The diagrams of the CL-1201 in this video were created by Scott Lowther You can see more of his work on top-secret projects here: aerospaceprojectsreview.com

@changingoftheguard7256

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah one jet collision upon landing and you wipe out all life on Earth with radioactive material raining down. Just stick to chemtrails before you really kill everyone

@ualuuanie

3 жыл бұрын

Just curious since those fighters would be mounted below the wings how are the pilots going to mount them in mid flight?

@tsamoka6496

3 жыл бұрын

@Found And Explained Two things. First, a possible version of what the second, unknown version of this plane could be a missile carrier. Can you imagine how many missiles that thing could carry? Second, this reminds me a lot of the P-1112 Aigaion from Ace Combat 6. It's effectively a giant seaplane acting both as a airborne aircraft carrier and a cruise missile launch platform. :) Any chance of a video on how an aircraft like that could work and if we could make one fly for real? =^x^=

@spaceman081447

3 жыл бұрын

@Found And Explained You've been hanging out too much with Emmett "Doc" Brown, the eccentric scientist from "Back to the Future." Gigawatts is pronounced with a hard G, as in gift or gone or get - NOT "Jigawatts!"

@HHB799

3 жыл бұрын

this makes me want to be an engineer even more

I love it when the US government considers building a fucking star destroyer.

@michaelskywalker3089

3 жыл бұрын

They have to, if enough people sign a petition!

@griffin_5979

3 жыл бұрын

Google operation starwars

@meepfanmeepster8620

3 жыл бұрын

This is the best way that Ive seen this sort of thing described

@fl00fydragon

3 жыл бұрын

You do reaize that the empire were the bad guys?

@skooptroop3703

3 жыл бұрын

@@fl00fydragon i mean the empire was a clear bad guy but some modern day governments like the us can be hard to say if they are the good guys or bad guys in certain situations... oh and the rebellion also used star destroyers at some point and so did the republic...

"could carry 3000 troops" RYANAIR: I can make it carry 50.000 passengers and charge 10 euros for the toilet

@babakane9392

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@breadboi1248

3 жыл бұрын

And 15 for the stairs

@jaxsongames7163

3 жыл бұрын

Ha good one

@ian1231100

3 жыл бұрын

And 50 for the life jackets

@ZearthGJL

3 жыл бұрын

"Ryanair. It's also the name of our cheapest bread... Rye, and Air."

Fun fact: Ace Combat 7's arsenal bird has TRIPLE the wingspan of this thing.

@spartanchief1785

2 жыл бұрын

Weren’t similar designed craft used in Project Wingman?

@SephirothRyu

2 жыл бұрын

@@spartanchief1785 Only in terms of scale. The ones in PW are powered by the game's "magictanium" nuclear engines and are legitimately basically classical naval warships with wings in role. Not saying the Arsenal Birds aren't crazy like that themselves, but they are primarily flying drone carriers with a laser and some special air burst missiles. Along with the energy shield that requires power being sent to it by the magical space elevator to power. No really, space elevators are one of the most unrealistic things in sci-fi.

@spartanchief1785

2 жыл бұрын

@@SephirothRyu on the space elevator being unrealistic: There’s a whole couple pages in the sci-fi novel “Old Man’s War” where the main characters are riding one, and discussing how it’s the most impractical way to get to space, and it’s there PURELY as a flex by the controlling Colonial government and whatnot to keep Earth in line

@kuakmal4176

Жыл бұрын

That's what comes to my mind

@codyneitte9801

Жыл бұрын

@@SephirothRyu cant u just see a station on the end of unimaginabley long cables slung through space at several times the speed of sound? Lol i mean 🤷🏻. Its not TOTALLY impossible 😅 in i suppose the logistics of producing enough materials would be the hardest part to work out 🤔 weve already worked out geosynchronous satelites so attaching one to a fixed point and adding some sort of maglev capsule would be feasible.

4:22 I love how this implies the military is still considering it

@Luizz07

Жыл бұрын

He thicc

The project ended when they finally ran out of LSD.

@wernerbro3208

3 жыл бұрын

Good catch

@A_Box

3 жыл бұрын

I am missing something, when did the LSD part come into place?

@Armadauzbekistan

3 жыл бұрын

@@A_Box The entire video is LSD

@ZeroMadeByME

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha 🤣

@ShyneSel

3 жыл бұрын

@Ban this youtube shit they were already in the air going supersonic

That thing is basically an Ace Combat superweapon in real life.

@8bitorgy

3 жыл бұрын

That's what they were going for

@RandomTrinidadian

3 жыл бұрын

Was just thinking the same thing

@Vespuchian

3 жыл бұрын

The phrase "the largest aircraft never built" immediately made me think of the _Aigaion_ flying carrier from AC6.

@Tigermoto

3 жыл бұрын

Was literally about to type that. Glad I read a few comments first.

