I love how he’s just calmly talking about the width of the wings meanwhile you can see the shockwave from the drop tanks literally washing over everything within 2 hundred kilometres.
The Pacific Federation of Project Wingman right? If so I somewhat disagree. I feel saturation is more of the Federation's tactic than a large superweapon plane. I think they'd go for faster and more well armed airships not too dissimilar from what they have now rather than one make or break airship like this.
“Oh, you know, there’s only two people in the cockpit controlling this thing, the pilot and the copilot. We don’t need anyone else to help move this hunk o’ junk. We got engineers who are engihere to make sure the plane works, but controlling it? Yeah, just two dudes”
I have a bit of a challenge for you: put some kind of ditch skids on the parasite fighters. Like you said, they wouldn't need landing gear; but I'd imagine that the pilots would appreciate the option to land in case the big boi gets taken out or is otherwise not an option.
If for some reason or another, they can’t go back to the mothership. The pilots would want a safe way to land on a runway without damaging the airframe to put it back into service.
I love the idea in the Yukikaze books: the flying carriers are too big to ever land/takeoff, so they're built in orbit and drop into the atmosphere where they fly for I think their entire service lives.
That makes the most sense. You have the small aircraft stationed in the ship in orbit, then have them descend for a bombing run or whatever, then return back.
They say that the German blimps of WWI, despite not being super effective at destroying cities, had a major psychological impact on Londoners. *I can only imagine the feeling of walking out of your house thinking it’s still night only to see this blocking out the sun*
Damn, id love the idea of something like this being in a fictional futuristic conflict, it seems completely impractical unless you want to patrol landlocked countries. Its overkill and i love it.
It could be the future of air travel for all we know. the plane would be able to almost fly 24/7 365 days of the year along a well planned flight path around the world, making pitstops at various airports and dropping passengers off with either smaller aircraft or 'drop pods'.
Damn, when you said something big I was expecting another episode of the Flying Cruise Ship. I'm a sucker for flying carriers so this is a welcome surprise.
Super-sized aircraft would likely actually be flying boats - calm day is all they'd need to have a massive, very well-supporting landing strip. This'd still need either pontoons or similar structures to sit in the water, but once it kicks into high enough speed it'd get grabbed by the ground air effect boosting it out of the water. Also, that AWACS dish would probably sit way further forward or be on a taller leg to avoid the prop noise on screen, similar to how the E-2 Hawkeye has to mount its dish quite high to avoid prop noise. Funny design, though, and you put quite a lot of thought into it.
Okay, now that thing gives me huge Project Wingman airships vibe. Maybe only two things different: 1. Most of them have box-wing. 2. They use harbors and water as landing-takeoff zone. Oh, and also, they use basically magic engines on "cordium" instead of nuclear powered
Cordium is explicitly said to be some high energy fissile material that naturally surfaced with the yellowstone eruption from the earths molten core. They do use nuclear engines.
Yeah, cordium is uranium with a little less radioation, and a lot more O R A N G E. But yeah this looks almost exactly like the Sky Battleship model from PW
@@egoalter1276 In nowhere did Cordium get mentioned as radioactive. It would appear that Cordium is simply too good at burning, like really really good. But it was never mentioned as being particularly "dirty" (if you know what I'm saying). It would appear that most of the danger of Cordium is that it is really volatile, so that's why it should be handled with care, not that it will contaminate something if left unchecked.
You know? This is probably the very BEST gameplay I've ever seen in my entire life. Watching a GAME and LEARNING Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering?? ABSOLUTELY AMAZING 😊 Subbed Obviously.
there was a real life flying aircraft carrier, the USS Akron. It carried 1 biplane, but it is still technically one of the only flying aircraft carriers ever built.
I imagine a large airship like this would be best suited for taking off from water similar to how an airship from project wingman would as seen in the one mission where you assault the naval base in Rawaki (hawaii). But I imagine flyout also doesn't have that kind of system yet, but this is still an impressive build.
Salt Flats maybe the best option for this. Given the size of take offs and landings as well as surrounding elevations. Although the salt may~ damage the engines.
For the parasite aircraft SHOULD have some type of landing gear, whether to be moved about the flying hanger (depending on the in flight systems), but more importantly, in the case of an emergency landing. They doesn’t have to be much, just enough to safely land the pilot and preferably not damage a runway if they have to divert (something like a glider’s gear; two stationary wheels or one and a skid plate with maybe wing tip wheels as well).
Another advantage of putting gear on the parasite fighters would be that the carrier could have a reduced takeoff run, perhaps being able to takeoff from a normal-length runway without JATO. It would takeoff as empty as possible (meaning no parasite fighters in the bays, no fuel, munitions, other supplies, etc.) and all that would be flown up to it after it's already in the air. Because of the nuclear reactors, it *does* have basically infinite loiter time, after all. Because of how risky takeoff and landing are (especially for an aircraft of this size), it would make sense for it to stay in the air for many months or perhaps years at a time, similar to actual aircraft carriers or nuclear submarines. They too require resupply, but they don't always go back to port to do this, instead relying on auxiliary ships to resupply them. I imagine that aircraft with similar roles may be designed and employed in the upkeep of the carrier, making the mid-air resupply immediately after takeoff a lot less unusual.
