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Aug 12, 2017 10:33 AM
OrganicSunflower
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BillyRockRomance
Worst non-German idea ever.
BourbonBarrel
BioShock Infinite?
Happyguy47
Id fund that
CaptainWinky17
I'm no crazy math/physics/engineering/science guy but have they heard of the Square-cube law
ChihuahuaWithChips
Weird how the cargo cranes aren't even remotely near to the cargo hold
Sheldonian
Of all the steampunk concepts I've seen a gondola thar crosses the Atlantic just doesn't compute
jamil1234567891
This is awesome, whatever this is
Mercalus
A pull cable AND an engine room?
dancfontaine
Or, you know, space swing
CPTnumbnuts
Bioshock infinite tells me this is a bad idea
Fenderzilla
We have something similar to this in our timeline. It's called a boat.
tooomanysteves
But why?
MrMcPewp
One of those cables snap and you're pretty fucked
Tomirahew
There are probably other cables to avoid an incident like this
BuffyTheManBoobSlayer
I enjoyed zooming in on this post. +1 well earned.
counciler05
The boilers have no smokestacks. The engine rooms have no purpose. The watchtower is obstructed. The bridge only faces one way. 5/10
WombatWhomper
So you wanna build things to hold up a boat that doesn't float? I'm confused.
dingofdong
Tbh if we had the kind of ludicrous supermaterial needed for a transatlantic cable car, we wouldn't be wasting our time building one
poogie67
The Vogons have arrived. No poetry please.
OmegaYeti
imagine one of those cables breaking. the ends would move so fast they would ignite the air around them.
TapiocaMartini
Legit question here, why don't we bring back zeppelins for like so mo sky cruses? You can't tell me that wouldn't be awesome.
12rt2345g342563
They are slow and vulnerable to weather.
Dragon10449
Not efficient really. You need a large vehicle for limited cargo. Plus we are losing our supply of He and we all know how using H went...
boobcat
They are....cargo lifters first but they are coming back n a huge way google: airships cargo
Desomega
These remind me of Lindblum, from FF9.
detora
Yay, I'm not the only one that thought this was a FFIX fan art :)
shuffletheconversation
Oh Ive seen this movie that thing hits a mountain then Leo&Kate are hanging from a door and he lets go tho hinges could have held them both
16745
Loved that movie..
commoncomment
Watch out for floating icebergs!
RevanthaKottegoda
Don't all icebergs float?
wadenelson1
Since the earth is flat the cable won't get wet.
malfunctionm1ke
AOCsUnshavenChode
that would be terrifying in a storm.
wadenelson1
Looking at it I thought it was a submarine on a cable.
RampagingBanana
I feel like that might be smarter, idk
tehPhreakmang
Can you imagine the stresses on the cable ends
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
It would be a series of cables, I'm sure. Not just one insanely long one.
bootydestroyer
No! Don't you ruin this for us
Koolmodeee
Pretty sure that's the Guild Navigator ship from Dune....i was not here.
JeffStrangeness
This is a spicy comment
plag91
Blessed be the maker
orangatuan
He who controls the comments, controls frontpage.
KeyMasher
Ah, I always appreciate Dune-related comments
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orangatuan
That comment Stings.
KeyMasher
StankyPankySammich
Or, you know, planes.
Eaglemk4
Oh, like when someone smokes to many cigarettes?
TimeMuffinReloaded
What am I, a peasant?
yorhuckleberry
Planes are for the commoners.
GandalfTheOctarine
You take all the romance out of traveling.
Sarahsmomhasgotitgoingon
Moghul
We'll run out of fuel eventually. That being said this will probably never be a thing.
IOnlyDrinkOnMonday
Or, you know, a land bridge.
Duntouchab1e
Or, you know a goat.
tr3buchet
Ugh, fuck planes. Additional context: tall.
xanthio
Or, you know, a zeppelin.
KobeBurger
Or, you know, teleportation.
