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Nautilus starfighter spirals out of control

  • Nannan
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  • Mar 9, 2009
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  • LEGO,
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  • 8 Comments

    • The F550-Nautilus Fighter by Ben Jarvis is crazy beyond my imagination. It consists of an intricate skeletal shell laced with tubings. I still can’t put my mind to it.

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    8 Responses to “Nautilus starfighter spirals out of control”

    1. Puddleglum Says:
      March 9th, 2009 at 11:19 am

      Wow! Don’t try this at home, kids.

    2. Jai Says:
      March 9th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

      Stupendous! Not just as a LEGO build, but also as a starship fighter design. I want to see this design in a movie, it’s incredible and very well-realized. And as LEGO, of course, it’s also incredible and you’ve fitted it all together wonderfully. Love it!

    3. graviton Says:
      March 10th, 2009 at 12:35 am

      Yes! A brilliant design that removes some of the “fiction” in “science fiction” — it makes my little scientist heart warm and fuzzy.

    4. legovaughan Says:
      March 10th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

      Far out, that is some mad skillage right there.

    5. Gambort Says:
      March 10th, 2009 at 7:17 pm

      graviton> Why less ‘fiction’?

    6. Motor.On Says:
      March 10th, 2009 at 8:41 pm

      Well, particle acceleration is a bit more realistic than lasers that go “pew pew”.

      Of course, the cooling to 3K, massive magnets required, and the fact that a modern day particle beam wouldn’t really cut a ship in half make sure that the design is safely “fiction”

    7. graviton Says:
      March 11th, 2009 at 1:55 pm

      Gambort> Less fiction because cyclic particle accelerators are true science — makes way more sense to me than little small devices out on the ends of starfighter wings. Not that X-wings and their ilk bother me — I’m perfectly happy to suspend my disbelief and buy into Clarke’s Third Law: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” :-)

      Maybe a statement that would have equivalently stated my like of this design: more “science” in the “science fiction!”

    8. Gambort Says:
      March 12th, 2009 at 7:14 pm

      ^ I see your point but… why would you fly one around in space where there’s nothing (statistically) to shoot. And why wouldn’t you just use a high-powered laser, or even more effective in space, a good ol’ fashioned projectile.

      Your second version of the statement suits me much more.