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[Urwumpe]

Personally I think starfighters typically just look small compared to all the gigantic sci-fi ships that frankly would dwarf even an aircraft carrier

True, but the Aurora Starfury from Babylon 5 is really a rather small one, with just about 10 meters length. The larger Thunderbolt fighter is about the size of a concurrent fighter aircraft.

 

[Linguofreak]

HMmmmm
Nah, I disagree. I mean sometimes, but I wouldn't just say MOST.
X wings and related craft are about the same as typical present day combat aircraft

I think the X-Wing is something like 15 meters long, and by eyeballing it, about the same wingspan. That's small for a modern fighter, big for WWII. The TIEs are generally in the WWII size range.

 

[TMac3000]

Agreed, I think that's why the QA manager likes that I'm on his team. I spent 10 years working on Naval Aircaft. The mindset carried over to the power industry nicely.

Unless you happen to be a bean counting manager who's annoyed that I'm in between him and a job completion.

In my job, the best way to avoid trouble is April 16

 

[n122vu]

Our work management processes have been heading downhill over the past few years.

I miss my friend

She's been gone for almost three weeks, getting a new paint job. As I understand it, she'll be painted to match the rest of their fleet:

and be re-registered with a similar N number, N***JE .

 

[statickid]

Does Starfleet even HAVE a starfighter???? :blink:

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I think they had 3 or 4 that the Borg cube blew up as it passed by Mars.

 

[kamaz]

But yes, in most fictional settings (BSG for example, but also Star Wars and Star Trek) "fighters" tend to be strangely small to real examples]

But a modern plane is mostly fuel tank(s). If you have fusion or whatever magic energy source, then you can scale it down considerably.

 

[statickid]

I think they had 3 or 4 that the Borg cube blew up as it passed by Mars.

... and then... that was it? Starfleet had 3 or 4 fighters? and the Borg cube blew them up? wow! I didn't even know the Borg cube came to the solar system. I'll have to look that up

 

[Loru]

Federation attack fighter

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Federation_attack_fighter

 

[Nikogori]

Is there a "your favorite space movie" thread? I'd like to know what people think about Gagarin: First in space (one of my favorite).

 

[jedidia]

There is one somewhere around, yes, but I don't know where.

 

[PenguinMan94]

I found some music that would fit with anything even orbiter and make it slightly funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guIaCocnNaw

Its from a game called "The Stanley Parable".

 

[fsci123]

http://www.businessinsider.com/valery-spiridonov-head-transplant-2015-4

Really want to see how this would work out.

 

[Artlav]

Really want to see how this would work out.

A fate worse than death...
He is already experiencing it, being in a wheelchair with a defunct body, almost no muscles that work and not much of life left ahead of him.

There isn't much of what is worse than that, but a whole lot of what is better.

Unfortunately, the operation won't happen for years, if at all - the doctor failed to secure the funding so far, and even best case scenario is targeting 2016.

But yes, i really wish to see how this would work out.

 

[Andy44]

Is there a "your favorite space movie" thread? I'd like to know what people think about Gagarin: First in space (one of my favorite).

If you can't find one in a search, go ahead and start a new one. That's a subject that needs a fresh start every now and then, anyway, and nobody really wants to read through 10 pages of 5-year-old posts to see if their favorite movie was mentioned by a forum member nobody has heard from in ages.

 

[n122vu]

Is there a "your favorite space movie" thread? I'd like to know what people think about Gagarin: First in space (one of my favorite).

If you can't find one in a search, go ahead and start a new one. That's a subject that needs a fresh start every now and then, anyway, and nobody really wants to read through 10 pages of 5-year-old posts to see if their favorite movie was mentioned by a forum member nobody has heard from in ages.

Well, here's one from about a year ago on the subject.

http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=33488

Maybe build on that but as Andy44 suggested, I wouldn't want to sift through anything much older than that.

 

[Andy44]

So, after having been talked into attending a Dr. Who convention a couple of weeks ago, I decided it's time to immerse myself in this particular subculture, or at least to wade around in it for a while, so I'm binge-watching the "new" series starting from 2005 to the present. Just about done the first season. I watched a few of these at random back when it was on Sci Fi channel (now known as "SyFy") but when it moved off to BBC America I was out of luck. Good show. Maybe someday I'll dive into the vintage 60s-80s episodes.

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And BTW, while this wasn't my particular convention, it's things like this that make conventions fun:

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Anyone ever been to a small (less than 250 people) con before? Going to be attending (and taking part in) one in Seattle next month.

 

[Nikogori]

Well, here's one from about a year ago on the subject.

http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=33488

Maybe build on that but as Andy44 suggested, I wouldn't want to sift through anything much older than that.

Thank you. I might as well start a new thread.

 

[Urwumpe]

Anyone ever been to a small (less than 250 people) con before? Going to be attending (and taking part in) one in Seattle next month.

The annual convention that my battletech chapter organizes would count as small then, with about 100-120 guests. But then, we had been the largest battletech convention in Germany with that number last year.