Dimensional Door - Freeople Thread 16

[Darksheare]

Sounds alot like one of the two spherical airships I've seen profiled.

One of the two has four 'beams' running through it along it's 'waist' and a central rod down it's center from 'pole' to 'pole'.
It has pretty tiny motors on the four booms.
Pretty weird, dunno if there's any pics of it anywhere, haven't looked yet myself.

[Darksheare]

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[grannie9]

Really.. sounds very close to what I saw. It's so calm here today, I suppose it could have been a test flight. Do they do circles tho?

[grannie9]

LOL.. I'm larnin... ;)

[Darksheare]

Circles, hover, spin in place, lazily floating downward, or upward, backwards, they can do some fairly odd maneuvers for being an aircraft.
However, they really aren't all that fast.
So they'd appear to float and make slow deliberate progress.
Much as described.
The one I've seen painted as a globe did somewhat of a 'loop' but without turning over, it sorta went upward, then reversed, and then dropped before going forward again, but in a rather smooth motion.
(Kinda like doing a loop, but without turning over..)

The guy 'driving' the thing was pretty much playing with the thing like a kid in a candy store.
Reminded me of "flightof the bumblebee" for some reason when I saw it.
Closer to the ground, it looked more menacing than comical though.
Especially when coming around from behind a tree.
(Dwarfed the tree, but still..)

[lodwick]

Put your drawers on!

[grannie9]

Wow.. I wonder if that was what it was. It sure sounds like it.. Do they go really high? This one did do circles, but never seemed to roll over or even go side to side.. All the time I looked at it, it looked like it was in the same position. Only tilting enough to pick up a glint of sun now and then.

Wish you could find a pic of that thing..

[grannie9]

Lodwick dear.. I have drawers on..and it's called a "Teddy". ;)

[Darksheare]

Link to an article about one.
but not one of the two I've seen..
odd..

http://www.gulker.com/2003/01/20.html

[Pippin]

But I'm recovering!

[Darksheare]

http://www.andreas-wilken.com/recommend/cargolifter/airship.JPG

A german website, a cargo lifting airship, and a round cargo-lifter.
Still not what I've seen.

http://www.21stcenturyairships.com/art6.htm

Spherical airship, one of the two I've seen.

[lodwick]

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[grannie9]

This one looks the closest, but it looked like it had a rod going from top to bottom too.

They looked longer too.

[Darksheare]

Excellent.
*chuckle*
It's great to see, and good for morale!

[Darksheare]

So far cannot find the example of the one with teh four booms on it.
*sigh*
But I'm looking!

[Lakeshark]

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Easy boy.....

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[Lakeshark]

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Roller derby is my weakness? Somehow this reminds me of when the Clintons started calling Ken Starr immoral and that he was hung up on sex......:-)

As to your dreams of us frolicking in ice castles and sleeping with polar bears, keep on with that particular delusion........kind of like believing John Kerry is stimulating and thoughtful.........it's Spring here.

And Floriduh summer is just around the corner......

When skate wheels sink deep into asphalt.

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[catpuppy]

And Floriduh summer is just around the corner......

Yes, and that is when the homes and condominiums here at the beach will be filled with Michiganders and other of the northern species eager to spend great gobs of green to suffer through the warm days of summer (Praise be unto them).

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[catpuppy]

Been sippin' the old "medicine," gran?