The Ghost is also pretty good, in different ways, it takes more advantage of the Repulser lift tech of Star Wars because its originally a light freighter (really more of an independent trucking company type ship) so the advanced maneuvering features like on the Razor Crest would be out of place, she's converted into essentially a corvette, (smaller than a frigate, operates more independently than a gun boat) and does a really good job of providing a fighter screen even without the Phantom, and acting as a transport. the living spaces aren't huge, and while its internal primary cargo space isn't the biggest, it is versatile, in addition it has 2 standard docking ports, and a specialized docking bay for a small support craft, all of which can be used for loading and offloading additional cargo and personelle though doing so can eat into the crew space. What makes her so great is perhaps with a lighter armament, all these features make sense for a small cargo ship, an unarmed shuttle the size of the Phantom could very well be "street legal" in most of the Galaxy, saving the need to rent a speeder, and enabling easier to move crew about a fleet or a port/station without taking up limited docking space so long as the ship or station you're visiting has a hangar or is in atmosphere. Its a well rounded ship for what it was designed for and modified into.
The razor crest was pre imperial, probably adapted from a republic gunship. We know this because Mando has a discussion where he states that he doesn't have to have a transponder because the ship is pre imp.
To be honest, I thought he was bullshitting that conversation I figured he had a transponder and was choosing not to switch it on because he was trying to lay low Either way, the awkward tension in that scene works equally well, whether he was bluffing or just hoping not to get blown out of the sky
@@347Jimmy The razor crest has a distinct similarity to a republic gunship from the clone wars. That makes sense, being that it was, in cannon a patrol craft for the clone troops, so it would be more long range than a gunship, with more amenities than a short range combat craft. Not unlike the difference between a C-130 cargo ship and an AC-130 gunship in US use. There are no toilets on the AC-130, no spare space, just guns and a lot of ammo. Not particularly useful for long range trips, but it will wreck your day.
@@347Jimmy Unless I'm misremembering, he WAS bullshitting, they called him on it and he "found the switch" and then they ID'd him and he flipped it off again and then lost the chase, again, if I remember right, by slamming into the ground where the cloud cars couldn't follow him. It's also possible I'm misremembering two different chase scenes so if I am, my bad.
Serenity, in Firefly, was also always breaking down, needing repairs, spare parts, etc. It wasn't just a good plot device to cause them to get into situations... it made the show more "real", too. For one thing, a lot of people can relate to having car problems. Another thing was that they were worried about where their next meal was going to come from... another "relatable" problem. Combine that with a few other things, and it is probably a LARGE part of why audiences got so invested into the show...
Imagine 2-3 seasons of tense conflicts and battle- it leading up to a big showdown in season 4- and you’re just stuck a few check points back due to the most mundane issues piling up
Seriously imagine that- and the whole characters dying off screen while we get a sad excuse of a comedy- followed by our characters having to live with it. Imagine a season or two of ‘oh hey your ship was in this fleet- can we have your word on the battle?’ Building up for a few characters until they just off themselves. Would be just fucked, depressing and just show self inflicted shame and how those people deal with it- every corner cut to save time would cut a little deeper
@@silent_stalker3687 I don't think I'm understanding your point... or is it a reference to another show? I very much agree that building up to "2-3 seasons of tense conflicts and battle- it leading up to a big showdown in season 4... and you’re just stuck a few check points back..." Yeah... that would be a major disappointment...
@@Nyet-Zdyes nah it’s just literally a idea- 2-3 seasons leading up to a big battle and having a the main characters do clean up for 4-5, then just fucking see them become more and the ones who’s whole being was on being a part of history become more depressed, and alienated because ‘hey it’ll be worth it we’re in history’ for everyone who fell now just being vacant- their whole being was external and outside of their control while those who’s meaning of being was internal and within their control- and we see how they handle basically not being there for the big show. Like it being a disappointment would be the point- and having characters ‘go missing’ basically, unless you hear they’re dead- unless they aren’t dead and just bad info, but now you get the whole space for ‘hey my friend died and I’ve been troubled lately’ to ‘hey mark, I’m alive’ And imagine the whole bullshit of that moment arriving, along with ‘oh hey I better find the friends who’s corpses I didn’t see’ and seeing that handle knowing more are dead, and those they can’t confirm, now contrast that to other ‘why they joined’ It would be a interesting critique of the victimhood culture we have- “had a miscarriage? Better mourn it for decades and never let go even if it’s harming them”
@@silent_stalker3687 Oh. The buildup... and then the let-down... I've had my expectations subverted enough, thank you. It sounds a bit like the writers, or directors, etc., playing a joke on the audience. I had enough of that with GoT and SW:TLJ.
I like how 'The Lost Fleet' keeps Port and Starboard relevant to space combat: Starboard is towards the systems Star, (the fleet flagship also auto assigns up and down when entering a system) so that all ships then know what orders are referencing (Also light lag is a big issue to coordination which comes up several times)
@@gdaddy3695 it really gets me tbh, when you see space battles and it basically looks like theyre space ye ode sailing ships going broad side on a flat line, in reality, theyd be more like house flies on crack, for once id like to see enterprises attack pattern delta to be something like a preprogrammed manouver where the ship uses micro adjustments to fool the opponents computer, like adjusting the engines so it looks like its going somewhere it isnt, firing off decoy phasers and torpedos , using gravitational pull of planets, and asteroids to herd the ship into a predictable spot, if that makes sense?
Oh, and whyyyyyyyy do space fighters never seem to have rear facing weapons? I mean, if your being chased, thereoticaly you would be able to predict where the enemy is going to be, because they always seem to have fixed forward facing weapons, so need to be directly facing you at some point so if you just layed down some fire behind you, guess you would have more chance of them flying into it, than correctly predicting where someone infront of you should be, if that makes sense?
@@davehart1027 because, either they are 'dogfighting' in which case they are modelled on aircraft that don't have that feature, or they are at least partially Newtonian, in which case just turn the ship while continuing to travel on original heading, and shoot with the main armament (hell the 'best' Newtonian ships would in theory be spheres with vectored or multiple main drive nozzles, and not really have a front or rear.)
"I love how this starship has a loading ramp on the Port side!" Stated whilst showing an image displaying the fact that it has a loading ramp on both Port and Starboard side...
@@Deconstruction_Administrator I don't know, while fairly unlikely. I'm kinda hoping for a Razor Crest 2.0. But I guess that strongly depends on how many surviving models of that ship exist, not to mention whether Mando would want to go down that route.
@@Deconstruction_Administrator It's a pipe dream but it'd be awesome if he found an LAAT/i. Maybe a modified one? Or better yet, a Mandalorian transport. I just really hope it's not a Corellian freighter.
@@LBibeauB24 Turns out that (at least for now) he is getting a bloody Naboo Starfighter. I hope he doesn't try live (as in taking them a live) bounty hunting in it.
Hind is fast enough to dogfight with some piston engine planes... on the other hand, which piston engine plane pilot would be crazy enough to dogfight a Hind? After all the Heli can just rotate on the spot, easily outmaneuvering the plane. Of course modern piston engine planes tend to be faster if they are for actual military use, but there are still plenty that fly slower than a Hind. Heavens, there are even today still Fieseler Storch flying around, more than 85 years after their introduction!
@@sim.frischh9781 my dad used to fly his cessna 172 when he had the time for it and a helicopter would defintely be able to fly alongside that thing to interdict it, i wouldn't even be surprised if Border Patrol UH-60s would be used to intercept border smuggling gliders/planes
@@sim.frischh9781 IIRC, there was a point in time, where helicopters could outright outfight contemporary jets. Think it was around the mid 60s-70s. When attack choppers were new, electronic still young, and the A-10 looked like a good idea.
@@Neuttah The A-10 is still a good idea, a dedicated plane tailored to one specific task, the question is, is that task still necessary or are there better alternatives. As of now, there is no plane that does close air support as well, accurate and reliable as the A-10. Outfighting jets with a helicopter will always be a challenge no matter which era, since the plane is much faster but can´t turn on the spot. Even today it might be possible IF the heli can use cover from trees, valleys or buildings.
I'm kind of surprised no one else mentioned the LAAT. The Razor Crest is practically the same hull design with the wings switched out for space engines.
Star trek, the joke is that you never see toilets, also where does the matter for replicators come from? Don't think about it to hard. Yes, in the Mandalorian, the Razor Crest feels like another character in the series.
90% sure matter for the replicators comes from the bussard collectors, which isnt too far fetched imo. theres literally only one toilet that you ever see once though in some weird side shot in TNG lol
I really did enjoy the whole entire series The mandalorian was done extremely well this ship was done insanely well and made me crack up laughing and crying throughout it especially when he says the words please just hold together one more time
I'd like to point out that the smaller, portside loading ramp is also practical. If you're loading large, heavy objects up the main loading ramp, like a few Bluurg, you're going to want a separate ramp for your passengers and crew to get in where they're not at risk of getting crushed, eaten, etc.
The toilet thing reminds me of something amusing that would also fit the "Abecederian" Shuttle video... In the German version of TIE Fighter or X-Wing, (translating back to English) the description mentioend about the Lambda shuttle that there was a rumour that the Empereror's personal shuttle craft had a toilet installed. That sounds... funny. Kinda sad that a big transport shutttle usually doesn't have a toilet, but did I really need to make a point that the Empire might have the privilege to go to the toilet where everyone else just holds it in? But some time and many english lessons later, I read an english version of the description. There the Emperor's shuttle was rumoured to have a cloak - as in cloaking device. So the german translators kinda interpreted the "cloak" as in that British (based on medieval era or whatever) lavatories installed in cloakrooms, not the cloak from "advanced stealth technology"...
One thing I've always questioned about glass cockpits on space-going vessels is why the cockpit isn't nestled somewhere further into the ship to keep the pilot safer. Surely cameras already exist, so the designer can embed cameras into the body at different angles to provide a full spherical 3D view for the person(s) in the cockpit. As an addition I forgot to mention, but should be awknowledged: There is an ENORMOUS blindspot underneath nearly every ship because there is simply no visibility under the cockpit. Fix this, you ship-designers!
Was thinking about putting down a comment about how the ship looks like the cutlass black or at least quite similar. Personally I think the cutlass black looks better because it's not quite as much chonk, and has more interesting engines and cockpit to me. I don't think we will ever get a ship like this in game though, people will say it's just a cutlass black or just a razor crest and it won't stand out unless it's the best ship in the game for price or something. Though the one thing the cutlass is missing from this ship is the toilet!
visually similar design to cutty black, with similar primary thrusters configuration and placement, but the dual purpose of the primary thrusters as retrograde thrusters actually is reminiscent of another drake ship, the buccaneer, which also uses its primary thrusters as retros, typically at the cost of slowing down making the ship overheat very quickly. i think the best way to fly the buccaneer is actually in decoupled mode for that reason.
@@TheEveryDayC That's an interesting note. I can see how it's best to flight bucc in decoupled though I haven't tried it, I'm more of a gladius person.
@@Po1lux i mainly fly the bucc for it's visuals, i love the look of drake ships. basically if you can learn to manoever with the ship in decoupled you get a lot of firepower, not as much shielding or armor (whenever that gets added :( ) and none of the downsides with heat. only problem is getting your ship in line to fire at a target is far trickier, and its a lot more to balance and contend with in terms of what you need to pay attention to, so i think only incredibly skilled pilots will be able to take advantage of it.
I'm guessing the thumbnail change was recent, and judging from the number of comments in the last week, it's having the desired effect. Worked on me lol.
The Razor Crest bears a very strong spiritual resemblance to the Drake Interplanetary Cutlass from Star Citizen, at least in its aesthetic and overall feel. It has beds, a head, a cargo bay, loading ramp, a very rugged and spartan aesthetic, and the ship itself is designed to be as good a bang for your buck as you can get - basically a budget multirole gunship. Not the highest quality in construction or performance, but it'll get the job done and give you all the mission flexibility you want.
I loved the Razor Crest but I'm a bit more partial to the Ghost from Star Wars: Rebels, it had the same finer details in regards to an actual living area, but I personally believe that the armament is significantly more versatile, as well as a substantial cargo hold and the ability to dock a smaller vessel. Overall it just seems like it was a bit more versatile, though I will also say that the crew requirements were higher for it to function at maximum capacity.
in star wars the repulsors don't work on planets without a strong magnetic field-it would've been cool to see the razor crest dunk on some superiority fighters because they were struggling without their repulsors in an atmosphere
Honestly I would say the Ghost (Rebels) is about as well designed, as a light freighter effectively converted into a corvette, unlike the YT-1300 its layout actually makes more sense as a light huller than it does a yacht, and its still quite capable of being used as a transport in its militarized state, and that's what it does most of the time, it even has honest to god RCS thrusters it can use when primary systems are powered down.
Fyi, I can confirm that C-130s also have a toilet and a urinal. If there are few enough troops aboard, you can also lay down somewhere to sleep, even if it's wedged between a bulkhead and a conex box.
I still find it weird how the center of thrust is off from the center of mass... Gonna be lots of rolling around unless you have many control thrusters keeping your alignment on point.
The Normandy SR2 from Mass effect is a ship that u should really look at. That's an amazingly designed ship. Thrusters, armorment, interior. All well designed
@@ChemySh I'm referring more to the Mass Effect 3 Alliance retrofit. The one that gave the ship a silver and blue colour scheme. In that version, the armory was moved to the Shuttle bay. Get off the elevator, arm up, head into the shuttle. The new arms master actually acknowledges that the armory being on the Combat Deck was stupid
@@christophergroenewald5847 lol yeah I know, I was referring to that exact arms master. I originally thought that's more due to doctrinal difference. Alliance relies on combined arms more than Cerberus which necessitates a larger staging area able to contain a larger number of men closer to where the action is, rather than Cerberus who seem to rely more on unconventional warfare and small but elite units, whose soldiers benefit more from being closer to where the planning is (CIC and Comms Center). But it could also be Bioware poking fun at their previous game (remember, they did the same joke with ME1 elevators). I suppose the surprise inspection by that pompous human admiral in ME1 would be a good starting point to explain the major features of the ship. Been a while since I played, so I dont remember how different SR1 and SR2 is, but I'm sure some SR1 design features got transferred to SR2 too, like the bridge design. Aside from questioning SR2's ability to reach escape velocity after landing on a planet (may be explained with ME's Eezo tech manipulating gravity), I'm guessing these will be listed as design sins: - cockpit being separated far from the CIC where the captain is. If ME has invisible wall tech (solid opaque materials that can turn into a window), this would be a sin, but otherwise understandable I guess. It's just weird. - crew quarters being so small considering the crew size running about Normandy. The size of the medbay feels like a more appropriate quarters size. No, cryo pods dont count as crew quarters.
