 Drone flight questions, calling all gearheads! |
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 Jul 10 2007, 03:02 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 189 Joined: 17-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 5,912  |
i've noticed in a lot of the SR4 art that many of the drones appear to be hovering, with no real sign of propulsion (minus the traffic drone pic).
and here i thought that repulsorlift/anti grav tech was still out of reach. ;) I have no huge problem with artistic liscense, but i still assumed most flying drones were rotor or jet based (especially with that new real world tiny jet engine that was developed), and thus far i haven't come accross any fluff saying "things float!" so, is this just artistic liscense, or am i missing something? editing for craziness. |
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Jul 10 2007, 03:13 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 95 Joined: 23-June 07 Member No.: 11,998 |
Vectored thrust is possibility - it's been in SR for quite some time. That technology is advanced enough to be used on military and high-grade civilian vehicles so there shouldn't be any problem with using it for drones.
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Jul 10 2007, 03:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 189 Joined: 17-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 5,912 |
VT, forgot to mention that.
still, that should leave some kind of visible sign, right? |
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Jul 10 2007, 03:23 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 251 Joined: 29-April 02 Member No.: 2,659 |
I'd guessing you could have a shrouded set of rotors. Quieter and less likely to accidentally chop things up than open rotors.
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Jul 10 2007, 03:23 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
write it of as artistic licence :P
there is also lift fan. if you have played c&c, think the orcas, only that you have a single fan and park the drone on top of it in a way that makes the fan part of the drones body... for a more visual display: http://www.moller.com/ |
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Jul 10 2007, 04:56 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,089 Joined: 4-October 05 Member No.: 7,813 |
let's not forget the LTA possibilities either. there would not necessarily be any visible indication of LTA methods of floating (though obviously, this only works up to a certain point ;) )
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Jul 11 2007, 03:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 189 Joined: 17-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 5,912 |
definite possibilities. that skycar concept is going directly into my game. :)
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