Comments on: X48-C Test Flight https://habitablezone.com/2012/08/07/x48-c-test-flight/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ainz https://habitablezone.com/2012/08/07/x48-c-test-flight/#comment-17244 Ainz Fri, 10 Aug 2012 04:55:12 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=19730#comment-17244 It was sort of like a water lily/seaweed type vine, with pods, which, when peeled and eaten, "tastes like sausage" It was sort of like a water lily/seaweed type vine, with pods, which, when peeled and eaten, “tastes like sausage”

]]> By: Ainz https://habitablezone.com/2012/08/07/x48-c-test-flight/#comment-17243 Ainz Fri, 10 Aug 2012 04:48:28 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=19730#comment-17243 Dang,...I think I've made that same mistake before, confusing Harryhausen for Pal. <a href="http://www.cinescene.com/reviews/crusoeonmars.htm" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is nice blog about RCOM Dang,…I think I’ve made that same mistake before, confusing Harryhausen for Pal.

Here is nice blog about RCOM

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/08/07/x48-c-test-flight/#comment-17239 TB Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:21:25 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=19730#comment-17239 I don't think that was a Harryhausen film. George Pal production. I don’t think that was a Harryhausen film. George Pal production.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/08/07/x48-c-test-flight/#comment-17238 RobVG Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:12:08 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=19730#comment-17238 The only thing I can remember about that movie was the seaweed they ate in the cave. I might even have that wrong. The only thing I can remember about that movie was the seaweed they ate in the cave.

I might even have that wrong.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/08/07/x48-c-test-flight/#comment-17237 RobVG Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:03:23 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=19730#comment-17237 It reminds me of the Horten <img src="http://discaircraft.greyfalcon.us/picturesr/got101.jpg"> <img src="http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/images/ho229-2.jpg"> It reminds me of the Horten

]]> By: Ainz https://habitablezone.com/2012/08/07/x48-c-test-flight/#comment-17235 Ainz Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:14:43 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=19730#comment-17235 Ray Harryhausen at his best. :) Man,...I love the old pre-CGI effects, especially in that film. Geeknote: The same spaceship, (minus the Cobra Death Ray) was recycled in 'Robinson Crusoe On Mars'. A great sci-fi classic that gets everything wrong about Mars, and still manages to be cool. Ray Harryhausen at his best. :)

Man,…I love the old pre-CGI effects, especially in that film.

Geeknote: The same spaceship, (minus the Cobra Death Ray) was recycled in ‘Robinson Crusoe On Mars’. A great sci-fi classic that gets everything wrong about Mars, and still manages to be cool.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/08/07/x48-c-test-flight/#comment-17232 ER Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:30:36 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=19730#comment-17232 I can see where they got the design <img src="http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/images/war_worlds_pal_8_x.jpg" alt="." /> I can see where they got the design

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]]> By: Ainz https://habitablezone.com/2012/08/07/x48-c-test-flight/#comment-17229 Ainz Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:37:30 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=19730#comment-17229 gives a better idea just how wide and short the fuselage is. <IMG SRC="http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x423/caspraz/bwb-1.jpg"> <IMG SRC="http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x423/caspraz/bwb-2.jpg"> NASA has been working this idea a long time, and the civilian airliner version, (X-48B) buries the passengers deep inside. (for COG concerns,...I guess?) <IMG SRC="http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x423/caspraz/bwb-4.jpg"> The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsuGwhlB9_U&feature=related" rel="nofollow">X-48C</a> with a cranked delta wing, might give passengers a chance to look out the window, but something tells me it's optimized for a military application. gives a better idea just how wide and short the fuselage is.

NASA has been working this idea a long time, and the civilian airliner version, (X-48B) buries the passengers deep inside. (for COG concerns,…I guess?)

The X-48C with a cranked delta wing, might give passengers a chance to look out the window, but something tells me it’s optimized for a military application.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/08/07/x48-c-test-flight/#comment-17164 ER Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:43:50 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=19730#comment-17164 Is there a structural or cabin pressurization issue involved? Is there a structural or cabin pressurization issue involved?

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/08/07/x48-c-test-flight/#comment-17157 bowser Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:04:57 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=19730#comment-17157 Weaponizing inner space. n/t Weaponizing inner space. n/t

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