@@ChemySh the outside universe explanation for why the armory was on the Combat Deck was player convenience. The player spends most of their time on the Combat Deck so it's easier for the player to change their load out there. Especially since there is a loading screen between floors. The Normandy's mass effect drive uses mass effect fields to reduce the mass of the ship by several orders of magnitude, this allows it to break through the atmosphere. However in atmosphere, it relies primarily on it's wings for flight. The Cockpit and Bridge being separate means that one can still function even if the other is lost. This was shown in Mass effect 2 when a hull breach completely destroyed the CIC but the pilot was still able to fly the ship. As for the windows. That's actually an odd one. Apparently having windows on a starship drives up recruiting. In combat, sheets of armor can be lowered to cover windows and non-essential rooms containing windows are depressurized. The Normandy SR1 had a very flawed interior, lacking a lot(most likely to do with the game's low budget), but the SR2 possesses 22 beds in the crew's quarters and 8 sleeping pods. It's stated in the Codex that on smaller ships, crew members "Hot bunk"(share beds) when one crewmember finishes their shift they wake up the other and swap. A single bunk could probably be shared by upto 4 crew members if necessary. Giving the Normandy a maximum crew capacity of 120 crew members while in actuality it only has half that and even less in ME3
The Razor Crest is built to take a beating, but I'd have set the engines a little lower and included a dorsal turret towards the aft section in order to defend against starfighters.
@@jchoneandonly Good point, we don't know anything about the ships history so we don't what its armaments were, and tbh as a gunship a bunch of anti infantry arms are probably not all that useful for bounty hunting work.
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Personally I think the Ebon Hawk from Knight of the Old Republic was the best ship. Really it was just a redesign of the Millennium Falcon but they made it into your central hub. All the things that made the Razor Crest so great is present in that ship. It's a lived in ship with a lot of understandable functionality. I love Star Wars for that reason. The main ships are always a character with a back story in the same vein as a lot of turn of the century adventure novels. The only thing I never liked about KOTOR was that the game took place some 3000 years before the Clone Wars but everything was designed to look like it was from the Clone War era. However, it's still a cool ship and it'd make an interesting video if you aren't too familiar with it.
I was rather caught off guard last year when coming across the word 'larboard' in a story by Edgar Allan Poe (specifically: "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket"). When I was in high school I gave serious consideration to applying to the Naval Academy, so I consider myself a little bit of a navy geek, but I had never heard that word before. The USN ditched the word in 1846, but Poe wrote that story in 1838, and in any event Poe would have grown up in a time when its usage was still known and probably would have still used it even if he had written that story after 1846.
I was familiar with the term larboard side since I was young since I grew up in SoCal and would go to Disneyland fairly often, very often once I started working there. I always remembered from the Pirates of the Caribbean and the original auction scene. In it, the auctioneer would tell one of the women to turn around and "show them your larboard side".
Looking at it, there are significant differences, but I can't help but feel this is something of a successor or variant to the LAAT. It has the same approximate hull shape (the slant at the back and paneling almost make it look like the side *could* open up, and similar pilot positioning (though the cockpit is obviously larger.) The engines are reminiscent of the missile launchers, and the landing gear isn't much different. Kindof like someone took the tank-transport variant and said 'hey, what can we do with this to make it a civilian model?'
You didn't mention my primary complaint with the Razor Crest: the engines' angle of thrust doesn't align with the ship's center of mass. Because the engines are situated above the ship, it would flip end over end in space.
Those engine's main thrust is absolutely vectored, and that combines with the ability to just open vents and redirect thrust that way. It'd fly at a weird angle in space, but it'd fly.
@@Aethgeir We're talking about a universe where "Lasers" move slower than our chemically launched bits of metal, they get into dogfights at visual range as opposed to over the horizon missile slinging, warrior monks with energy swords use mystical powers to protect the galaxy, and there are independent jet packs. Lol you can see the realistic flying is taking a back seat to those eccentricities.
The C-130 and C-17 have toilets, but not bathrooms (you got a curtain, at best). On my flights (three on the -130, two on the -17) aboard these, the crew chief always briefed something to the effect of, "The toilet is right over there. No sh***ing, piss only! You probably don't wanna try it if we're experiencing turbulence." One of my flights aboard the -17 (at least, I think it was aboard the -17, it was nearly 20 years ago at this point) was long enough I broke down and used the toilet. It was really awkward if you're used to standing upright to evacuate your bladder: it's built into the side of the airframe and raised up a bit with an extra riser in front of the throne, with barely enough top surface to plant your feet, at less than shoulder-width. And there's no place to really grab or lean against, so you hope to God the plane doesn't move too much beneath your feet during the draining process.
@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 the RC-135 has a piss jugs in the front, tall cans for men to piss in with a curtain around it. The back is a standard aircraft bathroom like on civilian aircraft, even has a sink.
I've been pondering. My ship has a flaw. If I don't water it hourly it dries out and turns into a cube. I have been struggling to locate sufficent water on some worlds, would your cube making process possibly have a reverse button to undo the natural tendency to cube itself? Or would it likely just try to make my ships cube even smaller? It can take days or weeks to properly recover it's original size and function if allowed to dehydrate, and loses airtightness without the regular watering. If you have any experience on the subject please share!
I would watch the Mandelorian, except that I'm trying to avoid giving the mouse that continually redefines copyright and money directly. With how much they own it is pretty much impossible, but one has to draw the line in the sand somewhere...
The most durable things are often ramshackled and held together by copious amounts of jury-rigging. Because they're robust enough that even the most primitive repair attempts will keep them running at acceptable operational capacity. If tape won't fix it you're not going to put tape on it.
I have a few things to say about the engine placement that weren't mentioned in the video. For a ground attack aircraft like the A-10 warthog (or any combat aircraft expected to come under fire in general), having those large engines placed outside the airframe is usually a bad idea because it exposes the engines to incoming threats. However, the rest of the design of the warthog uses the placement to its favor. Because you know most of the threats are coming from below you (i.e. the ground) having the engines high up, in between the wing and the rear stabilizers, means they act as shields to protect the engine. It also means the engine exhaust is partially masked from the bottom and sides at a side on or 3/4 rear view, so portable heat seeking missiles which were a large problem couldn't lock onto it. It also has benefits such as maintenance, better control when flying on one engine etc. This brings me onto my point about the Razor Crest. That engine configuration would normally be bad for a small to mid size space ship that is expected to fight other spacecraft, the exposed engines would take damage easily. But in the case of the Razor Crest it has a few benefits. It means while on harsh terrain like a sand planet, dust and sand won't be sucked into the engines (another benefit for the warthog's engines). It also means vents from the turbine can point almost 360 degrees round the assembly, which would be much harder to do if the engine was inside the airframe. It gives the craft more cargo space and more space in general inside as no space is taken up by the massive engines, and I would say it's a semi decent reason as to why the craft has toilets and other amenities as it simply has enough space, so why not (this point is congruent to the craft being designed to operate as a standalone, like mentioned in the vid), and finally, only one engine can be destroyed by an incoming projectile because they are far apart. I've ran out of things to say, these reasons are purely speculative but seem to make sense from a design perspective.
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It's worth noting, though, that the Razor Crest's drives don't appear to have any rotational capabilities, unlike the Firefly class. The RC is capable of powered VTOL, but that's because there are vents that can open on the ventral side of the drives. Either way, it's hard not to see some stylistic similarities.
Even the plot about barely staying in the air and needing side quests for parts etc is straight out of Firefly. And muh rebels. But give me River over a baby muppet any day.
