 The Bionic Dolphin, Submersible flying machine |
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 Dec 22 2006, 02:23 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992  |
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Dec 22 2006, 02:39 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Very cool. For a moment I thought the thread was about some drug-addled, code-breaking hacker dolphin. This is much neater. Wonder how much that ran them (and how much they're making off it now).
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Dec 22 2006, 07:13 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,579 Joined: 30-May 06 From: SoCal Member No.: 8,626 |
Jebus, I was thinking the same thing... bad Johnny Mneumonic! Bad! |
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Dec 22 2006, 07:33 PM
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Creating a god with his own hands Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364 |
unless they get a contract from the Coast Gaurd (For that rescue version) or from the navy (SEAL delivery vehicle?) probably nothing. |
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Dec 23 2006, 08:16 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 571 Joined: 9-January 05 From: In the 9th circle of hell Member No.: 6,950 |
....I want one.
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Dec 23 2006, 08:28 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
my first thought, on seeing the page, was "jesus hell christ my eyes!" after i adjusted to never being able to see beauty again, i thought the concept was pretty cool. i'm not 100% on the hydrodynamics, though. i mean, yeah, it looks sorta like a dolphin, but there's more to it than that. as i understand it, dolphins basically reverse the dynamics of airplane flight--rather than using thrust to create a lifting pressure imbalance, they use thrust-generated pressure imbalances to multiply their thrust.
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Dec 23 2006, 08:29 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 732 Joined: 1-December 06 Member No.: 10,116 |
Yeah I was thinknig bout something similar myself. This thing is pretty cool though. Ok so then, who wants to form a team to go 'extract' it? |
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Dec 23 2006, 08:32 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
hm. matter of fact, i see the exact opposite. they didn't bother with hydrodynamic theory at all, they just made something that looks pretty. separating fact from zomgz, it looks like their only real claims to fame are the fact that it goes pretty fast, looks cool, and doesn't leak.
which, hey, i'm not knocking it. it's cool as heck. but it's not revolutionary, so far as i can tell. |
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Dec 23 2006, 08:35 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 732 Joined: 1-December 06 Member No.: 10,116 |
Not exactly revolutionary, but pretty darn good considering it was made out of a basic 'garage' rather than a proper prototype lab or something. Of course you can build, improvise uppon and improve pefectly good aircraft in a similar setting too, so that shoudl hardly be of any supprise at all I suppose.
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Dec 23 2006, 09:00 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,468 Joined: 5-December 06 From: Somewhere in the Flooding, CalFree Member No.: 10,215 |
Definitely...I want me one of them :D |
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Dec 23 2006, 04:35 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
It's cool, but I'd like to see it's actual depth capability. So far it looks like it's "submersible" in that it can dip below the surface.
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Dec 23 2006, 07:06 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Looks nice, but for Shadowrun I think I'd rather just stick to having a friendly mage with the Shapechange spell. :)
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Dec 27 2006, 03:36 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
At least with the submersible you can't get humped by a real dolphin. :-) Or is that a downside? :P |
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Dec 28 2006, 03:50 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 732 Joined: 1-December 06 Member No.: 10,116 |
I'm thinking Flak here considers it an upside, afterall there's gotta be some reason he'd want a shapechange spell when he cant bring his gear along ;) |
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Dec 29 2006, 11:20 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Take waterproof pack, place clothing and assorted lethal objects therein, attach lead with bit at other end and pull along with you. *Sigh* I have to think of everything. :P
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Dec 30 2006, 04:16 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 732 Joined: 1-December 06 Member No.: 10,116 |
Yeah but what happens if you do, or have to go low to the sea floor, or worse yet a coral reef or some such? Your draged behind bag gets snaged on something and rips off and at the same time, likely causes a great deal of damage. Or any number of other things. ALso if it's got a propeller you really need to watch it when your dragging a line behind you. All the more so when it's underwater since just because you go one way doesnt mean at first what your draging will. |
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Dec 30 2006, 10:58 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Uh, propeller? :?
Edit: Ah, slight misunderstanding I think. :) I meant why not simply go along to your friendly neighbourhood magician and get them to use the shapechange spell to change you into an actual dolphin? Then if you want to take anything with you simply use your dolphin-y mouth to hold onto it. |
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