All I can think of is The Road to Mandalay. Both song and poem.
She's a beauty! (New ship revealed--Mandalay)
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Robert Maynard
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Hmmm same mistake Gutamaya did with the ClipperWhy are we assuming it’s the same size cockpit? It could be essentially a small ship that needs a M pad because of the wings.
This is my take away from it too. Especially when you look at the wing rear edges that look like control surfaces for atmospheric flight. I really hope the as yet unannounced new feature is atmospheric landings - especially ELWs but that might be pushing it.
It looks like it’s potentially an interesting ship. I use a DBX for exploring, its not quite got the range of a ‘Conda but infinitely nicer to fly and great for exobiology due to the small footprint. This new ship looks like it has a compact footprint too but we can’t fully compare it yet.
Ozric
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Talking about what exactly? They said on stream that it's quite close in design to the Mamba and it has the Mamba cockpit.
Robert Maynard
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As a medium ship it would not need to have either a very low or high mass, in relation to other medium ships (which range from 150t to 580t hull mass).
With a 6A SCO FSD, G5 Increased Range, Mass Manager, a total jump weight of 532t would give a jump range (full of an expected 32t of fuel) of c.72.6LY without a GFSB and c.83.0LY with a G5 GFSB.
For the same ranges the 5A SCO FSD version (same engineering, other internals, etc.) would need a jump weight of c.300te.
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The innovative feature of this ship is that it will have to land sideways: no need for silly foldable wings.
Never mind the deep space exploration, this looks like a fantastic new bubble hopper.
You mean long legs like landing gear? or long legs like in the pilot world speak of a lot of distance per tank of gas?
Looks great and live stream says they’ve used the Mamba cockpit - which is one of my favourites.
I wonder what hardpoints it will come with … most ZP ships are well appointed, weapon wise, but this is specifically an exploration ship … despite that … I’m kinda hoping it will come with some decent hard points as a “better jump range Mamba” would make a fantastic “general purpose” mission runner if it can defend itself.
2x C2 and 2xC3 - comparable to the Phantom - would be nice …
I wonder what hardpoints it will come with … most ZP ships are well appointed, weapon wise, but this is specifically an exploration ship … despite that … I’m kinda hoping it will come with some decent hard points as a “better jump range Mamba” would make a fantastic “general purpose” mission runner if it can defend itself.
2x C2 and 2xC3 - comparable to the Phantom - would be nice …
But that's arriba andale.
Never has been with me, when landing on a surface it is usually nose down until the ship stops, then level it out...
Occasionally the speed on contact is excessive, particularly when I forget FA is off... Hence why my sightseeing ships have big shields and lots of hull strength...
B-Wing from Star Wars had some unusual layout with a rotating cockpit - which made it appear located in the extreme left of the ship if landed or in normal flight and top with s-foils in combat configuration
Anyways, from the stream, only the wing engines seem to rotate for VTOL operation... so no "nose turning" to land sideways
Checks Uber App: Your driver is Rat Catcher.
I decided walking would do me some good, thanks.
No need for contraptions, it's a "Git Gud" Class" ship!Anyways, from the stream only the wing engines seem to rotate for VTOL operation... so no "nose turning" to land sideways
This comes from "andale!" in Spanish. My immediate association was with the city of the same name in Myanmar and my first thought was wtX how did they come up with this for a spaceship? I guess it's just supposed to sound somehow beautiful, knowing that the masses don't care much about geography.
It comes with the job. Every truck I see on the roads the passengers seat is empty.
Maybe sitting next to a smelly driver all day isn't everybody's cup of tea.
"Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling
1
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say:
"Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!"
Come you back to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay:
Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay?
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!
2
'Er petticoat was yaller an' 'er little cap was green,
An' 'er name was Supi-yaw-lat - jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen,
An' I seed her first a-smokin' of a whackin' white cheroot,
An' a-wastin' Christian kisses on an 'eathen idol's foot:
Bloomin' idol made o' mud
Wot they called the Great Gawd Budd
Plucky lot she cared for idols when I kissed 'er where she stud!
On the road to Mandalay...
3
When the mist was on the rice-fields an' the sun was droppin' slow,
She'd git 'er little banjo an' she'd sing "Kulla-lo-lo!
With 'er arm upon my shoulder an' 'er cheek agin my cheek
We useter watch the steamers an' the hathis pilin' teak.
Elephints a-pilin' teak
In the sludgy, squdgy creek,
Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy you was 'arf afraid to speak!
On the road to Mandalay...
4
But that's all shove be'ind me - long ago an' fur away
An' there ain't no 'buses runnin' from the Bank to Mandalay;
An' I'm learnin' 'ere in London what the ten-year soldier tells:
"If you've 'eard the East a-callin', you won't never 'eed naught else."
No! you won't 'eed nothin' else
But them spicy garlic smells,
An' the sunshine an' the palm-trees an' the tinkly temple-bells;
On the road to Mandalay...
5
I am sick o' wastin' leather on these gritty pavin'-stones,
An' the blasted English drizzle wakes the fever in my bones;
Tho' I walks with fifty 'ousemaids outer Chelsea to the Strand,
An' they talks a lot o' lovin', but wot do they understand?
Beefy face an' grubby 'and -
Law! wot do they understand?
I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land!
On the road to Mandalay...
6
Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst;
For the temple-bells are callin', an' it's there that I would be
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking lazy at the sea;
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay,
With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay!
O the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say:
"Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!"
Come you back to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay:
Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay?
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!
2
'Er petticoat was yaller an' 'er little cap was green,
An' 'er name was Supi-yaw-lat - jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen,
An' I seed her first a-smokin' of a whackin' white cheroot,
An' a-wastin' Christian kisses on an 'eathen idol's foot:
Bloomin' idol made o' mud
Wot they called the Great Gawd Budd
Plucky lot she cared for idols when I kissed 'er where she stud!
On the road to Mandalay...
3
When the mist was on the rice-fields an' the sun was droppin' slow,
She'd git 'er little banjo an' she'd sing "Kulla-lo-lo!
With 'er arm upon my shoulder an' 'er cheek agin my cheek
We useter watch the steamers an' the hathis pilin' teak.
Elephints a-pilin' teak
In the sludgy, squdgy creek,
Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy you was 'arf afraid to speak!
On the road to Mandalay...
4
But that's all shove be'ind me - long ago an' fur away
An' there ain't no 'buses runnin' from the Bank to Mandalay;
An' I'm learnin' 'ere in London what the ten-year soldier tells:
"If you've 'eard the East a-callin', you won't never 'eed naught else."
No! you won't 'eed nothin' else
But them spicy garlic smells,
An' the sunshine an' the palm-trees an' the tinkly temple-bells;
On the road to Mandalay...
5
I am sick o' wastin' leather on these gritty pavin'-stones,
An' the blasted English drizzle wakes the fever in my bones;
Tho' I walks with fifty 'ousemaids outer Chelsea to the Strand,
An' they talks a lot o' lovin', but wot do they understand?
Beefy face an' grubby 'and -
Law! wot do they understand?
I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land!
On the road to Mandalay...
6
Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst;
For the temple-bells are callin', an' it's there that I would be
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking lazy at the sea;
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay,
With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay!
O the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!