I had the same 'Huh' ???? Reaction to the New Republic X-Wing I had to the X-Wing Prototype (and some versions of the Z-95 Headhunter) but when I took a closer look I realised the New Republic X-Wing engines do actually makes sense (in some sources at least) it turns out they are not 2 engines split in half horizontally they are 2 large engines that split into 4 smaller ones - two fore mounted stay in the top front of the wings and two aft that sling down in the lower potion - so the front underside part is mostly empty and the back top part is mostly empty - (aside from the exhaust bypass system) so the combined engine is it's "cruise mode" and the split is it's "attack mode" - with superior cooling & some other advantages - that said just having two engines would be a better use of the weight used & converging beam weapons is something that winds some people up good and proper too - so I hear. But that being how the engines work isn't obvious from the movie unless you pause it. & and design specs help it make more sense.
Isn't it more like they are always 4 small engines that work differently depending on position? The fact that they always have 4 exhausts whether open or close suggest this. The fact that the font of the engines looks like one intake is seems purely an aesthetic choice.
so of course they replace it with a stripped-down N1 more of a market for N1 lego kits at a variety of price points, I guess. the functional lego Razorcrest is huge
I agree with you here. I personally don't like the way the only thrusters are only located so high up, which makes the nose want to pitch down but other than that, the basic configuration is solid. I once designed a star freighter that had a similar configuration but a little longer and a heck of a lot lighter. Having a cargo bay with two loading ramp doors makes a lot more sense than the YT series with its cargo bays where the cargo needs to travel through the internal corridors on the ship.
Can we talk about the combined sea and space port in episode 4 of the show. I really liked the detail that the starships have to stay at a low speed during climbout so their slipstreams and engine thrust do not swamp the nautical vessels.
If the engines sat a little lower on the mounting pylons and had some gimbling so they could point straight down for landings or quick takeoffs it would be perfect.
@@SacredCowShipyards Fair enough, and thrust vectoring would take care of the rest, albiet rotating them woulda looked cool and allowed for a 'hard landing' type insertion where they go in fast enough to need to do it. I still think they woulda looked better lowered to the centerline of the ship tho. In atmosphere its less an issue, but in vaccum the off center of mass thrust just annoies me.
Chief! Sigh...yes, Jeremy? I've had some thoughts on this bounty hunter ship... Great. Go on. Well, you remember the design we did for that massive freighter in Episode 2? I shrunk that down a bunch and otherwise kept everything bascially the same. Hmm...actually, not a bad starting point. We can do better than that though. Let's move the engine bay to right behind the cockpit, to make it easier for the crew to fix. And make the cockpit bigger for visibility. Cargo bay can stay the same and just shove a toilet or bed in the corner. Mm. Alright. Guns. Not really designed for guns. Unless we basically keep the engines the same size as the huge freighter to make the ship absurdly fast. He can...just about...afford that. Just add enough guns that they can potentially fight back before escaping. Keeping the same engines means the ship can move in all directions very easily, even in atmosphere. We'll just add some toughness and strength, to ensure it will stay alive long enough to become annoying to maintain.
Sheesh, I don't know why I have to keep saying this, but..... The T-65 X-Wing has 4 (FOUR) turbine LOOKING engines. The aren't turbines of course, but when the wings separate they are still intact. The T-70 on the other hand does in fact split the engine in half when the wings open into combat configuration. Since they aren't actually turbines the art and production departments didn't think it would matter when they designed the T-70. They are both atmo capable engines though, and as such do intake air for atmospheric flight. They just don't use spinning fan blades to do it. As for the Razor Crest I think your appraisal is pretty damn good. I too loved that the ramp was on the port side. Even if it was an accident.
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"Was the best ship"
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Too soon dude, too soon. 😢
@@walterdayrit675 i doubt there will never be a time where it isn't too soon
The Ghost is also pretty good, in different ways, it takes more advantage of the Repulser lift tech of Star Wars because its originally a light freighter (really more of an independent trucking company type ship) so the advanced maneuvering features like on the Razor Crest would be out of place, she's converted into essentially a corvette, (smaller than a frigate, operates more independently than a gun boat) and does a really good job of providing a fighter screen even without the Phantom, and acting as a transport. the living spaces aren't huge, and while its internal primary cargo space isn't the biggest, it is versatile, in addition it has 2 standard docking ports, and a specialized docking bay for a small support craft, all of which can be used for loading and offloading additional cargo and personelle though doing so can eat into the crew space. What makes her so great is perhaps with a lighter armament, all these features make sense for a small cargo ship, an unarmed shuttle the size of the Phantom could very well be "street legal" in most of the Galaxy, saving the need to rent a speeder, and enabling easier to move crew about a fleet or a port/station without taking up limited docking space so long as the ship or station you're visiting has a hangar or is in atmosphere. Its a well rounded ship for what it was designed for and modified into.
@@TheMhalpern the ghost is easily my favorite ship in Star Wars
The razor crest was pre imperial, probably adapted from a republic gunship. We know this because Mando has a discussion where he states that he doesn't have to have a transponder because the ship is pre imp.
To be honest, I thought he was bullshitting that conversation
I figured he had a transponder and was choosing not to switch it on because he was trying to lay low
Either way, the awkward tension in that scene works equally well, whether he was bluffing or just hoping not to get blown out of the sky
@@347Jimmy The razor crest has a distinct similarity to a republic gunship from the clone wars. That makes sense, being that it was, in cannon a patrol craft for the clone troops, so it would be more long range than a gunship, with more amenities than a short range combat craft. Not unlike the difference between a C-130 cargo ship and an AC-130 gunship in US use. There are no toilets on the AC-130, no spare space, just guns and a lot of ammo. Not particularly useful for long range trips, but it will wreck your day.
@@xaero5150 makes perfect sense
I really like the analogy you've made their between the C-130 and AC-130, perfectly sums it up
@@347Jimmy Unless I'm misremembering, he WAS bullshitting, they called him on it and he "found the switch" and then they ID'd him and he flipped it off again and then lost the chase, again, if I remember right, by slamming into the ground where the cloud cars couldn't follow him. It's also possible I'm misremembering two different chase scenes so if I am, my bad.
@@iceman90734 that sounds right to me
Serenity, in Firefly, was also always breaking down, needing repairs, spare parts, etc.
It wasn't just a good plot device to cause them to get into situations... it made the show more "real", too. For one thing, a lot of people can relate to having car problems.
Another thing was that they were worried about where their next meal was going to come from... another "relatable" problem.
Combine that with a few other things, and it is probably a LARGE part of why audiences got so invested into the show...
Imagine 2-3 seasons of tense conflicts and battle- it leading up to a big showdown in season 4- and you’re just stuck a few check points back due to the most mundane issues piling up
Seriously imagine that- and the whole characters dying off screen while we get a sad excuse of a comedy- followed by our characters having to live with it.
Imagine a season or two of ‘oh hey your ship was in this fleet- can we have your word on the battle?’ Building up for a few characters until they just off themselves.
Would be just fucked, depressing and just show self inflicted shame and how those people deal with it- every corner cut to save time would cut a little deeper
@@silent_stalker3687 I don't think I'm understanding your point... or is it a reference to another show?
I very much agree that building up to "2-3 seasons of tense conflicts and battle- it leading up to a big showdown in season 4... and you’re just stuck a few check points back..."
Yeah... that would be a major disappointment...
@@Nyet-Zdyes nah it’s just literally a idea- 2-3 seasons leading up to a big battle and having a the main characters do clean up for 4-5, then just fucking see them become more and the ones who’s whole being was on being a part of history become more depressed, and alienated because ‘hey it’ll be worth it we’re in history’ for everyone who fell now just being vacant- their whole being was external and outside of their control while those who’s meaning of being was internal and within their control- and we see how they handle basically not being there for the big show.
