my theory to why planes out?

[ToxicBomb]

Wow, this thread has been derailed so much by now it's not even funny.. In the end, it's just a game; nothing else. Can we just leave it at that?

[-Eddie-]

 

As time passes airplanes will continue to grow more sophisticated and technologically advanced, though the military planes may also grow more deadly with stronger weapons. Soon we may see more planes that will fly in the hypersonic regime. By the year 2050 experts say that the only aircraft that will be piloted by humans will be civilian airliners. All military planes and transport planes will be remote-controlled by computers on the ground

I can tell you now that whoever wrote that should do some research. We have planes capable of reconnaisance and surveillance, air-to-ground and surgical strikes which are remotely operated, but as of yet they are unable to land on aircraft carriers, they do not feature weapons such as air-to-ground or air-to-air cannons and rotary winged UAVs are still in the research and development stages.

 

The USAF and NASA are however trying to develop an aircraft capable of cruising at speeds of Mach eight so that they can conduct high level reconnaisance and deliver cruise missiles and ICBMs to anywhere in the world without the risk of being shot. I believe that this is unmanned as the G-forces exerted on the pilot would cause him to either blackout or 'red out' (when blood rushes to the head during an overly steep dive).

 

And planes aren't in the game because they would not be practical.

Edited April 13, 2008 by -Eddie-

[REELHigh_Roller]

LOL 2050?? Have you been living in a cave????

[voteneg]

 

As time passes airplanes will continue to grow more sophisticated and technologically advanced, though the military planes may also grow more deadly with stronger weapons. Soon we may see more planes that will fly in the hypersonic regime. By the year 2050 experts say that the only aircraft that will be piloted by humans will be civilian airliners. All military planes and transport planes will be remote-controlled by computers on the ground

I can tell you now that whoever wrote that should do some research. We have planes capable of reconnaisance and surveillance, air-to-ground and surgical strikes which are remotely operated, but as of yet they are unable to land on aircraft carriers, they do not feature weapons such as air-to-ground or air-to-air cannons and rotary winged UAVs are still in the research and development stages.

 

The USAF and NASA are however trying to develop an aircraft capable of cruising at speeds of Mach eight so that they can conduct high level reconnaisance and deliver cruise missiles and ICBMs to anywhere in the world without the risk of being shot. I believe that this is unmanned as the G-forces exerted on the pilot would cause him to either blackout or 'red out' (when blood rushes to the head during an overly steep dive).

 

And planes aren't in the game because they would not be practical.

There's a difference between concepts/test subjects and full pledged integrated unmaned aeronautical highways system complete with automated traffic monitoring and flight path correction.

 

In 1950 they also said we'd have flying cars in 2000...

 

I'm sure the U.S. military has technology thats beyond imagining... especially with all the funding they get for black projects... but there's no way in hell that information/technology is gonna be released for civilian use even 50 years from now.

Edited April 13, 2008 by voteneg

[-Eddie-]

As time passes airplanes will continue to grow more sophisticated and technologically advanced, though the military planes may also grow more deadly with stronger weapons. Soon we may see more planes that will fly in the hypersonic regime. By the year 2050 experts say that the only aircraft that will be piloted by humans will be civilian airliners. All military planes and transport planes will be remote-controlled by computers on the ground

I can tell you now that whoever wrote that should do some research. We have planes capable of reconnaisance and surveillance, air-to-ground and surgical strikes which are remotely operated, but as of yet they are unable to land on aircraft carriers, they do not feature weapons such as air-to-ground or air-to-air cannons and rotary winged UAVs are still in the research and development stages.

 

The USAF and NASA are however trying to develop an aircraft capable of cruising at speeds of Mach eight so that they can conduct high level reconnaisance and deliver cruise missiles and ICBMs to anywhere in the world without the risk of being shot. I believe that this is unmanned as the G-forces exerted on the pilot would cause him to either blackout or 'red out' (when blood rushes to the head during an overly steep dive).

 

And planes aren't in the game because they would not be practical.

There's a difference between concepts/test subjects and full pledged integrated unmaned aeronautical highways system complete with automated traffic monitoring and flight path correction.

 

In 1950 they also said we'd have flying cars in 2000...

What do you think my point was? *Whoosh* the point just flew right over your head. Sorry, bad pun.

[dicemanstyle]

no , planes arent in it because it wouldnt make sense and you would be on the other side of LC in the blink of an eye. Dan has already said it in interviews and when Dan speaks I listen.

[voteneg]

 

As time passes airplanes will continue to grow more sophisticated and technologically advanced, though the military planes may also grow more deadly with stronger weapons. Soon we may see more planes that will fly in the hypersonic regime. By the year 2050 experts say that the only aircraft that will be piloted by humans will be civilian airliners. All military planes and transport planes will be remote-controlled by computers on the ground

I can tell you now that whoever wrote that should do some research. We have planes capable of reconnaisance and surveillance, air-to-ground and surgical strikes which are remotely operated, but as of yet they are unable to land on aircraft carriers, they do not feature weapons such as air-to-ground or air-to-air cannons and rotary winged UAVs are still in the research and development stages.

 

The USAF and NASA are however trying to develop an aircraft capable of cruising at speeds of Mach eight so that they can conduct high level reconnaisance and deliver cruise missiles and ICBMs to anywhere in the world without the risk of being shot. I believe that this is unmanned as the G-forces exerted on the pilot would cause him to either blackout or 'red out' (when blood rushes to the head during an overly steep dive).

 

And planes aren't in the game because they would not be practical.

There's a difference between concepts/test subjects and full pledged integrated unmaned aeronautical highways system complete with automated traffic monitoring and flight path correction.

 

In 1950 they also said we'd have flying cars in 2000...

What do you think my point was? *Whoosh* the point just flew right over your head. Sorry, bad pun.

My comment is more directed at the original quote with the 2050 projection.

 

I know we have already developed lots of unmanned vehicles from helicopters (or rotary wing vehicles as a fancy pilot like yourself would call them.) to fixed wing aircraft. ...afterall I do read Popular Science/Popular Mechanics and watch the Discovery Channel. The technology is already here in very rough forms.

 

I'm just questioning whether or not we'll have fully integrated human free flight for things like cargo planes from loading to departure to arrival and then unloading. I think it would be extremely costly to implement the types of skyhighways as they are called en masse where large cargo planes and small civilian aircraft would be piloted via computer, kept apart, and guided from destination to destination without incident. Even if the technology is there you have to get over the publics reaction to this sort of technology, and whether or not they'd be willing to allow it.

[GTARULES!!!]

just think about it, if you had planes in gta iv you wud be hitting skyscrapers before you even got off the ground, and the game might not be able to load fast enough for the use of planes, like on gta sa when you where flying the floor sometimes disapeared so imagine gta iv with like 15 times better graphics it wudnt be able to load fast enough

 

[crux989]

What do you think my point was? *Whoosh* the point just flew right over your head. Sorry, bad pun.

Hey I laughed alittle

[-Eddie-]

As time passes airplanes will continue to grow more sophisticated and technologically advanced, though the military planes may also grow more deadly with stronger weapons. Soon we may see more planes that will fly in the hypersonic regime. By the year 2050 experts say that the only aircraft that will be piloted by humans will be civilian airliners. All military planes and transport planes will be remote-controlled by computers on the ground

I can tell you now that whoever wrote that should do some research. We have planes capable of reconnaisance and surveillance, air-to-ground and surgical strikes which are remotely operated, but as of yet they are unable to land on aircraft carriers, they do not feature weapons such as air-to-ground or air-to-air cannons and rotary winged UAVs are still in the research and development stages.

 

The USAF and NASA are however trying to develop an aircraft capable of cruising at speeds of Mach eight so that they can conduct high level reconnaisance and deliver cruise missiles and ICBMs to anywhere in the world without the risk of being shot. I believe that this is unmanned as the G-forces exerted on the pilot would cause him to either blackout or 'red out' (when blood rushes to the head during an overly steep dive).

 

And planes aren't in the game because they would not be practical.

There's a difference between concepts/test subjects and full pledged integrated unmaned aeronautical highways system complete with automated traffic monitoring and flight path correction.

 

In 1950 they also said we'd have flying cars in 2000...

What do you think my point was? *Whoosh* the point just flew right over your head. Sorry, bad pun.

My comment is more directed at the original quote with the 2050 projection.

 

I know we have already developed lots of unmanned vehicles from helicopters (or rotary wing vehicles as a fancy pilot like yourself would call them.) to fixed wing aircraft. ...afterall I do read Popular Science/Popular Mechanics and watch the Discovery Channel. The technology is already here in very rough forms.

 

I'm just questioning whether or not we'll have fully integrated human free flight for things like cargo planes from loading to departure to arrival and then unloading. I think it would be extremely costly to implement the types of skyhighways as they are called en masse where large cargo planes and small civilian aircraft would be piloted via computer, kept apart, and guided from destination to destination without incident. Even if the technology is there you have to get over the publics reaction to this sort of technology, and whether or not they'd be willing to allow it.

Well as for cargo planes dropping their own cargo, I can see it happening. The USAF are using the JPAD in Afghanistan which uses GPS co-ordinates to relay the cargo's current position and then lets the parachute 'steer' it to the planned drop zone. For the final few hundred foot the parachute is released and a second one pops out so it can float to the ground. This modern tech ain't so bad eh?

 

As for civilian traffic, no way. That won't happen until the sky is pretty much, as you say, a "Sky highway". Where flying a plane become something the average person can accomplish. I'm not saying they can't now, but it's not like a car, there are a lot of protocols, laws, regulations and limits involved with flying.