for the shout, always grateful to be corrected :)

[@Tjrissi96]

Introduced in the 1860's was the Gatling gun, designed by Richard Jordan Gatling. Although you no longer crank the gun by hand, its nowadays powered by an electric motor. The design was later updated into the Minigun and the M61 Vulcan.

[@bmxdude1337]

Well done.

[@halometroid]

The most sexy ship in the universe

[@halometroid]

@@cancelanime1507 The halo universe is sexy!

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

@@cancelanime1507 to each their own, but where the longsword has had significant changes to its look over the course of HCE through HR, the Pelican managed to remain much more consistent in that same span.

[@waletsplayer7159]

I think the phantom is the best looking!

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

5:23 damn I didn't know I was gonna be mentioned in this video, thanks for the shoutout 👌

[@Perseus-17]

Here before the notification!

[@donaldsherwood5599]

Heheh same

[@slav4335]

ah, the pelican, the punching bag for banshees

[@feralprocessor9853]

Instalation 00's next video should cover all forms of covenant "spirit" Transport.

[@MadGaming_TV]

I love the pelicans design. It's so cool. If the military used this irl I would definitely sign an application to pilot one of those bad boys

[@waletsplayer7159]

Try two: Most detailed breakdown of the Ghost, to bring in more of both factions.

[@dadtype2339]

She's a free download for Microsoft flight simulator 2020, one of my absolute favorite planes to fly. But as I have looked out at her from above I notice something familiar about the design and then it hits me, it's close to the way Maximilian the machine in Disney's Black Hole (jeez that reads bad after all these years) movie. It's on Disney+. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is free in the game pass as of this writing 02/2023 And the Pelican heavy free download it will let you download it into the Game Pass version.

[@PS-mw9cc]

Can you please do the albatross dropship next? I love these videos!

[@kingjameson3643]

I just found this channel and I'm absolutely loving it. The level of detail you go into is amazing and easy to grasp. Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing much more.

[@blitz3700]

3:35, I know it’s not 160 years but the M2 browning HMG has been in service for more than a hundred years which is pretty impressive

[@ajobdunwell2585]

I think kbar's are still made with bayonet mounts.

[@cattledog901]

​@@ajobdunwell2585 The M2 browning is older than the KABAR and the KABAR was never a bayonet its a knife only. Do you even know what you are talking about?

[@ajobdunwell2585]

@@cattledog901 excuse me, the M9 (formerly M7) bayonet. Fits the M16 and M4 and is still issued.

[@cattledog901]

@@ajobdunwell2585 And the M9 bayonet isn't a KABAR genius it's a seperate design entirely.

[@ajobdunwell2585]

@@cattledog901 Now explain to me the entirety separate design elements of attaching a knife to a gun barrel. I think that for as long as the US has been fielding an army, they've been equipping those soldiers with bayonets. Updating them to fit the current issue weapon rather than designing the guns to fit the bayonet.

[@dsdy1205]

7:00 Can I stress just how insane TWO INCHES of titanium covering the Pelican is in an aerospace context? Most modern day aircraft have skin thicknesses measuring less than a quarter of an inch of lightweight aluminum or composite. With two inches of solid titanium it's no wonder the Pelican outweighs the C130 by that much, even before considering its powerplant and engines.

[@barrybend7189]

Oldest issued US military equipment: the standard issue military canoe.

[@basudebsarkar5487]

I would like to see bolt gun in it

[@commanderbracey7501]

A field knife. (Been around for centuries in one form or another)

[@nitsuA_LH]

“I challenge you to find a single example of military equipment still in use today after being originally introduced in the 1860s.” I can name ONLY one. Gunpowder. It wasn’t quite the 1860s when it was invented, though. Probably around 1000 years off give or take.

[@grantlauzon5237]

5:56 So I say to the guy. “If it can carry a tank then why not put the guns on the tank on it and use it instead?”

[@thehellishelllikemathiscon1616]

They do carry tanks scorpions but not in a troop bay

[@grantlauzon5237]

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[@lostatsauce2625]

If 343 ever makes an in universe documentary you have to be part of the project

[@CyberSonic-V3.0]

How does this man do it? He could probably make an hour video about a coffee mug.

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

He could get Ahoy to narrate, that’ll keep your attention

[@tristanbackup2536]

A true old school geek. We get obsessed with stats, engineering & mathematics of anything.

[@justinh6709]

I've been watching you for a while and I love your content!! Really can't wait to see your Chanel explode. Thank you!

[@starcraftre]

"A single example of military equipment still in use after being introduced in the 1860's" Pelican has been modified, updated, etc, so using those same terms... How about a Gatling Gun? (1862) Still the basis of CIWS, GAU-8 Avenger, Minigun, etc.

