Habitat Fly-thru

Description:
A one-minute/one-revolution fly-through of the Habitat.

Credits:
I built the flying-car model from scratch, inspired by quite a few different concepts I found on the web:

http://www.gizio.it/
http://www.moller.com/
http://www.macroindustries.com/website/files/skyrider/sr-index.htm

I just needed something futuristic-looking to add a bit more interest to the Habitat background, and this model is simply my take on the flying-car concept.

Modelling software used was Imagine for Windows. For more images & resources relating to Imagine, visit: http://www.imagine3d.org/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Flying-car
• Space-Colony
• Habitat
• Island-One
• Island-Two
• Island-Three
• Skycar
• Stanford
• Torus
• Ringworld
• Halo

[fadookie]

Awesome! Reminds me of Ringworld (although much, much smaller) and the Citadel Presidium from Mass Effect.

[fragomatik]

@fadookie

Cheers :)

...did you say Ringworld?

v=j6Uc4Hlj2kQ

[stratocaster1986able]

Why are the top two comments practically the same?

[fragomatik]

@stratocaster1986able said "Why are the top two comments practically the same?"

I don't see what you mean. Which comments, by which posters?

[stratocaster1986able]

@fragomatik The top two comments (clue's in the sentence), in fact, they are by you, but are the same.

[fragomatik]

@stratocaster1986able said "The top two comments (clue's in the sentence)"

When I'm signed-in YT shows *new* posts first, with the "Top Posts" section *much* further down. So, you saying "the top two" was kinda ambiguous, fair enough?

Ok, they're similar comments coz they're responses to 2 *similar* posts, posted 2 months apart. Those responses are the most upvoted so they've sorted to the top of the Top Posts section.

To see comments in order use the THREAD view.

[fragomatik]

@namekman01

No. This is a Stanford Torus, which pre-dates Halo by 26 years:

* 1971 author Larry Niven invents the "Ringworld" (see my other vids)

* 1975 Prof Gerard O'Neil of Stanford Uni designs the Stanford Torus (video above)

* 1987 author Iain Banks invents the Banks Orbital (influenced by Niven)

* 1997 author Forrest Bishop invents the Bishop Ring (influenced by Niven & O'Neil)

* 2001 Bungie publish Halo - INFLUENCED BY NIVEN, BISHOP & BANKS

Knowing stuff is cool, huh?

[fragomatik]

@MrCookiebuns said "Looks more like a halo ring to me"

Let me put it into perspective for you:

* 1971 author Larry Niven invents the "Ringworld" (see my other vids)

* 1975 Prof Gerard O'Neil of Stanford designs the Stanford Torus (video above)

* 1987 author Iain Banks invents the Banks Orbital (influenced by Niven)

* 1997 author Forrest Bishop invents the Bishop Ring (influenced by Niven & O'Neil)

* 2001 Bungie publish Halo - INFLUENCED BY NIVEN, BISHOP & BANKS

...you're welcome!

[SailorBarsoom]

Hhhmmmnnn......

Somehow, I seem to have neglected to comment on this one. Good work, man. Like Stanford Torus, only much bigger, while still keeping below Bishop Ring size.

[nazaxprime]

@Wraithldr13 LQG

[centaurusa99764]

Its to bad most of us wont be around to see the beginning of the ring world construction times.A massive undertaking that must require future asteroid mining that could be space tugged to earth for construction.

[fragomatik]

@taketimeout2

Thanks for taking the time to comment!

Do you mean the red flying-car? Yes, its a very simple model, but used only to add interest to the video. In practice, its unlikely personal transport would be needed within the habitat

Please have a look at my other 2 videos for 'updated' versions of the bicycle tyre (torus) habitats:

v=oazFe2jbMxw (Habitat 2)

v=Wn-e5QlfJWA (Torus Redux)

My next video will feature Kalpana One, a cylindrical habitat.