RE: Slow planes was: Battle blimps

Piston engines of the day did not have the performance
to climb as high.  Later piston engine planes had a
higher ceiling.  Same with jets.  

Now for a game idea I like it.	Course it does not
stand up to plausability but that should not get in
the way of fun. <G>

Magic

--- Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:
> G'day,
> 
> OK dumb question time. Seeings as we can make
> cockpits (and thus gondolas)
> pressurised wouldn't they still have this ability or
> does the gas pressure
> thing become too much of a problem at really high
> altitudes?
> 
> So you could (may be) imagine a situation where they
> sit WAY up. Lase the
> targets for themselves (if satellites can identify
> spots, I'd say a blimp
> could use the same tech) and then just drop their
> bomb load methodically (a
> load potentially much larger than that of a bomber
> given the weights they
> can carry). They don't have to worry about scooting
> back to base so often or
> so fast as they can just sit up there.
> 
> On a recon footing you could take the step further
> and say with the remote
> guidance tech used in that pilotless plane they
> could stay up there a LONG
> time just watching. Then again satellite coverage
> may make that a bit
> redundant.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Beth
> 
> 
> 

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