What is the point at this point?

"Umm well actually it's for aircraft carriers and such" YES and we have ramps and catapults for that.

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Skua@kbin.earth · 27 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Counterpoint: I saw a harrier give a bow at an airshow once and it was awesome

Akasazh@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 1y

Great point. I didn't see it irl, but I saw True Lies and that scene is worth the entire r&d of the harrier

nuke@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 1y (1 reply)

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 1y

Excuse me, this seems to violate instance rules forbidding pornography.

Lupus@feddit.org · 16 pts · 1y

cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 1y

The Harrier is a beauty and you know it.

Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

But they make Saints Row so much fun

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

Can confirm, VTOL is neat.

osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org · 9 pts · 1y

true vtol supremacy

synapse3252@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y

Areodynamics? I'm more into oreodynamics myself

Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

They had to buff missiles in GTA 5 so the VTOLs people paid real money for wouldn't get scraped by a jet stolen from the military base. Therefore bad.

Thanks for attending my ted talk.

jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 1y

Counterpoint: it’s cool

SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Because there's always a region too far for helicopters and no landing strip for regular planes. In this twilight zone, weird things are invented.

Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y

VTOL is a very neat VR game.

postall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

War for the Falklands looking at a pict like shit

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

Let's see you try VTOL: