The one, being controlled by the Dark Side xP
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Oh >.<
Death Star is more of a space station than spaceship, no?
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Planets also swims in space. Is Earth a giant, natural spaceship? ;P
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Yeah, driven by evil underground hobbits with the control panel in the very core...
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Lol, don't embarass yourself. Everyone knows how it really looks.
With reptilians living in hollow earth.
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Dat hard truth...
I'm just a dreamer!
Everyone can think of anything xP
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Also, this one looks pretty ^^
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Yeah, and there're many less epic balls too.
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There is too much Info for me to condense, I suggest reading the Wikipedia or Warbirds Resource Group if your interested.
Article on plane troubles
Video
360 of plane
The Heinkel He 177 Greif
The Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) was the only operational long-range bomber to be flown in combat by the Luftwaffe. Starting its existence as Germany's first purpose-built heavy bomber just before the war, and built in large numbers during World War II, it was also mistakenly tasked, right from its beginnings, to perform a milder version of the precision dive bombing the Junkers Ju 87 had pioneered during the Spanish Civil War. This requirement for a dive-bombing capability in such a large aircraft resulted in a design possessing considerably lower drag than any other "four-engined" heavy bomber of its time, in order to be able to perform the task in any measure, resulting in many major deficiencies being exposed in its general design, and hindering its widespread adoption for strategic bombing. Luftwaffe aircrew nicknamed it the Luftwaffenfeuerzeug (Luftwaffe's lighter) or the "Flaming Coffin" due to the serious engine problems on initial versions of the aircraft. When these problems were later rectified, the type was successful, but it could not be deployed in large numbers due to Germany's deteriorating situation in the war.
Operational History [From Warbirds Resource Group]
Beset by technical difficulties in development, the He 177 had a troubled service. Overly optimistic design requirements of long range, high speed, heavy bombload, and dive bombing didn't help. Although the He 177 entered service in 1942 it was far from operational. In an assessment of the aircraft on April 9, 1942 the newly activated Erprobungsstaffel 177 reported that the Greif had good flying characteristics, but had unacceptable engine troubles and deficits with the airframe strength. As an emergency measure it was used to supply the encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad where it was found to be unsuited for the transport role, carrying a little more cargo than the smaller, more reliable Heinkel He 111, and was useless for the evacuation of wounded. As a result the He 177s reverted to bombing and flak-suppression missions near Stalingrad. Only thirteen missions were flown and seven He 177s were lost to fire without any action attributable to the enemy.
As the war progressed, He 177 operations became increasingly desultory. Fuel and personnel shortages presented difficulties, and He 177s were sitting on airfields all over Europe awaiting new engines or engine related modifications. During Operation Steinbock, of the 14 He 177 sent out, one suffered a burst tire, 8 returned with overheating or burning engines and of the 4 that reached London one was lost to night fighters. These aircraft were brand new, delivered a week before the operation and not fully flown-in, as the air unit had moved to a new airfield the day before and lacked sufficient maintenance personnel and material. Constant attacks against Luftwaffe long range combat units in France made continuous operations difficult.
While Steinbock was unsuccessful, the He 177 did achieve some successes. They typically carried two 1,800 kg (3,970 lb) and two 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) bombs. Climbing to 7,000 m (22,965 ft) while still over German territory, the He 177s approached the target in a shallow dive, each aircraft throttled back, the pilot putting his aircraft into a gliding descent to take it across the bomb release-point at about 4,500 m (14,760 ft). After releasing the bombs the pilot re-opened the throttles, but continued the descent at approximately 200 m (656 ft) per minute. The bombers typically re-entered German airspace at an altitude of 750 m (2,460 ft), and headed back to base. By such means, the He 177s were able to keep up speeds of about 600 to 700 kph (370 to 430 mph) during their withdrawal phase. The higher speed and constant change of altitude made interceptions difficult, increasing the survivability of the aircraft, but decreased accuracy. With an average loss rate of 60% for all types of bomber used in Operation Steinbock, the He 177s loss rate below 10% made them the most survivable bomber in the campaign.
During operations on the Eastern Front in early 1944, often carried out in daylight at about 6,000 m (19,690 ft) or higher, losses were relatively light. The Soviet Air Force, equipped mainly for low-level interception and ground-attack roles, was able to do little to hinder the high-flying bombers.
In common with most German bombers, the He 177 was grounded from the summer of 1944 on as Allied bombing crippled German fuel production. The He 177 can be compared with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress which also took about two years to have its problems ironed out, after which it found success. However the He 177 was never to achieve its full potential.
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That's certainly an interesting cockpit. Love the random creepy guy sitting on the bottom lol
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I quite like the view that Heinkel bombers have, although the placement of the controls suffers for it. The He 111 has a similar design with even more viewing glass.
Also, that guy doesn't stop staring at you.
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I don't know, maybe the Moldy Crow
Also, Thanks!
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My favorite spaceship is the sparker spaceship happy meal toy I got at the McDonald's at the Air and Space museum.
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For today, I'll go with the Vic Viper
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To think Firefly used to be really good looking CGI. We've come a long way :P
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This is why I sometimes decide to not play old games or watch old movies - to save them in a state how they currently looks in my memory.
Also, do you remember that Final Fantasy movie? First fully digital with motion capture, incredible graphics and etc. etc. etc. People were amazed. today we have this kind of graphics in cutscenes or even in games itself.
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My own, in Star Trek Online. But I had a very long break from the game...
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any of these two
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Can any of your ships make the Kessel run in 12 parsecs? :P
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Firefly or the TARDIS or Red Dwarf...I see someone else mentioned that one already! That grey glob in their picture is a moon it crashed in to at some point.
Here is the modern version
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Hmm, maybe not favourite as I have a big problem with pointing out all time favourite things but I would like to be the captain of Andromeda
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I always thought the Shadow ships from Babylon 5 were pretty cool:
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http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/fCalg/satazius
Favorite spaceship?
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