Another impressive example of the spaceships and vehicles of Avatar, the Aerospatiale SA-2 Samson are ducted-fan crafts that can be easily mistaken for Scorpion Gunships from afar. The Samson stands out as the main workhorse of RDA operations on Pandora thanks to its cargo-carrying capabilities, detachable rocket pods, and side-door guns.
Trial runs in Antarctica, the Himalayas, and Honduras proved the Samson could fly well in difficult atmospheres and/or extreme temperatures with minimal maintenance work needed. When the RDA started preparing large-scale operations for Pandora, the Samson’s reliability and sturdiness made it the ideal candidate for everyday operations in uncharted alien territories.
It looks like the Samson takes its real world inspiration from a couple of different helicopters - namely the Boeing AH-64 Apache and the Bell UH-1 Iroquois aka the Huey, which played a huge role in the Vietnam war that Avatar takes some of its inspirations from.The gunship of choice on Pandora, the AT-99 “Scorpion” Gunship packs impressive frontal firepower without sacrificing the Samson’s iconic speed and agility.
Additional background information explains that the Scorpion Gunship was originally built for use on Earth “as terrorists and insurgents had gained access to electromagnetic pulse weaponry to counter drones and other combat machines.
We’d be surprised if all-new designs didn’t make a splash, too. Avatar’s universe, which is expected to expand beyond the landscapes of Pandora that we’ve already seen, is almost a blank canvas – it’d be nice to get some new vehicles that don’t resemble military aircrafts or mechs, but that will depend on what the human presence is in the upcoming sequels.
Betcha they should have aerospikes
Not space. Fictitious crap
in what year we will see something like this ?🚀
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