[WWII] Manta Squadron Airplane - Page 4

Phaelen Bleux · 07-15-2010, 02:43 PM

My plan is to design the submersible plane flown by Manta Squadron in "Sky Captain and the Worlds of Tomorrow." So, how to design the plane to handle high-speed impact with water and survive. Large frontal DR?? Super streamlining?? Extra-heavy frame?? (And this doesn't even consider the fact that the pilot's spleen would probably come out through his belly-button.)

Any creative thoughts?? (Mind you, I realize that its is probably impossible without deflector shields or super-science. . .and since they are not featured in the movie, I'm more inclined to ignore the viciousness of impact with a nod towards accounting for it a little.)

07-15-2010, 02:43 PM	#1
Phaelen Bleux World Traveler in Training Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chicago, IL	[WWII] Manta Squadron Airplane My plan is to design the submersible plane flown by Manta Squadron in "Sky Captain and the Worlds of Tomorrow." So, how to design the plane to handle high-speed impact with water and survive. Large frontal DR?? Super streamlining?? Extra-heavy frame?? (And this doesn't even consider the fact that the pilot's spleen would probably come out through his belly-button.) Any creative thoughts?? (Mind you, I realize that its is probably impossible without deflector shields or super-science. . .and since they are not featured in the movie, I'm more inclined to ignore the viciousness of impact with a nod towards accounting for it a little.) __________________ "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." -- Kierkegaard http://aerodrome.hamish.tripod.com