Like it being a disappointment would be the point- and having characters ‘go missing’ basically, unless you hear they’re dead- unless they aren’t dead and just bad info, but now you get the whole space for ‘hey my friend died and I’ve been troubled lately’ to ‘hey mark, I’m alive’
And imagine the whole bullshit of that moment arriving, along with ‘oh hey I better find the friends who’s corpses I didn’t see’ and seeing that handle knowing more are dead, and those they can’t confirm, now contrast that to other ‘why they joined’
It would be a interesting critique of the victimhood culture we have- “had a miscarriage? Better mourn it for decades and never let go even if it’s harming them”
@@silent_stalker3687 Oh.
The buildup... and then the let-down...
I've had my expectations subverted enough, thank you.
It sounds a bit like the writers, or directors, etc., playing a joke on the audience.
I had enough of that with GoT and SW:TLJ.
I like how 'The Lost Fleet' keeps Port and Starboard relevant to space combat: Starboard is towards the systems Star, (the fleet flagship also auto assigns up and down when entering a system) so that all ships then know what orders are referencing (Also light lag is a big issue to coordination which comes up several times)
I keep quoting the lost fleet tbh, thought was only me 😂
@@davehart1027 there are dozens of us, dozens!
@@gdaddy3695 it really gets me tbh, when you see space battles and it basically looks like theyre space ye ode sailing ships going broad side on a flat line, in reality, theyd be more like house flies on crack, for once id like to see enterprises attack pattern delta to be something like a preprogrammed manouver where the ship uses micro adjustments to fool the opponents computer, like adjusting the engines so it looks like its going somewhere it isnt, firing off decoy phasers and torpedos , using gravitational pull of planets, and asteroids to herd the ship into a predictable spot, if that makes sense?
Oh, and whyyyyyyyy do space fighters never seem to have rear facing weapons? I mean, if your being chased, thereoticaly you would be able to predict where the enemy is going to be, because they always seem to have fixed forward facing weapons, so need to be directly facing you at some point so if you just layed down some fire behind you, guess you would have more chance of them flying into it, than correctly predicting where someone infront of you should be, if that makes sense?
@@davehart1027 because, either they are 'dogfighting' in which case they are modelled on aircraft that don't have that feature, or they are at least partially Newtonian, in which case just turn the ship while continuing to travel on original heading, and shoot with the main armament (hell the 'best' Newtonian ships would in theory be spheres with vectored or multiple main drive nozzles, and not really have a front or rear.)
"I love how this starship has a loading ramp on the Port side!"
Stated whilst showing an image displaying the fact that it has a loading ramp on both Port and Starboard side...
Timestamp?
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@@attilaedem101 ,ah,there it is.
I cried when they blew up the Razor Crest. NoNO Razor Crest don't die! Yep, made sure someone paid for that too.
Do you also hope that WHEN they do season 3, they'll eventually give him another pre-Imperial ship?
Pre-Clone War would be even better.
@@Deconstruction_Administrator I don't know, while fairly unlikely. I'm kinda hoping for a Razor Crest 2.0.
But I guess that strongly depends on how many surviving models of that ship exist, not to mention whether Mando would want to go down that route.
@@Deconstruction_Administrator It's a pipe dream but it'd be awesome if he found an LAAT/i. Maybe a modified one? Or better yet, a Mandalorian transport. I just really hope it's not a Corellian freighter.
@@LBibeauB24 Turns out that (at least for now) he is getting a bloody Naboo Starfighter. I hope he doesn't try live (as in taking them a live) bounty hunting in it.
It's basically a Hind if you could actually dogfight in a Hind.
Hind is fast enough to dogfight with some piston engine planes... on the other hand, which piston engine plane pilot would be crazy enough to dogfight a Hind?
After all the Heli can just rotate on the spot, easily outmaneuvering the plane.
Of course modern piston engine planes tend to be faster if they are for actual military use, but there are still plenty that fly slower than a Hind.
Heavens, there are even today still Fieseler Storch flying around, more than 85 years after their introduction!
@@sim.frischh9781 my dad used to fly his cessna 172 when he had the time for it and a helicopter would defintely be able to fly alongside that thing to interdict it, i wouldn't even be surprised if Border Patrol UH-60s would be used to intercept border smuggling gliders/planes
@@rrenkrieg7988 Police uses helicopters to chase after and intercept prop planes or help when pilots lose control, fall unconscious ect.
@@sim.frischh9781 IIRC, there was a point in time, where helicopters could outright outfight contemporary jets.
Think it was around the mid 60s-70s. When attack choppers were new, electronic still young, and the A-10 looked like a good idea.
@@Neuttah The A-10 is still a good idea, a dedicated plane tailored to one specific task, the question is, is that task still necessary or are there better alternatives.
As of now, there is no plane that does close air support as well, accurate and reliable as the A-10.
Outfighting jets with a helicopter will always be a challenge no matter which era, since the plane is much faster but can´t turn on the spot.
Even today it might be possible IF the heli can use cover from trees, valleys or buildings.
26 years old and while I've known what port and starboard meant since I was a child you just taught me the origins of the words. Great video!
I like a ship to be practical and this ship fits the bill kind of reminds me of the republic LAAT .
I'm kind of surprised no one else mentioned the LAAT. The Razor Crest is practically the same hull design with the wings switched out for space engines.
And the mandalorian is the only live action SW story that Disney has done that isn’t Mickey Mouse’s crack dream
Thank Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni for that. NOT Kathleen Kennedy.
Rogue One is also good
Star trek, the joke is that you never see toilets, also where does the matter for replicators come from? Don't think about it to hard.
Yes, in the Mandalorian, the Razor Crest feels like another character in the series.
90% sure matter for the replicators comes from the bussard collectors, which isnt too far fetched imo. theres literally only one toilet that you ever see once though in some weird side shot in TNG lol
Replicators in star trek work by converting energy into matter. Good old e=mc^2
I'm so glad you brought up Serenity because my first thought when I saw the razor crest was "There's no way this wasn't heavily inspired by Firefly."
I really did enjoy the whole entire series The mandalorian was done extremely well this ship was done insanely well and made me crack up laughing and crying throughout it especially when he says the words please just hold together one more time
Reminds me of my old firebird lol
I went "Oh no!" when the Razorcrest was blown to bits. Rather like a main character suddenly was killed.
The amount of detail and effort that went into making the ship part of the show was impressive.
I'd like to point out that the smaller, portside loading ramp is also practical.
If you're loading large, heavy objects up the main loading ramp, like a few Bluurg, you're going to want a separate ramp for your passengers and crew to get in where they're not at risk of getting crushed, eaten, etc.
The toilet thing reminds me of something amusing that would also fit the "Abecederian" Shuttle video... In the German version of TIE Fighter or X-Wing, (translating back to English) the description mentioend about the Lambda shuttle that there was a rumour that the Empereror's personal shuttle craft had a toilet installed. That sounds... funny. Kinda sad that a big transport shutttle usually doesn't have a toilet, but did I really need to make a point that the Empire might have the privilege to go to the toilet where everyone else just holds it in?
But some time and many english lessons later, I read an english version of the description. There the Emperor's shuttle was rumoured to have a cloak - as in cloaking device. So the german translators kinda interpreted the "cloak" as in that British (based on medieval era or whatever) lavatories installed in cloakrooms, not the cloak from "advanced stealth technology"...
One thing I've always questioned about glass cockpits on space-going vessels is why the cockpit isn't nestled somewhere further into the ship to keep the pilot safer. Surely cameras already exist, so the designer can embed cameras into the body at different angles to provide a full spherical 3D view for the person(s) in the cockpit.
As an addition I forgot to mention, but should be awknowledged:
There is an ENORMOUS blindspot underneath nearly every ship because there is simply no visibility under the cockpit. Fix this, you ship-designers!
