they have mid-air refueling, why not

[Ichinisan]

Why not automatic roaming toilets that sense when you need to cut a rope, and come over to you, pull your pants down and let you pinch a loaf off with out even needing to stop what you're doing?

I can think of a few reasons.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Technically, you could already do a mid-drive refuel on your own. Set your cruise control, take a gas can, climb out the rear window near the fuel door, realize you forgot to flip the switch that opens the fuel door, go back in the car and pull the switch, double check to ensure that you're still tracking true in the lanes, climb out the window again, unscrew the filler cap, insert nozzle, pour 2 gallons of fuel into the tank, discard the used gas can, pull another gas can from the back seat, empty the contents into the fuel tank and discard (you may need to repeat this step between 4 and 25 times depending on the size of your tank), screw the lid back on, reenter the car, disengage cruise control, realize that cruise control is fucking awesome and turn it back on, and take yourself a well-deserved nap; you've earned it. Shit, by the time you do that, you've probably already overshot your destination by several dozen miles. But totally worth it for the convenience.

 

[tynopik]

Landing/takeoff of plane = most dangerous part of flying

actually the most dangerous part of flying is penetrating heavily defended enemy airspace

2nd most dangerous part of flying is flying close formation

neither are things that airliners typically do, so they usually aren't included in such lists

 

[tynopik]

Technically, you could already do a mid-drive refuel on your own. Set your cruise control, take a gas can, climb out the rear window

Technically that's not refueling, that's just connecting the auxiliary tank

 

[Greenman]

I prefer to refuel my car from the inside. I plan on getting an all electric and plug in a couple of potatoes since they power clocks. Ill replace the potatoes when ever they run out of juice and eat them for dinner.

Hunger and fueling solved!


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You're a God damn genius Gump!

 

[LTC8K6]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--fK3UFck7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRay8ysTg44

The Navy does it all the time...

 

[jagec]

So....long vats of jet fuel then.


The fuel delivery system will probably need a mincing and dicing mechanism added though, to help handle ingested things like dead fuel-saturated birds and idiot college kids.

The flight endurance record is just shy of 65 straight days in the air. In a Cessna 172.