I already showed that in the IRC yesterday to no avail eswube, Layarteb prefers the layout that he/she settled upon.
Call it artistic license, I like the straight back better than the way it would really look. As far as overall height, it's actually only increased by less than 1.25 meters.
It would fly, the original concept for the Boeing 747 was for a full-length upper deck.
The tail is just the same tail from the 747-400. I like the straight back look to it versus the tapered look. It's a bit C-5, a bit B-52, and a lot 747. Works for me.
I always wanted to see a Boeing 747 with a full upper deck and so here is one. This is the LDC Model 003. It's for AU and is meant to be a new-build aircraft, built from the ground up intending to be a full upper deck 747. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53657334/LDC%20Model%20003b.png It was ma...
Yeah it's a good, compact launching system and its dimensions were impossible to find on the Internet. I was lucky in that someone with access to Jane's got me the information.
This has plagued me for too long! I've been trying to find the dimensions and weight of the MK 143 (or MK 44 I've seen) Armored Box Launcher (Tomahawk launchers on the Iowa and other ships). The Internet has presented nothing and I know that SB exaggerates the scale of weapons to show the detail so ...