When you're in space, one should remember to add the extra directions (zenith and nadir) to the usual port, starboard, fore and aft
Gives me big Cutlass Black vibes. Hoping Star Citizen will model a ship like this someday, I like the two floors and all the space.
Main reason I like Drake ships, their entire vibe is “Not the best, but proper maintenance will make it last”
Was thinking about putting down a comment about how the ship looks like the cutlass black or at least quite similar. Personally I think the cutlass black looks better because it's not quite as much chonk, and has more interesting engines and cockpit to me. I don't think we will ever get a ship like this in game though, people will say it's just a cutlass black or just a razor crest and it won't stand out unless it's the best ship in the game for price or something. Though the one thing the cutlass is missing from this ship is the toilet!
visually similar design to cutty black, with similar primary thrusters configuration and placement, but the dual purpose of the primary thrusters as retrograde thrusters actually is reminiscent of another drake ship, the buccaneer, which also uses its primary thrusters as retros, typically at the cost of slowing down making the ship overheat very quickly. i think the best way to fly the buccaneer is actually in decoupled mode for that reason.
@@TheEveryDayC That's an interesting note. I can see how it's best to flight bucc in decoupled though I haven't tried it, I'm more of a gladius person.
@@Po1lux i mainly fly the bucc for it's visuals, i love the look of drake ships. basically if you can learn to manoever with the ship in decoupled you get a lot of firepower, not as much shielding or armor (whenever that gets added :( ) and none of the downsides with heat. only problem is getting your ship in line to fire at a target is far trickier, and its a lot more to balance and contend with in terms of what you need to pay attention to, so i think only incredibly skilled pilots will be able to take advantage of it.
Sacred Cow Shipyards is reminiscent of Greg's Automobiles and Aviation just not for physics. I love it.
I'm guessing the thumbnail change was recent, and judging from the number of comments in the last week, it's having the desired effect. Worked on me lol.
Nah, that's actually the original one. It was back when I was figuring out how all this works, and how to best appeal to you squishies ;).
The Razor Crest bears a very strong spiritual resemblance to the Drake Interplanetary Cutlass from Star Citizen, at least in its aesthetic and overall feel. It has beds, a head, a cargo bay, loading ramp, a very rugged and spartan aesthetic, and the ship itself is designed to be as good a bang for your buck as you can get - basically a budget multirole gunship. Not the highest quality in construction or performance, but it'll get the job done and give you all the mission flexibility you want.
I loved the Razor Crest but I'm a bit more partial to the Ghost from Star Wars: Rebels, it had the same finer details in regards to an actual living area, but I personally believe that the armament is significantly more versatile, as well as a substantial cargo hold and the ability to dock a smaller vessel. Overall it just seems like it was a bit more versatile, though I will also say that the crew requirements were higher for it to function at maximum capacity.
Technically it can dock to 3 smaller vessels and service a 4th through the shielded cargo hold, only one as a regular part of its compliment though
The Razor Crest reminds me of a similar ship from the X-Wing tabletop game called The Mist Hunter.
I actually cared about Crestie. I was sad when she got..umm...blown up.
I came here purely because of the intriguing thumbnail text.
I came for the razor crest and stayed to finally learn why port and starboard are named as such.
I love the Razor Crest. It's obviously derived from the A-10, the jet that saved my life many times.
It does have a certain vibe. De Havilland Mosquito, B-25, Hellcat.
in star wars the repulsors don't work on planets without a strong magnetic field-it would've been cool to see the razor crest dunk on some superiority fighters because they were struggling without their repulsors in an atmosphere
Honestly I would say the Ghost (Rebels) is about as well designed, as a light freighter effectively converted into a corvette, unlike the YT-1300 its layout actually makes more sense as a light huller than it does a yacht, and its still quite capable of being used as a transport in its militarized state, and that's what it does most of the time, it even has honest to god RCS thrusters it can use when primary systems are powered down.
I actually prefer cargo/troop transport ships to the sleeker jet like variants so the razor crest is definitely one of my favorites like the LAAT
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*PLEASE* don't ruin the Serenity for me.
I'd hate for us to have a falling-out....
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I honestly cried when this ship was destroyed.
I was like cool, so Mando is due for an upgrade now, because that ship was a junker
I think a lot of people did lol
Fyi, I can confirm that C-130s also have a toilet and a urinal. If there are few enough troops aboard, you can also lay down somewhere to sleep, even if it's wedged between a bulkhead and a conex box.
I was going to take a snooze, but I’m worried I might get crushed with my ship. Guess I go find a place to park in orbit and catch a snooze there.
Any wonder the show's quality dipped with the Razor Crest's absence? 🤔
Strong correlation, that.
It looks like a LAAT crossed with serenity
she also has a matching ramp on the starboard side
I still find it weird how the center of thrust is off from the center of mass...
Gonna be lots of rolling around unless you have many control thrusters keeping your alignment on point.
The Normandy SR2 from Mass effect is a ship that u should really look at. That's an amazingly designed ship. Thrusters, armorment, interior. All well designed
*looks at where Cerberus chose to place the armory*
*gags a bit*
@@ChemySh I'm referring more to the Mass Effect 3 Alliance retrofit. The one that gave the ship a silver and blue colour scheme. In that version, the armory was moved to the Shuttle bay. Get off the elevator, arm up, head into the shuttle. The new arms master actually acknowledges that the armory being on the Combat Deck was stupid
@@christophergroenewald5847 lol yeah I know, I was referring to that exact arms master. I originally thought that's more due to doctrinal difference. Alliance relies on combined arms more than Cerberus which necessitates a larger staging area able to contain a larger number of men closer to where the action is, rather than Cerberus who seem to rely more on unconventional warfare and small but elite units, whose soldiers benefit more from being closer to where the planning is (CIC and Comms Center). But it could also be Bioware poking fun at their previous game (remember, they did the same joke with ME1 elevators).
I suppose the surprise inspection by that pompous human admiral in ME1 would be a good starting point to explain the major features of the ship. Been a while since I played, so I dont remember how different SR1 and SR2 is, but I'm sure some SR1 design features got transferred to SR2 too, like the bridge design.
Aside from questioning SR2's ability to reach escape velocity after landing on a planet (may be explained with ME's Eezo tech manipulating gravity), I'm guessing these will be listed as design sins:
- cockpit being separated far from the CIC where the captain is. If ME has invisible wall tech (solid opaque materials that can turn into a window), this would be a sin, but otherwise understandable I guess. It's just weird.
- crew quarters being so small considering the crew size running about Normandy. The size of the medbay feels like a more appropriate quarters size. No, cryo pods dont count as crew quarters.
@@ChemySh the outside universe explanation for why the armory was on the Combat Deck was player convenience. The player spends most of their time on the Combat Deck so it's easier for the player to change their load out there. Especially since there is a loading screen between floors.
The Normandy's mass effect drive uses mass effect fields to reduce the mass of the ship by several orders of magnitude, this allows it to break through the atmosphere. However in atmosphere, it relies primarily on it's wings for flight.
The Cockpit and Bridge being separate means that one can still function even if the other is lost. This was shown in Mass effect 2 when a hull breach completely destroyed the CIC but the pilot was still able to fly the ship.
As for the windows. That's actually an odd one. Apparently having windows on a starship drives up recruiting. In combat, sheets of armor can be lowered to cover windows and non-essential rooms containing windows are depressurized.