Surisuule
Or you know sitting inside on imgur all day.
BythepowerofchristIamtheLaderlappen
Or, you know, lAliensl
CanadianOneDollarCoin
^^this
30Jonseredi
Or you know laying in bed on mobile imgur all day.
GlassCannon570
Or, get this, or suborbital space travel over a trans-Atlantic ballistic trajectory.
GandalfTheOctarine
KABLOEIIINGGGGggggggg....... ..... .... *plof*
Areanywittynamesnottaken
Go on...
ancalime
I feel like his name explains it all fully.
GlassCannon570
If you launch a small missile with people in it, or a plane with rocket engines, over the Atlantic, and land with parachutes, you go places.
bootydestroyer
What about a really big revolver and we blast people out one by one with sliced ham wings to flap
GlassCannon570
Replace revolver with rail gun and ham wings with small aircraft, and you've got a working method of travel.
DavidBrooker
And, pray you, how does Sir propose to miniaturize the boilers and steam engines to such a degree as to stay aloft?
woodenbadger
Skyhooks, my dear boy.
ice12d
Lutece Fields my good chap! How else do you think the great city of Columbia floats in the sky?
Nifty255
We put the boiler INSIDE then engine and use a thin oil for fuel instead of coal. We also use fan-based compression instead of pistons.
DavidBrooker
Have you been listening to that poppycock of that American Brayton and his hullabaloo about a 'constant pressure engine'?
Nifty255
I... Mayhaps have seen some of his designs, sir...
DavidBrooker
Malarky!
HadMeSomeChickens
Or, you know, a boat.
beanspud28
OR you know, the best of both worlds. Boat plane.
2fligh2high
HadMeSomeChickens
Or a plane boat
2s2iyer
OR you know, or doesn't really matter in the end stay at home because you're already on the other side of the Atlantic for someone else.
GlassCannon570
The correct term is flying boat or seaplane.
DavidBrooker
An airship also fits his description. And is about eight hundred times as steampunk.
GlassCannon570
Yeah, that works much better than the Spruce Goose or the aircraft which I always wake up on a half-drawn blueprint of.
HighlySexualLobster
"Left for dead after a confrontation with dirty cops, Officer Robert Boat teams up with outlaw supermodel Candace Plane. They are BoatPlane"
bobislost
i'd watch that
TablesBobbyTables
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Boeing_X-32B_Patuxent.jpg
snuffcarcass
Boaty McPlaneface
drksdrlife
Is that no water in the English Channel?
Ohhhlookaunicorneatingasamurai
There was, until they changed it.
slyvonschwarz
Not since the accident
rhetoricalstagnation
The eu parlaiment drained it last year in prep for brexit bruv
madmanmoe64
it says transatlantic, so it shouldn't be anywhere near the channel.
UnluckyLunkhead
They moved the chalk cliffs to Cornwall.
thaboogeyman
Any documentation of this? Would be interesting to read!
PuhTater
Coffer dam Bruv
agermanguy
Isnt it half french? The frensh/english channel ..the frenglish channel ?
RadishIsAMeat
I'm English and I refer to it as "the channel" but maps etc here call it The English Channel.
acertainjenesaisquoi
Nope. They call it La Manche.
beanspud28
Nope it's our channel. We found it first obv. Flag planted.
cunningfox169
But there are 500 million of us. - do you have a flag?
LewisBell2015
No we drained it and built a wall
Dorsk84
Under current situation with the attacks, that might be a good idea.
riseofaodh
Tear down that wall!
Volvo101010101
Did Mexico pay for that?
TheRealStalinWhoIsStandingUp
No twas the French
BigAdam
Fun fact, plans where drawn up for that.
beanspud28
Is not the big blob of water/stormy weather/fu cliffs a wall...
PlatinumProductions
Another fun fact: plans were drawn up to lower water level in the Mediterranean to add land to Europe and connect with Africa.
TheShadowsLengthen
Yeah...we should not do that...right now...just...wait a little more...