@M5xcs

3 жыл бұрын

U mean the arsenalbird

I remember when I was 10 or so I actually designed my own carrier plane similar to this. the main difference being that mine had more WW2 styling as I was fascinated with ww2 air combat at the time. I also designed a literal aircraft carrier with wings attached to it but we don't talk about that

@TheHatManCole

9 ай бұрын

Hah! Bro Ive done much the same things!

When I thought it couldn’t get more insane, they pulled out the laser cannons.

Lockheed: "Do you have a plane-carrier?" USAF: "No?" Lockheed: "Would you like to?"

@Yautah

3 жыл бұрын

Lockheed:"You know what would really piss off the navy ?" USAF:"I'm listening"

@xymaryai8283

3 жыл бұрын

@@Yautah Omg this is 100% how it went down XD

@friendlyfire3412

2 жыл бұрын

FUCK YEAH.

@LittleMacscorner

2 жыл бұрын

The sheer Audacity of even thinking this was in the realm of realistic possibility, especially in the 60's, is exactly why I am proud to be an American :D!! If you can think of it, we assume you can do it!!!! Before you make fun of us, just remember who brought you Star Trek and how much that has gone from Sci to reality!

@alexanderlawrence7403

2 жыл бұрын

Someone probably got a huge raise and a pile of coke for that ideal !

Can you imagine if the engineers in the 50s and 60s had carbon fiber, high grade ceramics readily available ,additive manufacturing and computers with programs like autocad. Sky's the limit as far as design and inventions

@FoundAndExplained

3 жыл бұрын

They grew up watching the war, and then had a chance to go to the moon. The future for them was limitless

@grandsome1

3 жыл бұрын

The law of thermodynamics will crush your engineering dreams.

@kingkea3451

3 жыл бұрын

If you think that's nuts, imagine if they were able to produce carbon nanotubes and graphene sheets of indefinite dimensions! Heck, imagine if we could even do that *now*...

@kingkea3451

3 жыл бұрын

@@grandsome1 Sad but true... to a degree.

@FRITZI999

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, then why don´tz we build them today when we have all these Inevntions now? Cause AutCad ist just BULLSHIT - they built the SR71 and other Planes without it !!! See the coincidence?

I'd love to see this as a flight simulator addon. Imagine if some people came up with an accurate flight model for this, and designed a plausible detailed cockpit as well. That would be insanely fun.

@caav56

2 жыл бұрын

It'd be less of a cockpit and more of an outright combat information center.

@rakisuzuki-burke4148

2 жыл бұрын

Vehicle that size, it's not a cockpit. It's a freaking bridge.

@toddkes5890

2 жыл бұрын

Plan your maneuvers in advance, as once this plane starts turning it will keep turning for a few seconds after the yoke is straight

Seeing how many projects that were cancelled, that were absolutely insane like this, makes me sad that no one actually went ahead with them... Can you imagine seeing one of those flying?

Fighter jets: "I can fire missiles from my wing!" This thing: "I can fire fighter jets from my wing that fire missiles from their wings."

@nordicberserk

3 жыл бұрын

how would the fighters be reloaded though?

@seahydra3108

3 жыл бұрын

@@nordicberserk They have a docking module for fighters on the wing.

@kriegsjager

3 жыл бұрын

next generation: we have aircrafts that deploy aircrafts from their wings which deploy aircrafts from their wing which deploy missiles from their wings.

@xymaryai8283

3 жыл бұрын

@Phagnabot gamer I think they would a sort of internal airport, the large aircraft lift in the center of the fuselage would lead down into a hangar, then they can taxi (or more likely will be towed) to the launching "hardpoints" in the wing. trying to dock upwards has been done in air, but to me it seems infeasible for f4 phantoms that tightly packed to hook themselves into a catch considering the already expansive internal space, but that is possible.

@chasetoyama8184

2 жыл бұрын

@@kriegsjager plane-ception.

The 1960s...when being an aerospace engineer for Lockheed was like working for Marvel comics.

@salmonpie

2 жыл бұрын

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@zkechplays2077

2 жыл бұрын

@Neil Peters it is but they hide it perfectly

@38vocan

2 жыл бұрын

@@zkechplays2077 If they hide it perfectly how do you know they hide it perfectly?

@helplmchoking

2 жыл бұрын

And easy too! Got a machine of literally any kind? Want to make it awesome? Easy! Just make it 12 times the size and slap a nuclear reactor or two in there, or make it a rocket if you're more a NASA fan.

@professor_memesquad9926

Жыл бұрын

Wdym it still is just look at skunk works

Can you imagine this monstrosity flying over your city, I want to know how much sound it would produce🤯🤯🤯

@DontScareTheFish

Жыл бұрын

Sorry something big flew over and I'm now deaf :D

@davisdf3064

Жыл бұрын

WHAT?! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!

If the Phoenix lights were indeed a CL-1201, I think it would be scarier than if they were alien technology.

@vyros.3234

2 жыл бұрын

It woud be impossible to keep something that large secret from satellites.

@dr.julianbashir9193

Жыл бұрын

@@vyros.3234 Lol as if the average person has satellite data.

