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WCDT: 2296-2300 (15-19 October 2012) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread

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Mr_Rose:
Near-perfect optical camo is possible assuming you're OK with not being able to see out (this is one of the things I really liked about the original Doom; the invisible demons and the invisibility ring still had their/your eyes visible so you could see) either. And silent is relatively easy if you have big enough speakers to put out the inverted form of the engine noise–which can be pretty damn quiet anyway if you use low turbulence ducted fans.

As for downdraft, that's directly proportional to the weight of the vessel and the more you can spread it out the less it will be felt by someone underneath. A low mass with a proportionately large rotor could produce a vehicle with a downdraft that could be perceived as a breeze.

pwhodges:

--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 16 Oct 2012, 04:41 ---Also, Marten groping Gabby in the second panel.
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There have been other strips where Marten swinging his arm while walking has been open to misinterpretation.

bainidhe_dub:
Hey wait, the invisible dirigible is a HannerMOM project?

jwhouk:
Of course it would be a HannerMom project. It's a stealth blimp.

I'm not exactly sure, but I'd assume the little "dip" on the left of the bottom panel is a tailfin/stabilizer, and the little bulge right above Hannelore is the gondola. This being a ECT vehicle, it of course has an AI driving.

And just recall the "Vanish" from Die Another Day. Micro-lenses weaved into a blimp covering could theoretically hide itself by using cameras and tiny LCD's to show the other side of the blimp.

J:

--- Quote from: Akima on 15 Oct 2012, 15:07 ---
--- Quote from: pendrake on 15 Oct 2012, 02:55 ---5. P.S. Edit Add: And because it will probably be asked, Wonder Woman's invisible plane, through most of its incarnations through the decades, was capable of silent flight and VTOL.
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I was thinking invisible solar-powered dirigible to deal with the lack of noise and downwash from rotors or VTOL jets. I was assuming no flying-saucer-style reactionless propulsion, because, you know, those pesky laws of physics and all that. A glitch in the stealth-field caused by lowering Hanners through the interface is the obvious explanation for the blue streak along the waterfront.

Presumably Hanners wears some sort of body-suit in her role as Wonder Woman? :wink:

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quantum levitation?

according to this guy, the superconducting layer on that 3" disk is half a micron thick & will support 70,000x it's own weight. he goes on to say that the same 3"disk, with a 2mm layer would support up to 1000kg.

so then the question is: would it be possible, given a sufficient quantity of the superconductor, to achieve the same locking effect on a larger scale, using the earth's natural magnetic field?


also: and just for the coolness

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