Not that Jack & Co. would actually have need of it, but is the Stargate big enough for a small helicopter (OH-6/AH-6 type) to be possibly pushed through? It would have to be with the rotor blades folded or removed. This type of aircraft probably couldn't carry the whole team, though, figuring a pilot would have to go along.
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Aircraft through the Stargate?
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CynVision
CO, RDA's Leather Brigade
The gate wouldn't be a problem. I think even a few jets have some type of modular capability. The real trouble would be getting the aircraft into the SGC. This has also been mentioned about the Stargate itself. It's just too big for the doors we see. 
I have a fan fiction where they put a sizable boat through in pieces. But in the fic story the mission was really importaint for the alliance with the Tok'ra.
I have a fan fiction where they put a sizable boat through in pieces. But in the fic story the mission was really importaint for the alliance with the Tok'ra.Aerial reconnaissance of a planet would be faster and potentially safer than walking around, assuming that there are no unpleasant winged creatures in the vicinity. Heck, for ground transport they could possibly get a HMMWV through the portal. Might be a bit of a squeeze, though.
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Re: Just a thought!
Well, that's an option. Not to spoil any episode you haven't seen because of location, but if that's the case then how did they install the secondary gate in the gate room? Enquiring minds want to know.
CynVision
CO, RDA's Leather Brigade
Something I've never thought about before is why don't they use them four wheel ATVs? They'd surely fit.
probably because atv's would wreck the show's budget? actually i dont know of a reason other than them being limited by the amount of gas they'd have to carry...
as to the gateroom,well it existed in 1969, well before the gate was moved in
and the gate is 20 feet wide so that limits whatever they put into it...
as to that 'how the heck did they get something that big inside a mountain...'we'll get back to you on that one'
as to the gateroom,well it existed in 1969, well before the gate was moved in
and the gate is 20 feet wide so that limits whatever they put into it...
as to that 'how the heck did they get something that big inside a mountain...'we'll get back to you on that one'
Don't want to spoil a future episode for some of you, but in the summer in u.k., channel 4 screened an ep from season 2 (??) where the guys found a second gate,crated up in pieces and ready to move.
So the answer about getting the gate into the mountain seems to be - it was the original ikea flatpack!
So the answer about getting the gate into the mountain seems to be - it was the original ikea flatpack!
Just to qualify my answer: I work at SG-1 in the art dept.
Could a helicopter wit retracted rotors fit through the gate?
Absolutely. I worked on the .dxf files to manufacture the stargate, its plenty big enough at it's widest point to allow passage of very large cargo, sorry I can't remember the inside diameter at the moment,but it is sizeable.
As for getting a chopper or other large items into the gateroom, one detail you may have forgotten is that the gate is housed 28 floors underground in a deactivated missle silo, so although it would not be easy, anything that could be lowered by crane that could fit through an open icbm missle bay and did not exceed about forty feet in length (the approximate distance from the exterior control room wall to an event horizon surge) could be transported through the gate.
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Could a helicopter wit retracted rotors fit through the gate?
Absolutely. I worked on the .dxf files to manufacture the stargate, its plenty big enough at it's widest point to allow passage of very large cargo, sorry I can't remember the inside diameter at the moment,but it is sizeable.
As for getting a chopper or other large items into the gateroom, one detail you may have forgotten is that the gate is housed 28 floors underground in a deactivated missle silo, so although it would not be easy, anything that could be lowered by crane that could fit through an open icbm missle bay and did not exceed about forty feet in length (the approximate distance from the exterior control room wall to an event horizon surge) could be transported through the gate.
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In 1969 there was a missle in the gateroom and they had to get *that* in there somewhere, so I figure there's a 28-storey-high, 20+foot wide tube stretching from the top of the gate room to the surface. Why not? Works for me.
As the wise man said, pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!:evil:
As the wise man said, pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!:evil:
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