@professor_memesquad9926

Жыл бұрын

@Dr Julian Bashir no but Russia and China did

@someguy4915

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.julianbashir9193 Kinda, the average person can just go to Google Maps... But back then you'd actually need to hire a satellite company to hire their services, which would be expensive. Point is that all those companies (and any foreign government) does employ 'average people' who would leak this thing within seconds... You cannot hide something that's larger than an aircraft carrier, hell we can't even hide those.

@michaelhallahan875

Жыл бұрын

@@vyros.3234 why? they coulve built it inside and flown it at night.

This, this is why you don't combine drugs and military aerospace engineering projects

@coolminer6242

3 жыл бұрын

No no, this IS why

@S_O_U_P

3 жыл бұрын

No this is actually very clever

@sequenc9-1111

3 жыл бұрын

US* military aerospace engineering projects

@tambosnipes1652

3 жыл бұрын

@@coolminer6242 exactly

@lilcargoship6142

3 жыл бұрын

this actually isn't unfeasible especially now

Lockheed Engineer: *hits blunt* Ok hear me out

@WlerickBigotOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao x'D

@LittleMacscorner

2 жыл бұрын

The sheer Audacity of even thinking this was in the realm of realistic possibility, especially in the 60's, is exactly why I am proud to be an American :D!! If you can think of it, we assume you can do it!!!! Before you make fun of us, just remember who brought you Star Trek and how much that has gone from Sci to reality!

@AsrielDreemurYT653

2 жыл бұрын

@@LittleMacscorner the fact you copied this word for word is making me think you’re a bot

@LittleMacscorner

2 жыл бұрын

​@@AsrielDreemurYT653 Bots don't respond back to replies and have PLENTY of time to use their AI to change what they are saying each time. Real humans are not going to re-type out the same shit over and over.

@salmonpie

2 жыл бұрын

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Approx. 50,000 to 100,000 sq feet of interior space, if given a 10 foot ceiling. This thing could have housed a whole flying facility with every feature possible

Now that is a true jumbo jet The fact that this was even conceived of and went to the drawing board is incredible. This sounds like a S.H.I.L.D project. Never came across this channel before but whoa what an introduction.

This is not an aircraft, this is a MOTHER SHIP

@the_phoenix__08

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@stephenlamb9008

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and missile's would love to engage with that monstrosity.

@brandonvelde5774

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenlamb9008 Just strap some CIWS guns to the fuselage, problem solved!

@Leviathan-me5qd

8 ай бұрын

​@@brandonvelde5774 or more lasers

Ace Combat fans: Hey, we've seen this one! Lockheed: What do you all mean seen this one?!

@seancrandall1291

3 жыл бұрын

Well played, sir. Well played.

@koharumi1

2 жыл бұрын

Arsenal bird flashbacks

@Pixy44Chiper

2 жыл бұрын

Aigion

@whathehellisthis

2 жыл бұрын

@@koharumi1 no, the jeff bezos gigantic drone is not the same as this one. I forgor whats the plane called but it exist and not this one.

@nimalansri3852

2 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who got reminded of the arsenal bird

I was imagining a scene like: Imagine, you're walking casually in the streets of New York City and this gargantuan aircraft just passing over you with its massive engines roaring into your ears. I imagine a scene like that would be similar to a Star Destroyer in Star Wars passing over a planetary capital city such as Coruscant.

With the advances in RDE, Stealth, Drone, and Fusion reactor technology, aircraft like this become an eventuality due to long range hypersonic cruise missiles forcing sea-born carriers out of range from their planes in a near peer contest.

Mustard throws his Blender machine at the wall and yells “Dangit F&E that was mine!”

@FoundAndExplained

3 жыл бұрын

Haha calls up Wendover “happen again!” I love mustard so thanks so much for the compliment

@JosephStalin-zp6cl

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@craigrmeyer

3 жыл бұрын

@@FoundAndExplained You, Mustard, Wendover and Joe Scott (and, and, and) need your own super-secret Slack channel so you can work out who does what. Or rather, maybe the exact opposite: You could all do the exact same subjects together, at the same time, and pig-pile The Algorithm that way.

@The_Digital_Ghost

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@shoam2103

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously, even the style and feel of the video is very mustardy

*Lockheed, Ace combat is calling. They want their Aigaion back.*

@CaptRye

3 жыл бұрын

Arsenal bird has entered the chat

@quarol732

3 жыл бұрын

@0lig4rch19

3 жыл бұрын

What color is it up there

@azcatriz

3 жыл бұрын

@@0lig4rch19 FUCKING ORANGE

@steviepii1801

3 жыл бұрын

A deep, dark blue..

