Fascinatingly bizarre. YT link wouldn't get me past the living room pool part. Watch it here if you have difficulty...

http://nfb.ca/film/defender

^Oh? I thought that was just me. Will switch.

i SHANT WATCH IT NOW. I shall watch it on the marrow. GO CANADA GO ! give me a job though, stupid harper. him and his devil eyes.

omg what a junker... would like to see it take a Mig on

>> ^deathcow:

omg what a junker... would like to see it take a Mig on


...from the ground

Looks a bit like an A-Wing, n'est-ce pas?

Well the theory behind it is sound. A modern jet fighter has what? 4-10 weapon mounts and not all of those will be AA missiles (sidewinders and the like)? and ~1-3000 rounds for the machinegun/autocannon. So 150 000 planes versus for instance US ~5600 planes total. "As of 2009 the USAF operates 5,573 manned aircraft in service (3,990 USAF; 1,213 Air National Guard; and 370 Air Force Reserve)" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force or Russia with its ~2800 planes "With 2,749 aircraft, it is the third largest Air Force in the world" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Air_Force

Even with 10 AA missiles each that is still more than enough planes left to kill almost any invading army in the world. 90 000 planes with the enemy at 0 planes or planes but no more weapons means some serious air superiority. This is with a 1:1 shot to kill ratio with missiles. Also heavy armour means autocannons and the like are less effective imo.

Sort of like a real life zerg rush... but with flying zerglings.

^Still preposterous. 1) Something that slow could never engage other (jet) aircraft; 2) Where will you get that many pilots and that much logistical support for a huge fleet of flying shitboxes?; 3) Last but not least, nobody is going to endorse having a huge force of highly expendable piloted airplanes, and rightly so. That is really his approach, too (paraphrase): there'd be so many, an enemy couldn't shoot them all down -- i.e., our brave birdmen will soak up all Mother Russia's missiles and cannonfire with their bodies until there's nothing left with which to shoot us!

Zapp: You see, Killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shutdown.

OR

Zapp: Now, like all great plans, my strategy is so simple an idiot could have devised it. On my command all ships will line up and file directly into the alien death cannons, clogging them with wreckage.

Skipped to the end. Giggled at the fail.

That being said, jumping from place to place in this documentary, missing out on all the context, makes the entire thing seem like a carnival of crazy pants.

@ calvados

Flying shitboxes!! HAH!! True Dat-

No worries, eh? Plenty of crazy Canadians to fly em I'm gonna guess.

Oh my god. I watched the entire thing. This guy is a fucking nutjob. I feel bad for his friends and family who help out and try to support him, but you can see in their faces their difficulty in continuing to support his crazy ideas. They're all just thinking, "holy crap man, just give it up!"

The part with the Zero was really cool though. He can rebuild proven designs, but he is by no means a successful designer.