[@Nyx_2142]

The Gatling Gun has been a concept for hundreds of years. And if you count prototype gunpowder and arrow weapons that the Chinese and Koreans supposedly made, thousands of years.

[@goofistmcnutty3280]

Best ship break down ever, even better than the ship breakdowns than a lot of Star Citizen KZbinrs XD. No really, if anyone plays Star Citizen, it's because of the Pelican that I love the Vanguard Hoplite so much. This made me appreciate both ships even more.

[@zenopssmdk]

After watching this I'm expecting some revolutionary technology from the mongoose

[@phoenixjones7191]

I mean. It runs on hydrogen. So ya know that's pretty fucking useful.

[@EnduringFoliage]

I don't know if it's a hundred and sixty years old, but the Gatling gun was invented sometime in the mid/late 1800's and modern versions are used on aircraft like the A-10.

[@danielreyesvela6471]

i would love to be a pelican pilot is my dream

[@Silverdew125]

There's a bunch of examples of the books lore not matching in game, I think someone make a video about how many longswords would fit in the pillar of autumn, and the pelican and c-130 are not capable of carrying an Abrams, the plane shown in the video was a C-5 Galaxy

[@thesurvivalist.]

Make her Slip space capable, and I will take one! I hope Elon Musk pays attention to these specs, would love to see one in operation in our time! Would love to see an Arc Plasma engine, for space injection!

[@SaviourSword995]

Ahem Ahem.....Condor

[@alexisbaz8746]

@@SaviourSword995 yep, the Fat Pelican xd

[@flyback_driver]

Not the original design but the gatlin gun (which ironically was released in the 1860s) is extremely close. Slap a few electric motors or hydraulic pumps and you've got yourself an m134. Also, the bayonet.

[@Marleyjr00X]

The Pelican is probably my fave dropship from all fiction. The only thing that comes close is the Clone LAAT Gunship.

[@StrifeA217]

Yes dude! I was waiting for the Pelican! I love this channel.

[@anthonyboyce6321]

yo im new on this channel but man your videos are legendary how you are breaking down everything,and making it easy to follow,keep it up bro

[@Warrior_in_a_garden-v3x]

So happy to see how far your come and doing big numbers now good on you mate

[@oneal3224]

As an aircraft Mechanic I feel compelled to point out that each stage of the compressor can compress the air at a ratio of 30:1. Meaning the pressure inside the engine is far greater than 30 times the ambient pressure

[@wolfpackastrobiology3690]

@9:20, not only is the kinetic energy less, if the round fragments into many pieces it will also be more spread out further reducing penetration.

[@danielwest7285]

There is one weapon system that is getting close to the number of years, Browning .50 cal machine gun. Started in 1919, officially issued as of 1921.

[@Minkx28]

All this time and I never knew....it was the size of a freaking C-130!

[@CharliMorganMusic]

I love how detailed this is. Can you do The Expanse, too?

[@hambonethegreat9547]

Okay mate, you wanted something that's been in service for as long as the Pelican? Let's start with steel plate armor, cased ammunition, the original Gatlin gun, and we are getting closer to things like the Mosin fitting into that category. Just to name a few.

[@sorrenblitz805]

Some places still train with spears. Granted they are more primitive communities but that's still technically their military. Spears were invented before we knew how to write things down.

[@robbagel54]

The oldest piece of active military equipment today would be the Browning machine gun, I believe it is mounted on humvees However the m 1911 is still used by special forces today and was made in 1911

[@Nyx_2142]

If you count the 1911's prototypes, its a bit older. Only adds a few years though.

[@MUJUNKY]

just one thing, and I know someone else has probably already said it, but around 8:00 you say "The pressure is vastly different doo-dee-da" It really isn't, at all. one atmosphere of pressure on a vessel with two inches of titanium armor, that can survive the acceleration of a jet, and some of the very hard landings we've seen without completely fragmenting, is minimal. bullets and projectiles impart thousands of atmospheres of pressure on impact very rapidly, and in game the 7.62x51mm AR rounds often deflect off of the pelicans in Halo 3. the pressure difference would be absolutely negligible. a double hull to prevent loss of pressure in the event something does breach the outer armor, or as an air-gap protection system like cage armor on modern APC's, would make quite a lot of sense, especially given that plasma in halo only seems to hold its cohesion until initial contact, and then disperses as it would in the real world(that is why we can't make plasma weapons, nothing holds it together). if the covenant plasma weapons disperse mostly harmlessly into the fairly wide gap after melting the outer hull, they'd have to put another plasma round through the hole already made, or fire a much larger weapon, which probably can't track the pelican as well.