The morale boost from seeing this thing pass over the battlefield would be immense, let alone a battle group of 8! Talk about shock, and awe!

honestly the coolest piece of aviation history I've ever heard of

*Even in death, that thing is intimidating.*

@02suraditpengsaeng41

3 жыл бұрын

. Strider 2 Count >

@darkshadowmusic1802

3 жыл бұрын

yes yes it is

@puschelhornchen9484

3 жыл бұрын

"What a hell of a way to die"

@aureusknighstar2195

3 жыл бұрын

"Don't worry, it'll hit on open water"

@elliotmoore3365

3 жыл бұрын

Gory gory what a hell of a way to die

Imagine being a russian soldier, expecting an american tank brigade to cross the bridge at any moment, but you see a mountain sized aircraft drop an entire platoon and 22 jets on your position

@mitchellhogg4627

3 жыл бұрын

Better yet...imagine being the Russian pilot that took out an entire platoon AND fighter wing with a single missile

@paulallen8109

3 жыл бұрын

How did they not see such a monster on their radars??? With the size of that thing mere anti-aircraft artillery won't have to aim very well... You don't even need guided surface-to-air missiles. Imagine being so stupid to actually building this comic book superhero aircraft.

@HP_lovecrafts_cat67

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulallen8109 I am pretty sure this ain’t for rushing into enemy lines this is just for transporting troops to far off continents and it would probably just circle the battlefield at a good enough distance to deploy its planes without getting blown to pieces

@sijenkai3928

3 жыл бұрын

@@HP_lovecrafts_cat67 yes

@xandorian8242

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulallen8109 Just like the "ridiculous" idea of making a battleship but instead of heavy weapons and armor instead you put planes on it, it's an aircraft carrier, it sits out of range of all weapons and has it's fighters carry the weapons into range

You know, with our current AI systems, I think the US could actually pull this off. Removing human error from docking and taking off would be a huge step in making this idea actually feasible.

@jonconway912

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see something like this fly. Never used in war!!! That you’ll be bad but just heat ain’t this thing and seeing it block oh the sun like something out of star wars

@nitroxylictv

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonconway912 a commerical version of this would be epic

@contrapasta2454

2 жыл бұрын

[Arsenal Bird intensifies]

@lelarusadze6086

2 жыл бұрын

@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621

Жыл бұрын

@@nitroxylictv they could honestly do so much with it. It could be a hub for anything. Instead of military planes, there could be search and rescue aircraft as a mobile carrier, science and research aircraft and base, even tourism, cargo transport.

I love everything about this monster of engineering, I really hope it's produced some day

"There was also a secret -2 version, but all information has been scrubbed." Oh, so it looks like they chose the 2nd option of the 3. Good to know.

@1MoreTurn

3 жыл бұрын

This

@cliffhooper3558

3 жыл бұрын

Haha. Probably not far off bud

@spuds6423

3 жыл бұрын

So, one can postulate that perhaps one was once or still in operation???🤔🤔🤔🤔

@glaucousgrey990

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly my bet would just be that the second one was designed to carry some kind of horrific nuclear payload, and so the government just went, "maybe it wouldn't be great to tell the public that we legitimately thought about building a plane with enough ordinance to crack a continent."

@totallymady42069

3 жыл бұрын

@@glaucousgrey990 What if the plane was the payload

The CL-1201-1-2 version had an integrated flux capacitor, which used the 1.83 gigawatts from the nuclear reactor to travel back in time and destroy enemies before they could become a threat.

@seancrandall1291

3 жыл бұрын

Why do you think WW3 never happened? There's an alternate timeline out there where Lithuania conquered the whole planet.

@h3rti785

2 жыл бұрын

@@seancrandall1291 and then why do you think that ww4 never happened its because, the dolphins took of the entire planet after the lithuanians declared dolphins an awful species.

@baroncandy3939

2 жыл бұрын

This I was looking for this

@samcoste8971

2 жыл бұрын

Rumor has it it could also travel forward in time

@salmonpie

2 жыл бұрын

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As someone with megalophobia and a massive fear of airplanes as it..I would probably faint if something that big flew over me

Love the detailed animations

*"All units, destroy the Arsenal bird!"*

@02suraditpengsaeng41

3 жыл бұрын

. Strider 2 Count

@Groza_Dallocort

3 жыл бұрын

Nah this is more like the P-1112 Aigaion since the Arsenal bird is unmanned

@kabob0077

3 жыл бұрын

@@Groza_Dallocort However it stores its aircraft on the underside of the wings like the Arsenal Bird.

@Groza_Dallocort

3 жыл бұрын

@@kabob0077 I do wonder how you get the pilots into the fighters though it cant be fun to sit there for a couple of hours doing nothing

@jedispartancoolman

3 жыл бұрын

@@Groza_Dallocort even the name is similar to the aigion

"A ingenious way" Me: ah, they would use the ocean, makes sense "It would take off vertically"

@FoundAndExplained

3 жыл бұрын

RIGHT?? it doesn't make sense!

