Author Topic: Would now be the right time to resuggest?  (Read 5691 times)

TimtheEnchanter

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Re: Would now be the right time to resuggest?
« Reply #20 on: February 23, 2013, 12:57:07 AM »
I was very seriously considering this. I originally wanted it done really close to the shutdown, but after some research that proved improbable at best.

First, winter is the worst time to do this because the upper level winds are insane, meaning you could end up with a 500 mile trip to retrieve the vehicle after it comes back down.

Second, I'm uncomfortably close to the east coast of the U.S., and the risk of an ocean landing is too great.

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Re: Would now be the right time to resuggest?
« Reply #21 on: February 23, 2013, 02:16:54 AM »
Ahh.
Well winter is ending and I live on a island my self but there is many here I'm sure we can find others with better launch locations.
We need to choose a pilot and I'm starting to agree the CoH Heroclix is not the best. We should send a kit mod of Captian America/Statesman.
lol Maybe we should add a rocket to the balloon so when at the peek of height. It fires and sends Captian NCsoft the mmo killer out to outerspace.
Well TonyV would it not be cheaper as this is not a first time. And we basicly have North America to find a place to launch from. It's People in central US or like Alberta, Canada with flat open spaces that would make great members to be launchers yes?

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Re: Would now be the right time to resuggest?
« Reply #22 on: February 23, 2013, 06:27:18 AM »
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If we could get someone to take a Heroclix figure to the International Space Station, that would be a coup, as well, but, unless someone knows a mission specialist in rotation...

Statesman hood ornaments for space crafts.  Brilliant!

I like the make your own hero idea as well, in case it doesn't work the first time as planned.  Although it would be somewhat of a metaphor if all our heroes were lost in space.

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Re: Would now be the right time to resuggest?
« Reply #23 on: February 23, 2013, 03:54:37 PM »
Actually, I would be willing to donate my CoH heroclix to this project.
They're currently in a box of "stuff I don't want to throw away, but have no use for". If they were to be used for an endeavor like this, and maybe find a new, loving home afterward, great!

I would vote for the space race between heroes and villains.
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Re: Would now be the right time to resuggest?
« Reply #24 on: February 24, 2013, 12:27:48 AM »
I kinda agree that Heroclix may not be the best idea. It just seems like something that would get blown apart by high winds. Last thing we need to see after going through all this trouble for a space mission is to have recorded footage of a severed torso against the backdrop of Earth. I guess you could give him a transparent canopy of some kind (like those plastic bauble spheres for DIY Christmas ornaments) but that's just not as cool.

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Re: Would now be the right time to resuggest?
« Reply #25 on: February 24, 2013, 06:44:46 AM »
So here is the start of my digging in to this idea.

Video of 2 Canadian boys & thier legoman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBv0u6mPNw

Prices of Balloons
http://www.scientificsonline.com/professional-weather-balloon.html

presently trying to track down a High altitude wind forecast site.

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Re: Would now be the right time to resuggest?
« Reply #26 on: February 24, 2013, 09:22:50 AM »
I kinda agree that Heroclix may not be the best idea. It just seems like something that would get blown apart by high winds. Last thing we need to see after going through all this trouble for a space mission is to have recorded footage of a severed torso against the backdrop of Earth. I guess you could give him a transparent canopy of some kind (like those plastic bauble spheres for DIY Christmas ornaments) but that's just not as cool.

actually could RP that as a mini sputnik type of launch, and you never know not all heroes can breathe in space like superman lol

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Re: Would now be the right time to resuggest?
« Reply #27 on: February 24, 2013, 01:11:33 PM »
actually could RP that as a mini sputnik type of launch, and you never know not all heroes can breathe in space like superman Batman lol

Fixed that for ya!  ;D