The Normandy SR1 had a very flawed interior, lacking a lot(most likely to do with the game's low budget), but the SR2 possesses 22 beds in the crew's quarters and 8 sleeping pods. It's stated in the Codex that on smaller ships, crew members "Hot bunk"(share beds) when one crewmember finishes their shift they wake up the other and swap. A single bunk could probably be shared by upto 4 crew members if necessary. Giving the Normandy a maximum crew capacity of 120 crew members while in actuality it only has half that and even less in ME3
The Razor Crest is built to take a beating, but I'd have set the engines a little lower and included a dorsal turret towards the aft section in order to defend against starfighters.
Especially the engines. Without an etheric rudder or something it'll just spin
For a gunship there are a distinct lack of guns
@@isaiahsmith7123 probably something meant to be added on
@@jchoneandonly Good point, we don't know anything about the ships history so we don't what its armaments were, and tbh as a gunship a bunch of anti infantry arms are probably not all that useful for bounty hunting work.
@@isaiahsmith7123 exactly. Not to mention Mando is running solo
Hey man i just gotta say I loved your break down of the venator and the razor crest! Keep up the good work and I hope to see more from you
I'm hoping to have a video every week at about 1200 Eastern Time on Sundays, but we'll see how that works out. Be sure to subscribe and click that little notification bell widgety thing, or whatever it is successful UA-camrs tell their fans to do ;).
@@SacredCowShipyards already done my main man! Can’t wait to see it though
I had no idea where the terms for ships sides came from! subscribed! I look forward to more.
Personally I think the Ebon Hawk from Knight of the Old Republic was the best ship. Really it was just a redesign of the Millennium Falcon but they made it into your central hub. All the things that made the Razor Crest so great is present in that ship. It's a lived in ship with a lot of understandable functionality. I love Star Wars for that reason. The main ships are always a character with a back story in the same vein as a lot of turn of the century adventure novels.
The only thing I never liked about KOTOR was that the game took place some 3000 years before the Clone Wars but everything was designed to look like it was from the Clone War era. However, it's still a cool ship and it'd make an interesting video if you aren't too familiar with it.
It was the mmo that made everything look like modern era star wars.
The first two games were visibly different.
...SO what if I leave a borg cube on the dock for more than 24 hours?
It will probably get compressed into a slightly smaller cube.
It definetly draws my attention.
I was rather caught off guard last year when coming across the word 'larboard' in a story by Edgar Allan Poe (specifically: "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket"). When I was in high school I gave serious consideration to applying to the Naval Academy, so I consider myself a little bit of a navy geek, but I had never heard that word before. The USN ditched the word in 1846, but Poe wrote that story in 1838, and in any event Poe would have grown up in a time when its usage was still known and probably would have still used it even if he had written that story after 1846.
I was familiar with the term larboard side since I was young since I grew up in SoCal and would go to Disneyland fairly often, very often once I started working there. I always remembered from the Pirates of the Caribbean and the original auction scene. In it, the auctioneer would tell one of the women to turn around and "show them your larboard side".
Poe went to West point.
Granted her got his ass thrown out but he was invested in a military career.
Until he did ....... Dumb
Looking at it, there are significant differences, but I can't help but feel this is something of a successor or variant to the LAAT. It has the same approximate hull shape (the slant at the back and paneling almost make it look like the side *could* open up, and similar pilot positioning (though the cockpit is obviously larger.) The engines are reminiscent of the missile launchers, and the landing gear isn't much different. Kindof like someone took the tank-transport variant and said 'hey, what can we do with this to make it a civilian model?'
A ship designer for the SW-verse actually paid attention to precedents?
**mild shock**
Its been theorized by fans its a civilian version of laat so take basic structure but heavyly changed in areas
You didn't mention my primary complaint with the Razor Crest: the engines' angle of thrust doesn't align with the ship's center of mass. Because the engines are situated above the ship, it would flip end over end in space.
Those engine's main thrust is absolutely vectored, and that combines with the ability to just open vents and redirect thrust that way. It'd fly at a weird angle in space, but it'd fly.
@@darwinism8181 True, but it isn't shown flying at a weird angle in space.
Honestly its center of gravity and thrust vectoring are the least of the things that break this ship for me.
@@isaiahsmith7123 Interesting! Explain.
@@Aethgeir We're talking about a universe where "Lasers" move slower than our chemically launched bits of metal, they get into dogfights at visual range as opposed to over the horizon missile slinging, warrior monks with energy swords use mystical powers to protect the galaxy, and there are independent jet packs. Lol you can see the realistic flying is taking a back seat to those eccentricities.
The RC-135 also has 2 "bathrooms" on some planes. Only one is compatible no matter your bits or needs.
The C-130 and C-17 have toilets, but not bathrooms (you got a curtain, at best). On my flights (three on the -130, two on the -17) aboard these, the crew chief always briefed something to the effect of, "The toilet is right over there. No sh***ing, piss only! You probably don't wanna try it if we're experiencing turbulence."
One of my flights aboard the -17 (at least, I think it was aboard the -17, it was nearly 20 years ago at this point) was long enough I broke down and used the toilet. It was really awkward if you're used to standing upright to evacuate your bladder: it's built into the side of the airframe and raised up a bit with an extra riser in front of the throne, with barely enough top surface to plant your feet, at less than shoulder-width. And there's no place to really grab or lean against, so you hope to God the plane doesn't move too much beneath your feet during the draining process.
@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 the RC-135 has a piss jugs in the front, tall cans for men to piss in with a curtain around it.
The back is a standard aircraft bathroom like on civilian aircraft, even has a sink.
Wait, the razorcrest is based on the ship from spaceballs?
Seriously eagle 5 spaceballs... google that ship and tell me they are not related
They've gone to plaid!
the crazy text really works
A ship that he didn't hate? That's different.
I've been pondering.
My ship has a flaw.
If I don't water it hourly it dries out and turns into a cube.
I have been struggling to locate sufficent water on some worlds, would your cube making process possibly have a reverse button to undo the natural tendency to cube itself? Or would it likely just try to make my ships cube even smaller?
It can take days or weeks to properly recover it's original size and function if allowed to dehydrate, and loses airtightness without the regular watering.
If you have any experience on the subject please share!
Perhaps harness a comet?
The millenium Falcon had a toilet/shower. In star wars that's called a refresher.
I would watch the Mandelorian, except that I'm trying to avoid giving the mouse that continually redefines copyright and money directly. With how much they own it is pretty much impossible, but one has to draw the line in the sand somewhere...
There's always hoisting the black flag, not that I would ever condone such behavior.
The mouse stole our old expanded universe from us. We might as well repay them by hoisting the black flag ourselves. It's only fair.
Yes. Yes it does make me want to watch the video.
The Engines and some of the Elements are Probably Inspired by a Prototype German VTOL Cargo plane.
The Razorcrest... if a C-130 had it's way with a A-10
One major flaw I see is the ladder to the cockpit. That's a pain in the ass lol
The Mandalorian show is indeed the greatest piece of Star Wars to come out since the original trilogy.
Yes.gif.
I'd say some of the books, specialy thrawn trillogy, were better. But you'd have to get into READING for that, and we don't do that anymore now do we.
The most durable things are often ramshackled and held together by copious amounts of jury-rigging. Because they're robust enough that even the most primitive repair attempts will keep them running at acceptable operational capacity. If tape won't fix it you're not going to put tape on it.
I have a few things to say about the engine placement that weren't mentioned in the video. For a ground attack aircraft like the A-10 warthog (or any combat aircraft expected to come under fire in general), having those large engines placed outside the airframe is usually a bad idea because it exposes the engines to incoming threats. However, the rest of the design of the warthog uses the placement to its favor. Because you know most of the threats are coming from below you (i.e. the ground) having the engines high up, in between the wing and the rear stabilizers, means they act as shields to protect the engine. It also means the engine exhaust is partially masked from the bottom and sides at a side on or 3/4 rear view, so portable heat seeking missiles which were a large problem couldn't lock onto it. It also has benefits such as maintenance, better control when flying on one engine etc. This brings me onto my point about the Razor Crest. That engine configuration would normally be bad for a small to mid size space ship that is expected to fight other spacecraft, the exposed engines would take damage easily. But in the case of the Razor Crest it has a few benefits. It means while on harsh terrain like a sand planet, dust and sand won't be sucked into the engines (another benefit for the warthog's engines). It also means vents from the turbine can point almost 360 degrees round the assembly, which would be much harder to do if the engine was inside the airframe. It gives the craft more cargo space and more space in general inside as no space is taken up by the massive engines, and I would say it's a semi decent reason as to why the craft has toilets and other amenities as it simply has enough space, so why not (this point is congruent to the craft being designed to operate as a standalone, like mentioned in the vid), and finally, only one engine can be destroyed by an incoming projectile because they are far apart. I've ran out of things to say, these reasons are purely speculative but seem to make sense from a design perspective.
I'm building Bandai's tiny Razor Crest at the moment. I love this ship.
another notable example of the port-side loading door is bsg's raptor
FYI on the thumbnail “Does this text make you want to click”
Me: No not really.
Video thumbnail auto plays and I see the Shipyard’s logo
Me: ok now I have to click
YES!! I'm not the only one who compares The Razor Crest to Serenity!
It's worth noting, though, that the Razor Crest's drives don't appear to have any rotational capabilities, unlike the Firefly class. The RC is capable of powered VTOL, but that's because there are vents that can open on the ventral side of the drives.
Either way, it's hard not to see some stylistic similarities.
@@SacredCowShipyards If I remember correctly repulser lifts also assist in take off and landing.
@@turboking9238 True, but almost every SW ship had some form of those. Very few bothered with vectored thrust.
Even the plot about barely staying in the air and needing side quests for parts etc is straight out of Firefly. And muh rebels. But give me River over a baby muppet any day.
@@janreznak881 Two by two, hands of blue. You can't take the sky from me!
I had the same 'Huh' ????
Reaction to the New Republic X-Wing I had to the X-Wing Prototype (and some versions of the Z-95 Headhunter) but when I took a closer look I realised the New Republic X-Wing engines do actually makes sense (in some sources at least) it turns out they are not 2 engines split in half horizontally they are 2 large engines that split into 4 smaller ones - two fore mounted stay in the top front of the wings and two aft that sling down in the lower potion - so the front underside part is mostly empty and the back top part is mostly empty - (aside from the exhaust bypass system) so the combined engine is it's "cruise mode" and the split is it's "attack mode" - with superior cooling & some other advantages - that said just having two engines would be a better use of the weight used & converging beam weapons is something that winds some people up good and proper too - so I hear.
But that being how the engines work isn't obvious from the movie unless you pause it. & and design specs help it make more sense.
Isn't it more like they are always 4 small engines that work differently depending on position? The fact that they always have 4 exhausts whether open or close suggest this. The fact that the font of the engines looks like one intake is seems purely an aesthetic choice.
so of course they replace it with a stripped-down N1
more of a market for N1 lego kits at a variety of price points, I guess. the functional lego Razorcrest is huge
Gonna say Naboos N-1 Star Fighter was one of the best hands down.
to the thumbnail: yes.
The best clickbait thumbnail I've ever seen in my life.
But no, it doesn't.
It made me click and comment though so you're winning.
Have a good day!
The Razorcrest reminded me of the AIAT/i, without the similarity to PBY Catalina.
It does, it really does.
I agree with you here. I personally don't like the way the only thrusters are only located so high up, which makes the nose want to pitch down but other than that, the basic configuration is solid. I once designed a star freighter that had a similar configuration but a little longer and a heck of a lot lighter. Having a cargo bay with two loading ramp doors makes a lot more sense than the YT series with its cargo bays where the cargo needs to travel through the internal corridors on the ship.
TYPO ALERT: I actually meant "...a heck of a lot WIDER." Not "lighter".
Actually I think YT series for supposed to pick up cargo containers between its "prongs" for any kind of heavy hauling
Of course the thumbnail text makes me want to watch ;)
Yes that crazy text actually did make me want to watch this video. That's just to answer your question.
the thumbnail is so hilariously meta
It was from back when I was still figuring out how all this worked.
I like the attention for privacy with that toilet on the Russian bomber.
Hell yeah crazy text !
My favorite character on the Baby Yoda Show is the stormtroopers that punches baby yoda.
Yes The Crazy text actuall makes me wanna watch the video
Yea, it did convince me to watch.
I was today years old when I learned the origin of the term "starboard". =D
We're all about the education here.
As for the thumbnail, not really, but its hilarious.
It reminds me of the Serenity. It is the best ship.
RIP Razor.
yes, the text does
Can we talk about the combined sea and space port in episode 4 of the show. I really liked the detail that the starships have to stay at a low speed during climbout so their slipstreams and engine thrust do not swamp the nautical vessels.
That was a really well-done set.
If the engines sat a little lower on the mounting pylons and had some gimbling so they could point straight down for landings or quick takeoffs it would be perfect.
letterkennyv("To be faaaaaiiiiiirrrrrr...."); the engines do have ventral vents that alleviate the need for them to rotate.
@@SacredCowShipyards Fair enough, and thrust vectoring would take care of the rest, albiet rotating them woulda looked cool and allowed for a 'hard landing' type insertion where they go in fast enough to need to do it.
I still think they woulda looked better lowered to the centerline of the ship tho.
In atmosphere its less an issue, but in vaccum the off center of mass thrust just annoies me.
The mandalorian needs to have a Skip Ray blast boat as his replacement
This would be acceptable.
I want to see his reaction when the razor Crest blew up. I might have died inside when I saw that scene
The answer to your question is…. Yes, yes it does
Chief!
Sigh...yes, Jeremy?
I've had some thoughts on this bounty hunter ship...
Great. Go on.
Well, you remember the design we did for that massive freighter in Episode 2? I shrunk that down a bunch and otherwise kept everything bascially the same.
Hmm...actually, not a bad starting point. We can do better than that though. Let's move the engine bay to right behind the cockpit, to make it easier for the crew to fix. And make the cockpit bigger for visibility.
Cargo bay can stay the same and just shove a toilet or bed in the corner.
Mm. Alright. Guns.
Not really designed for guns. Unless we basically keep the engines the same size as the huge freighter to make the ship absurdly fast.
He can...just about...afford that. Just add enough guns that they can potentially fight back before escaping. Keeping the same engines means the ship can move in all directions very easily, even in atmosphere.
We'll just add some toughness and strength, to ensure it will stay alive long enough to become annoying to maintain.
And then it catastrophically asplodes.
@@SacredCowShipyards but only when narratively resonant, which is the highest quality armour, plot or otherwise, one can give to a fictional ship.
Warthog with wings
No but as its about the razor crest will watch... Cool vid thanks
Sheesh, I don't know why I have to keep saying this, but.....
The T-65 X-Wing has 4 (FOUR) turbine LOOKING engines. The aren't turbines of course, but when the wings separate they are still intact.
The T-70 on the other hand does in fact split the engine in half when the wings open into combat configuration. Since they aren't actually turbines the art and production departments didn't think it would matter when they designed the T-70.
They are both atmo capable engines though, and as such do intake air for atmospheric flight. They just don't use spinning fan blades to do it.
As for the Razor Crest I think your appraisal is pretty damn good. I too loved that the ramp was on the port side. Even if it was an accident.
Yes the thumbnail text does make me want to watch the video more yes really