@lord_hemp

3 жыл бұрын

@@FoundAndExplained well... It does. You can land anywhere that's large and open (that your forces control) without needing a massive runway. If it lands on the ocean, then why not just go with a conventional carrier? You need to be able to reach deep inland, and the VTOL capabilities give you that. Nobody has airfields that large, but there are large, flat expanses of area that can fit the carrier

@kriegh94

3 жыл бұрын

@@FoundAndExplained Do you happen to know if rocket boosters were considered? It makes more sense to me than using dozens of jet engines

@Volvith

3 жыл бұрын

@@lord_hemp Yeah, only problem was *_the thing was kinda bloody heavy._*

@dodecahedron1

3 жыл бұрын

it probably wouldn't because why would they use this behemoth as a VTOL, just using the 182 liftjets to reduce takeoff and landing distance to reasonable levels makes much more sense

If these had been built, I suspect the Cl-1201-2 would have filled a niche the carrier-1 and logistics-3 didn't, heavy weapons. I envision a flying battleship with ability to unleash artillery, heavy missiles, hell maybe even railguns and heavier lasers, at the heart of a fleet like the carrier would be. Or, alternately, an amphibious VTOL lander that could be a carrier for aquatic vehicles.

The fact that this thing could VTOL is actually mindblowing💀 Just goes to show the human brain has no Limits

If this existed There is going to be a pilot carrying 200 missiles with lasers on an experimental aircraft with a k/d ratio 50/1

@jaydenmackenzie9670

3 жыл бұрын

Kd ratio should not exist Cause its unbreakable lol

@starshipveil

3 жыл бұрын

Stinky superfighters with our tech from belka

@porsche-sandoesnotundersta8184

3 жыл бұрын

Thats gotta be Cipher

@officialvisaural

3 жыл бұрын

T R I G G E R

@B-enjoyer

2 жыл бұрын

Gaijin please add

"Hey dude, wanna know how to piss the Navy?" "I'm listening"

@xx_insert_cool_username_he6876

2 жыл бұрын

80th like

@salmonpie

2 жыл бұрын

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1.83 GigaWatts!!! Great Scott!

I'm a new subscriber and this video was pretty interesting

A modern version of this would be having hundreds of parasite drones, a drone remote control center and would be riddled with ciws in case it ever gets attacked, and probably even capable to fly into space... cause why not.

@JewishMemeMan

3 жыл бұрын

Basically the Arkbird from Ace Combat 5

@carlcunningham7750

3 жыл бұрын

@@JewishMemeMan Or the Arsenal Bird, which actually directly uses the drone fighter idea.

@2057ram

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the ark bird built in space

@mamadouniadiabate447

3 жыл бұрын

And also a capable to be use as a docking station for electric plane so they can recharge for long distance travel

@justarandomtechpriest1578

3 жыл бұрын

@@mamadouniadiabate447 electric planes would be highly impractical

*when he says jigawatts in stead of gigawats...* "Great Scott!"

@cliffhooper3558

3 жыл бұрын

Bloody rascists 🤣

@duckdictator6531

3 жыл бұрын

@@cliffhooper3558 I’m gonna win

@trumptookthevaccine1679

3 жыл бұрын

So I knew a scientist who would say jiga instead of giga. Hey explained why and I continued to say giga

@Squeeonline

3 жыл бұрын

Takes away a lot of professionalism.

@olympia5758

3 жыл бұрын

And he pronounced 1997 as "nunny nunny seven"

4:36 so basically a poor man's star destroyer

1.83 Gigawatts?! That almost half again the amount needed for time travel! GREAT SCOTT!

Cant believe that the cameraman had to travel through different dimensions to one where this plane exists and one where the world is superflat...

This concept is really cool. The 3D models are amazing. It gets better with every video. PS It’s interesting how Lockheed have so many insane ideas.

@FoundAndExplained

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! For every video I try to mix it up a bit and make the video better and better! Lockheed was paid a lot of money to come up with some super compelling projects

@alexandernorman5337

3 жыл бұрын

I can see why the idea wasn't thought of as crazy. The United States actually did build two flying aircraft carriers (airships though, not airplanes) in the 1920s - Akron and Macon. These must have been conceived as the spiritual successor.

@connorcrawford4970

3 жыл бұрын

You do got to admit, if you were in a potentially world ending crisis, such as the cold war, would you start thinking of insane ideas. Not like anyone would be alive to tell Lockheed it was a bad idea to build a flying aircraft carrier.

@MZ-bl6wg

3 жыл бұрын

Seems impossibly rediculous , I don’t see the reason either , they’ve played with the idea of a 787 sized aircraft with the drones under wing and that’s doable but man this thing would be so quickly shot down and cost surely upwards of $20B per jet of the stealth bomber is $2B seems we should put the insane amount into more Ford class carriers and destroyers and 5th and 6th Gen aircraft.

@felix25ize

3 жыл бұрын

@@MZ-bl6wg To take off, this giant nuclear bomber would have first need to flatten the area from which it takes off with one of the nukes it carries ^^

That could be built today and will make sense and very useful

Kudos for scientific imagination and dream like this......... Some day may achieve

If you've ever actually done maintenance on jets, you'd know this air frame would be an absolute nightmare to ever work on. Beside looking cool, it's absolutely impractical

@fasterthandragons7908

3 жыл бұрын

Impracticality is my specialty.