Love the idea of the mothership with the super powerful radar communicating with its fleet of aircraft who cant fit as powerful radars on themselves. Great design, looks amazing
The game Project: Wingman got around the problem of getting their super-battle-fortress-mega-planes off the ground by making them flying boats. Don't have to worry about takeoff distance if you take off from the ocean!
The maintenance required to maintain something like this after each sortie would be EXCRUCIATING 😂 such a cool concept though, maintenance nightmare fuel, but cool!!
But how often would it actually need to land? Fuel isn't an issue, and it can be resupplied on the go, so would it come down to how often it requires a full overhaul?
@SubLordHawk You can't change parts with power applied. Maybe an aircraft that large would have the hardware to shut off certain systems for maintenance, but any crew chief will tell you hydraulics are a major maintenance driver and you can't shut off hydraulics without landing the aircraft since hydraulics power basically anything that actuates: flight controls, doors, etc.
This is like Lockheed’s proposed CL-1201, in fact you mentioned in the video it was between the Arsenal Bird’s size and the Lockheed proposal I mentioned earlier.
That plane is awesome! Great work! Here's an idea for a loadout, not that you asked but I thought it'd be cool: 4 Squadrons of 12 Multi-Role Turboprop craft, similar to your last video in the series 2 Squadrons of 12 Rocket-powered interceptor craft 2 Squadrons of 4 smaller scale AWACS craft 2 Squadrons of 4 smaller scale transports for supplies, crew, and repairs. 76 smaller craft, 8 larger craft. Maybe even have a compliment of 8 cruise missiles on it at that point.
It’d also need a healthy supply of defenses too, flares, chaff, Anti-radiation missiles, and PDCs to shoot down enemy missiles, it could even fit a vertical launch system for also shooting down missiles.
@@jackvearncombe9892 I don't think countermeasures would work in such a huge plane, also evasive maneuvers wouldn't be an option, I think. I think you'd have to go with active measures, or be outside the enemy's range, or have AWACS/interceptors work like the f14 was supposed to, with the aim54
I could see some problems with the rotating radar above, being too close to the fuselage and being blocked by a lot of elements... everything else, it's wonderful!
8:20 more like a closed beta/ alpha. Early access means people can buy into it before 1.0 normally. I am very excited for this and will buy it as soon as it becomes available.
Honestly this is something that would fit so perfectly in the fallout universe. Everything from the nuclear turbines, the absurdly large size, and even the fact that this thing would be so loud it’s takeoff could make anyone within a half mile radius temporarily deaf. This feels like something right up the Enclave’s alley.
That looks a bit between the fed ships with the multiple boom tail, and a bit of the arsenal birds with the propellers. Also the massive middle body reminds me of the not easy to pronounce XB-0...
A small quibble about the AWACs function: Given how low the radome is, you're going to get blind-spots from the vertical stabilisers, particularly the ones on the wings, and the hull itself )meaning that you'd have a minimum detection range on the radar, particularly when dealing with low-flying targets). However, given how massive the aircraft is, you could circumvent this by installing the radar system in pods on the wing tips instead of the central disc, or depending on how advanced your electronics are, even flat-panel electronically scanning arrays like in the AEGIS system installed on the hull. Like I said, it's a fairly minor detail, but it was something I noticed.
I watch this and I just can’t help but think how many people gloss over how smart you are! Like this is absolutely insane to me that you can even comprehend this stuff nevermind applying that to a project 100 fold
I love how the turbine says caution. Like, “yeah, be a little careful around our Chernobyl of an engine, you could get a very minor case of obliterated by radiation”
What an incredible build!! The shape of the fuselage looks very nice, and I love how thick the wing roots are, gives the whole thing a general sense of beastliness. The twin boom tail is also a nice choice for this kind of aircraft, as it does provide a little more lift and control to an extent. The cockpit design is awesome too, it gives a sheer sense of scale for the rest of the aircraft since you know there’s people inside the cockpit, and it looks so small by comparison. I like that you mentioned games like SimplePlanes and KSP, while Flyout’s graphics do seem to be better than those two, I’d argue that there is a little more creative freedom to be had with SimplePlanes and KSP, seeing how, just from watching you create this and how your PC struggled to render it, larger builds and/or more complex builds don’t seem to sit as well with Flyout. Which is a shame really, but considering it’s still early access and not available to the public yet, I’m sure the devs will get right to optimization and overall better performance with larger creations. Being a SimplePlanes player myself, I’ll be one of the first to admit that the flight model of SP is not the most realistic, but that certainly doesn’t take away from the fun of the game, you can make some batshit ridiculous stuff there. Speaking of flying aircraft carriers, I myself have built one as well in SP, with a wingspan of 6,250ft, and a weight of 20 million lbs unloaded, 30 million fully loaded. It doubles as an aerial attack carrier as well, fitted with hundreds of AA Missile batteries, AA Gun Turrets, RailCannons, and even small bomb bays. It is a testament to how ridiculous SimplePlanes can get. If you ever plan on building another flying aircraft carrier, I’d recommend building it to take off from and land on water, just because it provides your aircraft with so that more space to move, and it’s generally easier to land as well. Happy flying! From a fellow flight enthusiast and flying aircraft carrier connoisseur.
At about 20:00 , was that a shockwave from the tanks hitting the ground? Also, I don't know why I felt compelled to watch so much of this. Messier seems kind of like a gamer Skyking or something.
My aunt was a technician for many aircraft, and she mentioned a few times that she worked with giant nuclear aircrafts, the only issue with them being how heavy they were.
Those who don't know planes: "yeah that sounds like a boring requirement" Those who know planes slightly: "holy god man youre gonna launch that off of a conventional runway?! Are you insane?!"
"What, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" "I DONT KNOW" "Dont shoot it, it would irradiate the city." "Ac-130 Go investigate, communicate with the pilot. we need this thing to stop"
I love how you just ignored the massive shockwave from the fuel tanks you dumped hitting the ground and causing massive collateral all on their own lmao
The constant "I want it to take off from normal runways" and operate in normal airports... has twice the wingspan of an A380 and 80%+ of airports can't even handle an A380 as it is hahahaha... I love the build tho! Fun to watch!
100 aircraft is ambitious. Cannot wait to see this build. Gerald Ford Class is around 75-80 aircraft. Would have started with something like 50 which is still ridiculously ambitious. Lets see where this goes. I would like to have seen a bit more ambitious rear hull and tail design. Somehow attach the twin boom to the main wings to keep the middle open. That would allow a rear opening for aircraft to land back onto the plane. Top of the rear hull could slide forward to allow planes to drop down onto the deck like an aircraft carrier. Move landed aircraft below to hangars and to be dropped from bombay launch mechanism. Would not need much runway since planes would be basically in VTOL to touch down at same flight speed as their normal flying. You said you had 8 reactors on the plane which seems like a lot of excess weight compared to 1 larger one that can supply the power needed for the 16 engines. If that is too large, then 2 larger reactors to get the power for all the engines. Maintaining 8 reactors seems like a lot of extra personel needed.
Honestly I can totally see concepts like this evolving and taking off more in real life. Instead of manned fighters that waste a lot of space though, it would be really easy to do this with some sort of AI drone swarm on a much smaller scale.
100 parasite aircraft implies an airwing of ca 2000 personnel, plus the mothership complement. The Nimitz class of aircraft carriers is 3000 personnel. I presume that could be reduced to some degree, but this monster would need crew quarters, gallies, recreation facilities, and a sick bay. Incredible.
"Tarkhan, radar signature detected 200nm away from our fleet's position, orders?" "Likely a strike group, if we detected them, they know we're here. All aircraft and remaining ships under 20 hr long repairs, we have no choice. Launch 2 nuclear KH-15PNs, Deus in Nobis..." Meanwhile, the radar signature:
I like how the basic planform and size is almost identical to the XB-0 from AC Zero (twin boom and all), kinda neat to know the Hresvelgr is a theoretically feasible design.
Speaking as a Kerbal & Juno player, I often find designing for takeoff and landing amongst the more challenging parts of a plane build too. Given a desire to minimize wing mass for spaceflight and wing drag for hypersonic flight while carrying a lot of propellant for long-range spaceflight, the temptation to make the plane take off by 'falling off' of the very end of the 2.5km runway is very strong! Excuse me a moment, I had to pause the video to try to come to terms with this thing's wingspan. It's over half a kilometer! It's -about as wide as- WIDER THAN my _village!_ You couldn't taxi it around here because the wingtips would clip different _hills!_ Well all right, there are some flatter areas and a somewhat bigger town neaby, but the plane is awesome! :D Wait a sec... *looks up real-life runways...* Oh, the KSC's runway is actually really short compared to real-life international airport runways. Huh! Restrained speed-up appreciated! 👍 _More thrust than the Saturn 5! Ahhh!_ XD And it makes international airport runways look like taxi-ways for Cessnas! I love this thing! _Awesome!_ :D
Antigravitic engines for the main platform will be needed before this concept works…and then it won’t have wings. It must also be capable of interstellar leaps.
in my mind, i see this aircraft staying airborne 24/7 and only landing to replace its fuel rods. to this end you might need two things a COD aircraft (COD: Carrier Onboard Delivery- a carrier capable cargo aircraft to onload/offload crew and supplies/food/mail) the second thing is CIWS turrets (radar guided Gatling guns for last ditch defense). also usually carriers launch off all their aircraft which then return to their home airfields when the carrier is returning to its home port, because of this, you might want to keep the landing gear on the parasite aircraft.
Flying aircraft carriers actually existed. Though back in the day they were known as “blimps” or “zeppelins”. They had fighters that could be launched underneath, and even redocked! There’s also plane launched fighters, but they could obviously only hold a few at most, and couldn’t redock. There was also a plan for an aircraft launching submarine from Japan way back in WW2.
![VR E:D | THARGOID WAR - waitin4the BIG B00000M 06:45 UGT [Titan COCIJO / 18 DEC 3010]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dSRN67JDIqc/mqdefault.jpg)
"Don't shoot it down or it will irradiate the city!"
Sounds like something an Ace Combat game would pull on you
Nuclear carriers... of mads size... named the hive.... are you a hell divers fan??
Belkan generals be like yes shoot down our own aircraft we will irradiate the osean dogs capital city
Crimson squadron be like: Even better
The Gleipnir be like:
Old King: *Brilliant*
I love how he’s just calmly talking about the width of the wings meanwhile you can see the shockwave from the drop tanks literally washing over everything within 2 hundred kilometres.
the Federation would definitely want something like this to bolster their airship fleet
The Pacific Federation of Project Wingman right?
If so I somewhat disagree. I feel saturation is more of the Federation's tactic than a large superweapon plane. I think they'd go for faster and more well armed airships not too dissimilar from what they have now rather than one make or break airship like this.
Predictable
Crimson squadrons mouth is watering rn
How about the best country belka Btw Fuck Osea
@@mill2712🤓
“Oh, you know, there’s only two people in the cockpit controlling this thing, the pilot and the copilot. We don’t need anyone else to help move this hunk o’ junk. We got engineers who are engihere to make sure the plane works, but controlling it? Yeah, just two dudes”
I have a bit of a challenge for you: put some kind of ditch skids on the parasite fighters. Like you said, they wouldn't need landing gear; but I'd imagine that the pilots would appreciate the option to land in case the big boi gets taken out or is otherwise not an option.
or if there is water ditching may be an option
@@MeowserLJCI would love to see how u plan to recover this behemoth in the aftermath ofa belly landing
If for some reason or another, they can’t go back to the mothership. The pilots would want a safe way to land on a runway without damaging the airframe to put it back into service.
You could just eject but good challenge
@@timmy6890 ejection is always a risky option for pilot. yes, you usually survive but there is a chance for serious injuries,
I love the idea in the Yukikaze books: the flying carriers are too big to ever land/takeoff, so they're built in orbit and drop into the atmosphere where they fly for I think their entire service lives.
That makes the most sense. You have the small aircraft stationed in the ship in orbit, then have them descend for a bombing run or whatever, then return back.
"We just learned that Erusia is utilizing the Arsenal bird. Those bastards, they had this thing combat-ready this whole time!"
Sounds like Military Intelligence was asleep.
@@neverable2nope just hidden by the dammed belkan witchcraft
ENEMY HAS A RADAR LOCK.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
They say that the German blimps of WWI, despite not being super effective at destroying cities, had a major psychological impact on Londoners.
*I can only imagine the feeling of walking out of your house thinking it’s still night only to see this blocking out the sun*
Damn, id love the idea of something like this being in a fictional futuristic conflict, it seems completely impractical unless you want to patrol landlocked countries. Its overkill and i love it.
Unless the planet its on has no true seas.
@@nathanielhinz4946Yukikaze did something like that with the Banshee aircraft carriers
your wish has been granted, with the arsenal bird from ace combat 7! messier even shows it at the start of the video. go play that game it's amazing
@@unflexiangod dammit, now i need to replay that game
It could be the future of air travel for all we know. the plane would be able to almost fly 24/7 365 days of the year along a well planned flight path around the world, making pitstops at various airports and dropping passengers off with either smaller aircraft or 'drop pods'.
Thanks!
Damn, when you said something big I was expecting another episode of the Flying Cruise Ship. I'm a sucker for flying carriers so this is a welcome surprise.
Haha, Belka approves.
With that flag icon this comment is no surprise
All heil the best country BELKA Fuck osea
@@shea442able yepXDDD
Thank you, Belka, for the tech in the Aigaion and support ships
This level of complexity is something I dream of from things like Simpleplanes,
Can't wait for the release of this game
I've seen stuff like this in Simpleplanes, it's insane how some people can somehow get around the limitations of these kinds of games in creative ways
I wish the gravity of earth was low enough for flying aircraft carriers to exist efficiently.
They probably wouldn't be able to fly efficiently anyway since a lower gravity would mean thinner air
Try doing this on terraformed mars
You want high gravity so the air is super dense
No you do not
But bone density…
Super-sized aircraft would likely actually be flying boats - calm day is all they'd need to have a massive, very well-supporting landing strip. This'd still need either pontoons or similar structures to sit in the water, but once it kicks into high enough speed it'd get grabbed by the ground air effect boosting it out of the water.
Also, that AWACS dish would probably sit way further forward or be on a taller leg to avoid the prop noise on screen, similar to how the E-2 Hawkeye has to mount its dish quite high to avoid prop noise.
Funny design, though, and you put quite a lot of thought into it.
Okay, now that thing gives me huge Project Wingman airships vibe. Maybe only two things different: 1. Most of them have box-wing. 2. They use harbors and water as landing-takeoff zone. Oh, and also, they use basically magic engines on "cordium" instead of nuclear powered
Cordium is explicitly said to be some high energy fissile material that naturally surfaced with the yellowstone eruption from the earths molten core. They do use nuclear engines.
Yeah, cordium is uranium with a little less radioation, and a lot more O R A N G E.
But yeah this looks almost exactly like the Sky Battleship model from PW
@@egoalter1276 In nowhere did Cordium get mentioned as radioactive.
It would appear that Cordium is simply too good at burning, like really really good. But it was never mentioned as being particularly "dirty" (if you know what I'm saying).
It would appear that most of the danger of Cordium is that it is really volatile, so that's why it should be handled with care, not that it will contaminate something if left unchecked.
You know? This is probably the very BEST gameplay I've ever seen in my entire life. Watching a GAME and LEARNING Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering?? ABSOLUTELY AMAZING 😊 Subbed Obviously.
there was a real life flying aircraft carrier, the USS Akron. It carried 1 biplane, but it is still technically one of the only flying aircraft carriers ever built.
The akron and macon could carry up to 5 biplanes if I remember. 4 in the internal hangar and 1 on the trapeze bar.
and the japeneese where working on one too i think (not 100% sure)
What about the Soviet TB-3 bomber modified to carry 2 I-16 fighters?
@@sillyous1they had a submersible aircraft carrier ready, idk about an airborne one
This comment goes to show that you must do your homework before showing off your knowledge
I imagine a large airship like this would be best suited for taking off from water similar to how an airship from project wingman would as seen in the one mission where you assault the naval base in Rawaki (hawaii). But I imagine flyout also doesn't have that kind of system yet, but this is still an impressive build.
Water produces even more friction then the landing gear so I think that won't be an option
Salt Flats maybe the best option for this. Given the size of take offs and landings as well as surrounding elevations. Although the salt may~ damage the engines.
@@boykevanderborst682Is it possible to use hydrofoils as landing gear to reduce friction?
The Aigaion from ace combat 6 takes off and lands by the sea just like the airships.
For the parasite aircraft SHOULD have some type of landing gear, whether to be moved about the flying hanger (depending on the in flight systems), but more importantly, in the case of an emergency landing. They doesn’t have to be much, just enough to safely land the pilot and preferably not damage a runway if they have to divert (something like a glider’s gear; two stationary wheels or one and a skid plate with maybe wing tip wheels as well).
Another advantage of putting gear on the parasite fighters would be that the carrier could have a reduced takeoff run, perhaps being able to takeoff from a normal-length runway without JATO. It would takeoff as empty as possible (meaning no parasite fighters in the bays, no fuel, munitions, other supplies, etc.) and all that would be flown up to it after it's already in the air. Because of the nuclear reactors, it *does* have basically infinite loiter time, after all.
Because of how risky takeoff and landing are (especially for an aircraft of this size), it would make sense for it to stay in the air for many months or perhaps years at a time, similar to actual aircraft carriers or nuclear submarines. They too require resupply, but they don't always go back to port to do this, instead relying on auxiliary ships to resupply them. I imagine that aircraft with similar roles may be designed and employed in the upkeep of the carrier, making the mid-air resupply immediately after takeoff a lot less unusual.
@@erictheepic5019 This would likely be better as a float-plane.
This man is a belkan engineer and you can’t convince me otherwise
You should recreate those ridiculous photoshopped planes you see in clickbaity youtube thumbnails
Given the size of the aircraft overall, I think the cockpit would essentially be two decks tall all by itself....
Love the idea of the mothership with the super powerful radar communicating with its fleet of aircraft who cant fit as powerful radars on themselves. Great design, looks amazing
The game Project: Wingman got around the problem of getting their super-battle-fortress-mega-planes off the ground by making them flying boats. Don't have to worry about takeoff distance if you take off from the ocean!
19:56 was that a shockwave? If yes that was BIGGGG
i think that might've been the drop tanks exploding on impact with the ground
yeah from the drop tanks, but a shockwave that big could only be from something nuclear
Damn Gleipnir
@@optionalcoast7478 it was 6000 tons of explosives, close to smaller nukes
He dropped the drop tanks at 19:29. They must have been packed with TNT. I feel sorry for anyone on the ground.
Damn Belkan witchcraft... Trigger, destroy those propellers! Stonehenge is about to fire!
The maintenance required to maintain something like this after each sortie would be EXCRUCIATING 😂 such a cool concept though, maintenance nightmare fuel, but cool!!
But how often would it actually need to land? Fuel isn't an issue, and it can be resupplied on the go, so would it come down to how often it requires a full overhaul?
@@SubLordHawkOn some aircraft, a 5-minute part swap can drive 8 hours of follow-on checks.
@joshuafischer684 Yes, but whats that got to do with how often it needs to land? 😅
@SubLordHawk You can't change parts with power applied. Maybe an aircraft that large would have the hardware to shut off certain systems for maintenance, but any crew chief will tell you hydraulics are a major maintenance driver and you can't shut off hydraulics without landing the aircraft since hydraulics power basically anything that actuates: flight controls, doors, etc.
@joshuafischer684 Once again, you're stating known reasons of why it would need to land, not how often such landings would be needed.
This is like Lockheed’s proposed CL-1201, in fact you mentioned in the video it was between the Arsenal Bird’s size and the Lockheed proposal I mentioned earlier.
That plane is awesome! Great work!
Here's an idea for a loadout, not that you asked but I thought it'd be cool:
4 Squadrons of 12 Multi-Role Turboprop craft, similar to your last video in the series
2 Squadrons of 12 Rocket-powered interceptor craft
2 Squadrons of 4 smaller scale AWACS craft
2 Squadrons of 4 smaller scale transports for supplies, crew, and repairs.
76 smaller craft, 8 larger craft. Maybe even have a compliment of 8 cruise missiles on it at that point.
Maybe it could be a family, with specialized variants, like awac/soad/ew, interceptor, multirole, cargo/air refuel
It’d also need a healthy supply of defenses too, flares, chaff, Anti-radiation missiles, and PDCs to shoot down enemy missiles, it could even fit a vertical launch system for also shooting down missiles.
@@jackvearncombe9892 I don't think countermeasures would work in such a huge plane, also evasive maneuvers wouldn't be an option, I think. I think you'd have to go with active measures, or be outside the enemy's range, or have AWACS/interceptors work like the f14 was supposed to, with the aim54
Damn this thing looks so great even though its impractical af, but it just looks so cool soaring through the air.
I could see some problems with the rotating radar above, being too close to the fuselage and being blocked by a lot of elements... everything else, it's wonderful!
could maybe have 1 above and below, with AI meshing the two radars into 1 view essentially?
0:10 Don't forget the flying cities of Armored Core.
Love your videos, keep up the good work
according to youtube, this is a Kerbal Space Program gameplay video.
8:20 more like a closed beta/ alpha. Early access means people can buy into it before 1.0 normally. I am very excited for this and will buy it as soon as it becomes available.
Put in it such a nuclear reactor that shooting it down will create a super Chernobyl, in this case simply no one could afford shooting it down.
Honestly this is something that would fit so perfectly in the fallout universe. Everything from the nuclear turbines, the absurdly large size, and even the fact that this thing would be so loud it’s takeoff could make anyone within a half mile radius temporarily deaf. This feels like something right up the Enclave’s alley.
The arsenal bird is just legendary
That looks a bit between the fed ships with the multiple boom tail, and a bit of the arsenal birds with the propellers. Also the massive middle body reminds me of the not easy to pronounce XB-0...
Ah the Hresvelgr "Res-Val-Ger" the H is silent.
@@darkstar_sierra1588 As they say, killing it ain't difficult, it's pronoucing its name that is...
Was I the only one who noticed that massive damn blast wave from the drop tanks finally hitting the ground? 19:56 lmao
A small quibble about the AWACs function:
Given how low the radome is, you're going to get blind-spots from the vertical stabilisers, particularly the ones on the wings, and the hull itself )meaning that you'd have a minimum detection range on the radar, particularly when dealing with low-flying targets). However, given how massive the aircraft is, you could circumvent this by installing the radar system in pods on the wing tips instead of the central disc, or depending on how advanced your electronics are, even flat-panel electronically scanning arrays like in the AEGIS system installed on the hull.
Like I said, it's a fairly minor detail, but it was something I noticed.
The one guy chilling and BBQ'ing: 😎
THE BOOSTERS: 💣
THE DROPTANKS: 💥💥☠☠💥💥
Love this! Can't wait for Flyout to release!
I’d love to see a movie with this in a sci-fi but realistic setting, or a video game where you get in and cause it to crash or something
I love it! It's like the arsenal bird had a baby with a 205 class air battleship. great work! 👍
19:56 The shockwave from those pods was impressive.
This is so dope🔥
It looks like the type of overengineered titan that would come out of the Soviet Union 😂❤ I'm definitely subbing
Didn’t the Soviet’s have a flying carrier in WW2? Albeit a bit smaller…
I feel relieved that I’m not the only one who thinks about these kinds of aircraft. Quickly becoming one of my favorite UA-cam channels.
8:46 Kind of looks like turboprop F4 Phantoms slapped onto it lol
I watch this and I just can’t help but think how many people gloss over how smart you are! Like this is absolutely insane to me that you can even comprehend this stuff nevermind applying that to a project 100 fold
imagine the maintenance on this 😂
That's a lot of maintenance time 👀
The maintenance staff works while it flies! Imagine the nightmare of that!
It would require a small nation's GDP to get this thing up and running
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This is a certified Ace Combat oversized aircraft classic.
You should do a series where you remake jet fighters from memory I think that would be pretty cool
I love how the turbine says caution. Like, “yeah, be a little careful around our Chernobyl of an engine, you could get a very minor case of obliterated by radiation”
What an incredible build!! The shape of the fuselage looks very nice, and I love how thick the wing roots are, gives the whole thing a general sense of beastliness. The twin boom tail is also a nice choice for this kind of aircraft, as it does provide a little more lift and control to an extent. The cockpit design is awesome too, it gives a sheer sense of scale for the rest of the aircraft since you know there’s people inside the cockpit, and it looks so small by comparison.
I like that you mentioned games like SimplePlanes and KSP, while Flyout’s graphics do seem to be better than those two, I’d argue that there is a little more creative freedom to be had with SimplePlanes and KSP, seeing how, just from watching you create this and how your PC struggled to render it, larger builds and/or more complex builds don’t seem to sit as well with Flyout. Which is a shame really, but considering it’s still early access and not available to the public yet, I’m sure the devs will get right to optimization and overall better performance with larger creations.
Being a SimplePlanes player myself, I’ll be one of the first to admit that the flight model of SP is not the most realistic, but that certainly doesn’t take away from the fun of the game, you can make some batshit ridiculous stuff there.
Speaking of flying aircraft carriers, I myself have built one as well in SP, with a wingspan of 6,250ft, and a weight of 20 million lbs unloaded, 30 million fully loaded. It doubles as an aerial attack carrier as well, fitted with hundreds of AA Missile batteries, AA Gun Turrets, RailCannons, and even small bomb bays. It is a testament to how ridiculous SimplePlanes can get.
If you ever plan on building another flying aircraft carrier, I’d recommend building it to take off from and land on water, just because it provides your aircraft with so that more space to move, and it’s generally easier to land as well.
Happy flying! From a fellow flight enthusiast and flying aircraft carrier connoisseur.
At about 20:00 , was that a shockwave from the tanks hitting the ground?
Also, I don't know why I felt compelled to watch so much of this. Messier seems kind of like a gamer Skyking or something.
I love your videos man keep it up ❤
This literally screams Ace Combat quite literally....I love it.
lockheed might have competition... MIGHT
The moment I saw this I thought of the Lockheed CL-1201 flying carrier concept.
My aunt was a technician for many aircraft, and she mentioned a few times that she worked with giant nuclear aircrafts, the only issue with them being how heavy they were.
Those who don't know planes: "yeah that sounds like a boring requirement"
Those who know planes slightly: "holy god man youre gonna launch that off of a conventional runway?! Are you insane?!"
Cloud Base from captain scarlet deserves an honorable mention!
This is the stuff I dream about, I love it
This thing takes the B-36 to the next level, "6 turning, 4 burning" turns into "16 turning, 16 burning, 16,000 dead from acute radiation poisoning" 😂
Enemy: Calls in a UAV
Friendlies: "Oh yea how about this" calls in a nuclear powered UAV
Enemy: Oh sh*t
"What, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" "I DONT KNOW" "Dont shoot it, it would irradiate the city." "Ac-130 Go investigate, communicate with the pilot. we need this thing to stop"
Lockheed CL-1201: Exists
RB-D2 and the dev team at Humble Games: "I'll take your entire stock."
i saw this thing on the steam page for flyout and it really showed me the extent this game can handle. really hyped lol
I love how you just ignored the massive shockwave from the fuel tanks you dumped hitting the ground and causing massive collateral all on their own lmao
The constant "I want it to take off from normal runways" and operate in normal airports... has twice the wingspan of an A380 and 80%+ of airports can't even handle an A380 as it is hahahaha... I love the build tho! Fun to watch!
100 aircraft is ambitious. Cannot wait to see this build. Gerald Ford Class is around 75-80 aircraft. Would have started with something like 50 which is still ridiculously ambitious. Lets see where this goes.
I would like to have seen a bit more ambitious rear hull and tail design. Somehow attach the twin boom to the main wings to keep the middle open. That would allow a rear opening for aircraft to land back onto the plane. Top of the rear hull could slide forward to allow planes to drop down onto the deck like an aircraft carrier. Move landed aircraft below to hangars and to be dropped from bombay launch mechanism. Would not need much runway since planes would be basically in VTOL to touch down at same flight speed as their normal flying.
You said you had 8 reactors on the plane which seems like a lot of excess weight compared to 1 larger one that can supply the power needed for the 16 engines. If that is too large, then 2 larger reactors to get the power for all the engines. Maintaining 8 reactors seems like a lot of extra personel needed.
Since the earth is mostly covered with water, it should probably be able to float
Honestly I can totally see concepts like this evolving and taking off more in real life. Instead of manned fighters that waste a lot of space though, it would be really easy to do this with some sort of AI drone swarm on a much smaller scale.
100 parasite aircraft implies an airwing of ca 2000 personnel, plus the mothership complement. The Nimitz class of aircraft carriers is 3000 personnel.
I presume that could be reduced to some degree, but this monster would need crew quarters, gallies, recreation facilities, and a sick bay.
Incredible.
"Tarkhan, radar signature detected 200nm away from our fleet's position, orders?"
"Likely a strike group, if we detected them, they know we're here. All aircraft and remaining ships under 20 hr long repairs, we have no choice. Launch 2 nuclear KH-15PNs, Deus in Nobis..."
Meanwhile, the radar signature:
People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because theyre not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
These nuclear engines would be essentially steam engines.
Just with a modern heat source.
I like how the basic planform and size is almost identical to the XB-0 from AC Zero (twin boom and all), kinda neat to know the Hresvelgr is a theoretically feasible design.
About the Arsenal Bird, its Unmanned
The Flying Aircraft Carrier: Just chillin’.
That one SAM: How ya doin’ 😉
For you parasites, look into the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin.
Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
God: makes birb, hollow-boned, small, armed with some claws, a pointy beak, and a bad attitude.
Humans:
im in love with the build, this is like the 6th time rewatching this
Speaking as a Kerbal & Juno player, I often find designing for takeoff and landing amongst the more challenging parts of a plane build too. Given a desire to minimize wing mass for spaceflight and wing drag for hypersonic flight while carrying a lot of propellant for long-range spaceflight, the temptation to make the plane take off by 'falling off' of the very end of the 2.5km runway is very strong!
Excuse me a moment, I had to pause the video to try to come to terms with this thing's wingspan. It's over half a kilometer! It's -about as wide as- WIDER THAN my _village!_ You couldn't taxi it around here because the wingtips would clip different _hills!_ Well all right, there are some flatter areas and a somewhat bigger town neaby, but the plane is awesome! :D
Wait a sec... *looks up real-life runways...* Oh, the KSC's runway is actually really short compared to real-life international airport runways. Huh!
Restrained speed-up appreciated! 👍
_More thrust than the Saturn 5! Ahhh!_ XD And it makes international airport runways look like taxi-ways for Cessnas! I love this thing!
_Awesome!_ :D
the sheer amount of Ace Combat references in this comment section and video makes my heart happy. the golden king smiles upon us all
This video is a mix between screpmechanic episodes and lesson of science, Great content!
In the nicest way possible, you are the engineer that all maintenance crews fear. This is an abomination
Belka is interested in your services
Paint: *MY GOALS ARE BEYOND YOUR UNDERSTANDING*
paint: *BIG PLEN EQUALS A HEART ATTACK AMOUNT OF PAINT*
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
Antigravitic engines for the main platform will be needed before this concept works…and then it won’t have wings. It must also be capable of interstellar leaps.
Why did I get an ad for the WERMACHT SHOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS VIDEO?!?!
I love the jay-do rockets hitting civilian buildings. Amazing video
JATO - Jet Assisted Take Off
- Boss, we just shot down the enemy hive!
- Great! Now their continents economy is done for! Victory is ours!
So theoretically this aircraft could fly forever or at least for the rest of the radioactive materials’ life.
in my mind, i see this aircraft staying airborne 24/7 and only landing to replace its fuel rods. to this end you might need two things a COD aircraft (COD: Carrier Onboard Delivery- a carrier capable cargo aircraft to onload/offload crew and supplies/food/mail) the second thing is CIWS turrets (radar guided Gatling guns for last ditch defense). also usually carriers launch off all their aircraft which then return to their home airfields when the carrier is returning to its home port, because of this, you might want to keep the landing gear on the parasite aircraft.
Flying aircraft carriers actually existed. Though back in the day they were known as “blimps” or “zeppelins”. They had fighters that could be launched underneath, and even redocked! There’s also plane launched fighters, but they could obviously only hold a few at most, and couldn’t redock.
There was also a plan for an aircraft launching submarine from Japan way back in WW2.
It's looks like a Arsenal bird from Ace Combat 7