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Real Or Not Real?

S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Helicarrier Couldn’t Actually Exist. Nick Fury, You’ve Lied to Me for the Last Time. [VIDEO]

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:45 pm, October 18th, 2012


TechFeed’s Fact or Fictional sets its sights on the Helicarrier from The Avengers, asking astronomer Phil Plait whether it’s something that could actually exist. The verdict? A resounding “Ehhhhh… technically. But not really, no.” Turns out that amount of power it would take to keep it aloft makes the whole thing pretty impractical, plus the turbines blowing air down at the Earth’s surface at “faster than the speed of sound” would be an “environmental disaster.” Darnit, Nick Fury! First you trick the Avengers into believing Coulson’s dead, then you get my hopes up about a Helicarrier that will never actually exist. You’re on notice.

(via: TDW Geek)

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1780916799 Jennifer Dougherty

    Just make the superstructure out of Unobtainium and the power costs drop by orders of magnitude.

  • Anonymous

    Only if powered by phlebotinum. Joss Whedon, after all.

  • Top

    But Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, etc. CAN totally exist.

  • Epic Prime

    Well the first Nuclear carrier had 8 reactors, current carriers have 2. The Enterprise did over 100 knots at one point, using those 8 reactors. So would 8 reactors be enough to lift 100 ktons? How about if the heli-carrier had some Helium bladders within and it was made from exotic composites? Current tech, not as likely, but perhaps future tech…

  • Anonymous

    Heres the first part of an old article about the physics of the avengers. The guy shows his math too, but says that it would take way more than 4. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55755

  • Velexia Ombra

    Accelerated Ferrofluid, TR3B. Need I say more?

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