@RENO_K

3 жыл бұрын

Hahah i can see why

@matchesburn

3 жыл бұрын

"you'd know this air frame would be an absolute nightmare to ever work on. Beside looking cool, it's absolutely impractical" Like the B-2s? Like the B-52s? Like the C-5s? The entire USAF bomber and logistical wings are made of "absolute nightmarishly impractical" aircraft to perform maintenance on. B-52s are likely about as old as the grandparents of whoever is working on them and have to have METICULOUS structural upkeep and tracking because the airframes are old and can suffer metal fatigue and stress fractures. B-2s... well, hell, they need their own climate controlled hangar to keep the RAM coatings from suffering damage and anyone that gets within 5 feet of them better have not only some of the best A&P credentials but have had enough of a background check where the FBI still visits for tea and cookies with your aunt. C-5s? Same thing as the B-52s, only with more use and having to keep on top of logistical supply and movement as well.

@fasterthandragons7908

3 жыл бұрын

@@matchesburn Can I just say this now, but I love you. Here's a heart 💜

@gabrielmalta1962

3 жыл бұрын

@@matchesburn While you are absolutely correct, just imagine all those mashed together, except they're about the size of the nieghborhood they live in, have a massive nuclear reactor inside and accompanies roughly a dozen planes that will also need maintenance. If a B-2 is impractical to keep, the CL-1201 would be downright impossible

Imagine if the -2 version was a stealth variation of the CL-1201 and is secretly in operation

@hondoonaka1823

3 жыл бұрын

I’m thinking the -2 version was not cancelled and was actually a source of the lights in Arizona and other states with that whole incident.

@manuelcorrea8828

3 жыл бұрын

@@hondoonaka1823 Yeah makes more sense than Aliens people thought the B-2 spirit bomber was a UFO. Now I want to be in the airforce so I can see this beast

@TRINITY-ks6nw

3 жыл бұрын

@@hondoonaka1823 Agreed

@Black-Re4per

3 жыл бұрын

I mean we always learn about experimental military technologies only after decades who knows what crazy technologies they already use I would even imagine that we already have cloaking devices

@IshijimaKairo

3 жыл бұрын

Do NOT.

This is literally the definition of “If fun don’t work, use more gun”

That's impressive!!

I love how they envisioned this insane futuristic aircraft but thought that F4s and 707s would still be around.

@justin-ez9km

2 жыл бұрын

Technically both are still around

@salmonpie

2 жыл бұрын

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@thetman0068

2 жыл бұрын

I mean we still use F-15 jets designed in the 70s and B-52 bombers built in the 60s so…

@RoonVonBismarck

2 жыл бұрын

The Korean air force still has several F-4s in operation.

@JohnKickboxing

2 жыл бұрын

Hey . . . anyone knows the purpose of nuclear reactor, as the turbo jet engines need conventional fuel to power the flying carrier ??

I just love it when We realize that Cold War reality was crazier than any James Bond movie.

Magnifique ! CL 1201! Encore un effort Aérodynamique et ce sera un aircraft révolutionnaire ! Mais oui ! Car J ai fait voler sa maquette en statique proche mais aux shaping Xtrème qui lui manque c est énorme et là, Révolution Aéronautique assurée ! Mais quidam parmi les quidams ! Mais bravo continuez persévérez , diminuez la taille maquette en sky speed ! Réussite ! Merci Thank you merci a Tous !

So incredible! We can always imagine... Surely this plane would need a name if it ever entered production. Maybe... the USS Aigaion!

It's fascinating that so many serious engineers were thinking this was going to be possible to build.

@sh4dy832

3 жыл бұрын

I bet half of them were just afraid to speak the truth

@kingkea3451

3 жыл бұрын

It's probably less a matter of whether or not they *could*, but more so whether or not they could do so *practically* or *feasibly*.

@thewanderer7642

3 жыл бұрын

It absolutely could be built. It would just be insanely expensive and impractical. Whatever military advantage it might provide wasn’t worth the cost. But I have no doubt the engineers designed something that was possible. They should take this thing, shrink it down to half its size, and use it for tourism. I’d love to buy a ticket.

@sh4dy832

3 жыл бұрын

@@thewanderer7642 Do you have any mathematcal backup for your statement? Because otherwise: - Mass increases cubic to size, while material strength only increases by square - They did not have today's lightweight materials - Especially the nuclear reactor shell seems highly unlikely to ever be able to fly - airplanes create tons of turbulences. Attaching other planes to the wings like this? Very unlikely - Maintenance is a thing as well. Today's airplanes get checked thoroughly in a tight schedule. And this one should just be flying all year? - Even on ground: how would you check this beast? That would require weeks to do so and require building and destruction of custom scaffolding - Water landing of such a body isn't exactly friendly to the structural integrity. - Costs are a thing as well. Even if it could be built, they'd be an absolute waste of money. You'd buy a ticket? Well, nobody's selling, since you can't find enough people on this planet ready to pay enough to finance even one of these... But from a physical point of view, it's mainly point 1 to 3.

