Timeline for Is a land-based aircraft carrier possible?
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| Feb 26, 2016 at 13:03 | comment | added | iAdjunct | @HorusKol yes, but 747s don't go four-wheeling, carry lots of other aircraft, and launch other aircraft off of them with a catapult. | |
| Feb 8, 2016 at 8:40 | comment | added | CptEric | VTOL airplanes and a train carrier with thick ,anti artillery walls and open-through roof doors is the way to go. | |
| Feb 8, 2016 at 4:25 | comment | added | user2051 | @iAdjunct - that depends on how many legs you have and how the weight is distributed. A Boeing 747 is 300 tonnes on only five "legs". Of course, even a pocket carrier would need at least 500 legs... | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 16:15 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | @DavidGrinberg: if you want the software for the carrier also written in Paint, better hire John Skeet. | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 15:38 | comment | added | iAdjunct | Firstly, I don't think you realize just how HEAVY carriers are; telescopic legs just aren't going to be physically realizable. Secondly, if simply having an angled runway would make you be able to launch in a shorter time, carriers would do it. Speed is the most important factor for takeoff which is why carriers have enormous stream-powered slingshots which your train won't be able to support. And ironically: making a raised runway like in your drawing will make it harder to get enough speed to take off. | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 13:54 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | Dang. Bob McNamara would have loved this! :-) | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 12:36 | comment | added | rom016 | "... akin to an attempt to drive nails with a screwdriver (or vice-versa)." Screws were designed to be hammered in and removed with a screwdriver; obviously this is not true for all modern screws. | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 22:47 | comment | added | David says Reinstate Monica | +1 for designing the next generation of aircraft carriers with MS Paint. | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 14:57 | vote | accept | Bryan McClure | ||
| Feb 5, 2016 at 14:37 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 5, 2016 at 14:37 | history | answered | Ceiling Gecko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |