This week we turn our eyes skyward as wondrous vehicles fill the heavens with explorers no doubt. Join us as we discuss the best vehicles for exploration and travel.
0:00 types of vehicles --exploration --long distance --bad land or water access
3:30 surveillance -- drones -- balloons -- limits of drones and how to surmount them.
10:30 Powered Parasails and Powered Hang gliders.
16:30 The personal Jet wing - Yves Rossy: Rocket Man
17:15 Jet packs historically, earlier FW editions, and possible workable jet packs
24:45 When things go wrong - Ballistic Parachute
25:40 Wing Suits mention - we discussed these extensively in the Fringe Vehicles podcast
28:30 Aircraft - Fixed Wing
32:45 Lighter than air ships
Non-rigid
Goodyear Blimp
Semi-rigid
The current feasible limit for air ship cargo is 450 tons. However there are no existing airships that can carry this amount.
Rigid
39:15 Supertech Airship
Vaccuum lift airship
Tarzan at the Earth's Core 41:30 Hot lift Airship Aerogel
43:15 Airship in action in FW adventure
46:15 Why long range vehicles have to be big
48:30 What kinds of airplanes have proven durability Douglas DC-3 C-130 Hercules
50:45 How to maintain aircraft - does it take a village? -- roll out airstrip
55:00 Some worlds just love airplanes --Thunderbirds --Crimson Skies -- Tale Spin --Bushwacking --Northern Exposure
59:15 Helicopters
01:03:00 Blue Sky vehicles
--Mecha --Dragons --Dinotopia --Gor --Wind Whales of Ishmael --Banshees of Avatar --Brooms --Flying Carpets --Celestial Matters --Integral Trees --human powered flight
Episode 545: Colonial Bureau 13 part 1
Episode 542: Fringeworthy - Alice Springs Training Base part 2
Episode 541: Fringeworthy - Alice Springs Training Base part 1
Episode 540: Bureau 13 in the 1920's
Episode 539: 12th Season Opener
Episode 538: Waging War on the Fringepaths Part 2
Episode 537: Waging war on the Fringepaths part 1
Episode 536: Incursion Comes Back to Earth Part 2
Episode 535: Incursion Comes back to Earth part 1
Episode 534: The SCP Foundation
Episode 533: Incursion a 3 2 1 Retrospective
Episode 532: Fringeworthy in High Magic Worlds Part 2
Episode 531: Fringeworthy in High Magic Worlds Part 1
Episode 530: Finding Termehlern Engineers part 2
Episode 529: Finding Termehlern Engineers part 1
Episode 528: Classes vs Archetypes part 2
Episode 527: Classes vs Archetypes part 1
Episode 526: Building Bureau 13 bases part 2
Episode 525: Building Bureau 13 Bases part 1
Episode 524: Geek Therapy part 2
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