@Argentvs

2 жыл бұрын

@@sh4dy832 The soviets flew a nuclear reactor powered aircraft test and the US had several projects. It was possible.

imagine this just carrying a bunch of a-10s and all of the a-10s firing at the same time

@myusername3689

3 жыл бұрын

Holy fucking lord.......

@user-gn5sg9vj3i

3 жыл бұрын

Better idea: Make a cannon similar to the A10 but make it the size of the plane.

@bappoprottecandbappoattacc107

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-gn5sg9vj3i it would be 30m instead of 30mm

@user-gn5sg9vj3i

3 жыл бұрын

@@bappoprottecandbappoattacc107 y e s

@myusername3689

3 жыл бұрын

@@bappoprottecandbappoattacc107 Jesus......... that’s the size of a fucking nuclear warhead lmaoooo.

10:50 Why did they need a thick 50' sphere enclosing the reactor? Gama particles travel in a straight direction. Just have 8 layers of 1" thick material covering the 8' diameter between the crew compartment and the rear of the plane. Even lightweight cellular cast aluminum would provide the 10k reduction in radiation needed to protect the crew. Also, store the crew's drinking water in tanks between the crew and reactor. Water doesn't become "radioactive" by exposure to radiation. Only particular fallout does that. If the water is in tanks, it will simply undergo higher valence electron states, which then collapse to lower states and give off miniscule dots of heat and light. No problem. Put the food storage in front of the water tanks, and get even further reduction. Plus, the food won't rot or go bad because no fungi or bacteria will survive. Win-win. If they place 8 lateral feet of water between the reactor and the cargo/crew compartments, then even 1" of metallic radiation shielding would be plenty to remove any harm to structural components that would otherwise be subject to cracking or galvanic corrosion. And the 8' of water would remove all but 0.0000001% of the radiation remaining. Not bad at all.

@toddkes5890

2 жыл бұрын

Structural support and crumple zone? The sphere was to make sure the reactor core didn't breach in case of a crash, as you say the rest of the plane's supplies are sufficient to protect the passengers & crew

Engineers: "How would we get it off the ground?" Military: (sweats profusely)

Imagine actually having this be built. I would probably join just for a chance to live in a huge plane like this.

@nqvy_4546

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly the thing would probably be a huge morale boost for friendlies and a harbinger of doom for enemies. Wouldn’t be surprised if the -2 was designed for psychological warfare and bombing. Fucking thing could probably carpet bomb the entirety of Vietnam if the military wanted it to. Seeing that titanic plane wipe away a bunch of your buddies from relatively low altitude would kill any motivation you have to fight.

@shewagdhanush1391

3 жыл бұрын

@@nqvy_4546 Dude think about tax payers money.

@TheNoobish001

3 жыл бұрын

@@nqvy_4546 Cut the crap. This would be a sitting duck

@nqvy_4546

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNoobish001 Which is why the AC-130s only fly when friendlies have air superiority.

@TheNoobish001

3 жыл бұрын

@@nqvy_4546 ac 130 only works against insurgents wearing sandles 😂.

The designers- takes massive hit of blunt “yeah I think we can make this thing a VTOL”

@professor_memesquad9926

Жыл бұрын

Engineer for skunk works: *ties off and shoots up some h* Yea I think this is possible to build

Such an insane craft. Love how they were like 'ah let's make it a VTOL!'

I made afew technical drawings for a similar aircraft carrier that is basically only a resupply base for fighter, though (basically the -1 variant). I chose to make it amphibious because I knew it would be such a pain to get a runway for this thing, it does atleast have JATO thrust and parachutes to make the landing distance shorter. I would use the Isreali Iorn beam and several conventional CIWS systems for point defence

Revolutionary

@MominEnjoyer

3 жыл бұрын

Revolutionar,, but primitive. I have a Venator in my cellar

@paulallen8109

3 жыл бұрын

Military Update Can't be revolutionary since it was never built. For something to be a revolution it *has to be an event which happens in reality* . A better expression to use here is *pipe dream* .

@georgegrepaly1387

3 жыл бұрын

early video game !.......

@texandrifter6724

3 жыл бұрын

Never was, because it never happened

@RocketboiC4

3 жыл бұрын

@@MominEnjoyer a be at or would be stupid because it would only operate in space and the drag on the venator OH GOD

Okay it seemed somewhat reasonable until they got to the VTOL part. That's when it got truly insane.

@nitroxylictv

2 жыл бұрын

not impossible, just really difficult

@zangryomani1257

2 жыл бұрын

Ya. Like a nuclear powered flying aircraft carrier isn't crazy enough, now you want over 100 jumbo jet engines to take off vertically.

