battlefield evoulution
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Mongoose
msprange said:The scary thing is, I think there are some people who might enjoy a set of rules like that
Perhaps I ought to add rules for noob-tubing. . .
Then make a S+P article with the house rules for a Evo to BF2 conversion :wink:
One of our playtesters is already working on a draft of an article that does just that 
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Mongoose
While you sit in the tropical shade, sipping fine martinis, and posting on thie forum on your laptop: the life of a games exec huh? 8)
Not too many tropics in Swindon. . .
Hiromoon said:
G'Day
:lol: Who cares if the US military funded it, that doesn't mean it's going to happen or work. ( 'Sgt York' anyone? ). This concept has been around for ages and yes the Mythbusters did use plans off the internet but they also went and checked out real examples, none of which were flying.
Cheers
Derek
It might happen, in a few years.......Then agaiun the US army might realise it can save more money off the Stryker project by just taking the Canadion approach and supplying stuff itself.
Its kinda funny, that Armageddon 2089 (also by this company, give it a chance, at least its a damn good read, oh this gives me an idea......include a Armageddon expansion for mecha, the other stuff should mostly stay the same....) extolls about the continued drive for cheaper and outsourced military weaponry in the US, which cause the eventual downfall of the current military, turning it into a countrywide defense company, which ofc checked stuff for quality and not just savings.
MGP you might have a lead here on the real future....though mecha might not happen........
But actually (what a roundtrip...) I dont think well see those personal flyers, just for the reason of them being too loud; theyre trying to turn to stealth technology everywhere, even the army, and that thing wont help at that. Plus they are not really the most survivable thing out there.
Warfare is tunring into a speed game on the strategy part. And a agility thing on the tactical. Most weapons can turn pretty much any target to dust (of their assigned targets). So see first often means shoot first. and 95% of the time shoot first means killl first. Flying something that gets you killed via a simple M4 is not helping, cause you cant really duck....
Its kinda funny, that Armageddon 2089 (also by this company, give it a chance, at least its a damn good read, oh this gives me an idea......include a Armageddon expansion for mecha, the other stuff should mostly stay the same....) extolls about the continued drive for cheaper and outsourced military weaponry in the US, which cause the eventual downfall of the current military, turning it into a countrywide defense company, which ofc checked stuff for quality and not just savings.
MGP you might have a lead here on the real future....though mecha might not happen........
But actually (what a roundtrip...) I dont think well see those personal flyers, just for the reason of them being too loud; theyre trying to turn to stealth technology everywhere, even the army, and that thing wont help at that. Plus they are not really the most survivable thing out there.
Warfare is tunring into a speed game on the strategy part. And a agility thing on the tactical. Most weapons can turn pretty much any target to dust (of their assigned targets). So see first often means shoot first. and 95% of the time shoot first means killl first. Flying something that gets you killed via a simple M4 is not helping, cause you cant really duck....
G'Day
Had a poke around and I found the following, the SoloTrek Exo-Skeletor Flying Vehicle (that's what it is) development stopped in 2003. In fact the vehicle was put up for auction on E-Bay, though the successful bidder was supposed to sign a contract never to fly the vehicle.
Also this quote says it all
Ok, one day there maybe a personal flying machine but I don't think we'll see US soldiers flying in that one
Cheers
Derek
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/design/q0093.shtml
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/16/flying.machine/index.html
http://www.roadabletimes.com/roadables-vtol_trekaero.html
http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/flying/jet_belt.htm
Had a poke around and I found the following, the SoloTrek Exo-Skeletor Flying Vehicle (that's what it is) development stopped in 2003. In fact the vehicle was put up for auction on E-Bay, though the successful bidder was supposed to sign a contract never to fly the vehicle.
Also this quote says it all
Ok, one day there maybe a personal flying machine but I don't think we'll see US soldiers flying in that one
Cheers
Derek
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/design/q0093.shtml
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/16/flying.machine/index.html
http://www.roadabletimes.com/roadables-vtol_trekaero.html
http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/flying/jet_belt.htm
G'Day
Well if the company site ( http://www.trekaero.com/ ) is anything to go by that's all it ever does. It seems that no one is game to really fly the orginal version ( I suppose that's the one they were trying to sell on E-Bay) or the later model. All they ever do is scoot along the ground for about 20m and then land (before someone hurts themselves?). Maybe they will have better luck with their backpack UAV?
Also check out the site news page and you'll see, that's right. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of MythBusters. What can I say? :lol:
Singing loudly and off key - Come fly with me, come fly away
Cheers
Derek
Well if the company site ( http://www.trekaero.com/ ) is anything to go by that's all it ever does. It seems that no one is game to really fly the orginal version ( I suppose that's the one they were trying to sell on E-Bay) or the later model. All they ever do is scoot along the ground for about 20m and then land (before someone hurts themselves?). Maybe they will have better luck with their backpack UAV?
Also check out the site news page and you'll see, that's right. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of MythBusters. What can I say? :lol:
Singing loudly and off key - Come fly with me, come fly away
Cheers
Derek
Hiromoon said:
Crash and burn? Continue to move in small 20m leaps because no one can actually fly it safely? Be put aside with the other personal flying machines as a interesting but not quite successful experiment. Like I said one day there may be personal flying machines but they won't be that one.
Your really should be a little sceptical about what you see on the internet
Cheers
Derek
