Mark Warren performed a calculation that scaling up the F35-B’s thrust ratio (55,000 shp delivering 41,900 lb thrust) implies the Helicarrier carries engine(s) capable of 157 million horsepower (shp) ...

If you’re not familiar, the Helicarrier is a fictional ship, the pride of S.H.I.E.L.D’s air force, or is it their navy. It’s a massive aircraft carrier with four huge repulsor engines built into it, ...

Physics students calculate the four-propeller powered giant aircraft seen in the Avengers would not be possible with modern technology. Physics students calculate the four-propeller powered giant ...

Warning: I am using some pretty heavy-handed estimations and simplifications, because unfortunately the Helicarrier does not exist and neither Marvel nor Walt Disney was kind enough to provide us with ...

A drone takes off from atop another drone. We’ve all dreamed of flying our own Avengers–SHIELD-inspired Helicarrier, but I think we’re a ways off from that kind of oddly-horrifying military technology ...