@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621

Жыл бұрын

@@zangryomani1257 imagine the fuel cost just to make this takeoff, especially in today’s economy

@zangryomani1257

Жыл бұрын

@@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621 Thats the point the US just steals the oil from everyone

@Bogdan_Vader

7 ай бұрын

Yeah i think even building several 20 kilometers runways is much easier and cheaper that giving this thing a VTOL

Whelp thank u because your my new favorite youtuber

@FoundAndExplained

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

This would be by far the coolest machine to have ever been made.

Back when Engineers were Engineers, didn't know the meaning of the words "it can't be done" and built things like the SR-71 with slide rules. Great presentation. In some alternate universe, the fleet is probably flying high.

@salmonpie

2 жыл бұрын

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@V8_screw_electric_cars

2 жыл бұрын

Today they'd say it's not green and offends minorities so we can't make it.

@Gan596

2 жыл бұрын

@@V8_screw_electric_cars maybe one day your brain will fully develop.

@troublesome726

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gan596 Don’t hold your breath.

11:43 Some tanks actually use lasers to mess up the missiles targeting sensor or just blow it up entirely. So the designers were actually on the right track for the lasers

@Blueoriontiger

2 жыл бұрын

Seconding this. In the past five years, there has been a massive upscale in the deployment of lasers for point-defense, and even the US are planning to do a test with this type of weapon on fighter jets. They were very ahead of it's time, and it wasn't an outlandish idea.

Everything about this plane is at the extreme limits of technology and aeronautical tech. Wow.

now that is an ingenious explanation for the Phoenix Lights...

Now i know where the P-1112 Aigaion from Ace Combat got it's inspiration.

"Flying aircraft carrier" Venator star destroyer: "Hold my wings"

@starshipveil

3 жыл бұрын

Aigaion: *Launches Estovakian aces Strigon Team and 999 cruise missles*

@MominEnjoyer

3 жыл бұрын

@@starshipveil Venator: **H A S S H I E L D S**

@starshipveil

3 жыл бұрын

@@MominEnjoyer Belkan engineers on Aigaion: *inserts railgun that pierces shields*

@infinitespace2520

3 жыл бұрын

@@starshipveil *That's not how the force works*

@starshipveil

3 жыл бұрын

@@infinitespace2520 Fool! Belkan tech surpasses future tech!

Graphene is going to make things a reality that we never could've imagined soon

Very eloquent

US govt.: "Aircraft carriers are cool and all, but can we make it fly?" Lockheed engeniers:"Say no more"

The absurdly levels reached their limits at VTOL part...

This should be available in command and conquer

Wow the millitary industrial complex was completely out of control in the 60s

@danimerlyn9844

Жыл бұрын

If you really want to see something wild from the '60s, look up project acoustic Kitty. I'm so not making this up.

Lockheed: doing the impossible since WW2

@trumptookthevaccine1679

3 жыл бұрын

Impossibly good at boondoggle.... almost as bad as boeing

@utkarshg.bharti9714

3 жыл бұрын

And that, is exactly how it controls sections of your government that you assume you elected.

@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621

Жыл бұрын

@Eliot Thexton technically it could work with today’s technology. But it would be incredibly expensive, you’d need to really justify the cost for this to become reality.

Strangereal called, they want their flying carriers back

I hate to say this, but this platform makes more sense than a conventional aircraft carrier. I would be willing to bet that the material it takes to make one conventional sea based ACC would make three of these.

This will make a nice movie

_One plane to rule them all,_ _One plane to find them,_ _One plane to bring them all,_ _And in the process bind them_

What if they attacked this ship? Simple, it transforms into a giant robot and shoots lasers from its eyes!

@Joshua_N-A

3 жыл бұрын

Might be what Megatron should've been looking instead of stuck with Starscream.

@gregorydefrances5336

3 жыл бұрын

This gigantic robot kills!

@luissemedo3597

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, NO

@oceanic2542

3 жыл бұрын

Or just kinda deploy its aircraft since pretty much it's only option second is just take on whatever is being shot at it and looking how big it is might look like it could

@casematecardinal

3 жыл бұрын

Or just drop nuclear fallout if anyone was stupid enough to shoot it. Its basically a dmaned if you do, damned if you dont. Shoot it down and get covered in fallout or let the troops land and kill you

Very good video thk

Nice touch with the doc brown pronunciation of gigawatt

I know your channel is gonna be the legit the moment I saw it

@FoundAndExplained

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words :) I really appreciate it

8:50 "no such [airstrip] exists." there is one, where they landed the space shuttle when it returned, but that would be for later years (~20 years in the future). it could have possibly used salt flats to take off and land, provided that the equipment was cleaned when it was in flight

@paweszymonjasinski7158

2 жыл бұрын

I think they had propper airfield in one of Fast and Furious series

1.83 Gigawatts!!! 1.83 Gigawatts!!! Great Scott!!!

The concept: 😁 The strength: 😄 The cost: 😃 The runway: 💀

Trevor’s just gonna crash a crop duster into the back of it

"The biggest aircraft... never built" That got me tripping

Super