While certain liberties can be taken with space operas. Films set in the
real world (including 2001: A Space Odyssey) should be as realistic as
possible as permitted by the film's budget. My own personal BS alarm
went off when I saw the trailer for the second Charlie's Angels flick.
It showed a scene where the main rotor on a helicopter gunship began to
self-deploy. A mechanism for moving rotor blades from the storage
position to the operational position would add weight to the aircraft. This is a bad thing in military aircraft. If the additional weight wasn't an issue a self-deploy system
would still be useless in the operational context for one very good
reason. Every helicopter operated by an air force or army aviation unit
comes with something called a ground crew. A unit whose job is
to open, close, fold, and unfold components along with performing maintenance on
the aircraft. When I see a BS
element in an advertisement for a movie I as a rule usually tend to
avoid seeing it.
Sunday, December 29, 2024
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