Looks like one of those "Top 10 largest planes" thumbnails

As much as I loved the Zephyr, the Bus always has a special place in my heart - it had a bar!

It's funny to me how this universe apparently thinks that not only does the President not warrant an aircraft like this for use as Air Force One while a small team of agents DOES, but it's also decked out with luxury features a private jet would have for this small team of agents. Lmao

"I get to operate and fly a modified C17 VTOL... What do you do?" "Every now and then I get to fly the helicarriers"

I actually built a recreation of this in Kerbal Space Program once, and to my surprise it actually worked as a VTOL capable vehicle. Since my only source is KSP, you may wanna take this with a grain of salt, but I think a VTOL C-17 might actually be possible in real life. Who knows?

10 out of 10 hope this channel makes it big. Love Sci-fi engineering analysis.

You forgot to mention The Bus' call sign as Flight 616 which is the main comics reality of Marvel

I still miss the bus... I miss the whole team actually. They somehow felt like you knew them. Good memories...

Can you do a Zephyr one follow up? This video was truly great!

I think you've put more thought into the feasibility of this airplane than the show's writers ever did. Nice work!

Seen @1:00 and @1:07, I made the BUS desk model for the show, first season. It had a lighted base with SHEILD logo, and red, green navigation lights. I also made the little Lola toys, too.

….am the only one who has this weird feeling, out of everything in the MARVEL universe, THIS actually looks real and doable? Great job on the breakdown.

So cool, I liked AoS I wish at least daizy or fitz will appear in a movie

The cage being further back makes sense. The increased weight of the craft might've required more lift. Rather than rebuilding the original wings by adding 2 smaller wings they could add more lift but this would push the centre of lift back too. Therefore the centre of mass would've been moved towards the back of the plane to help with stability. Hence why the cage would be further back and why they needed the full size VTOL engines. Also the TWR for vtol might've necessitated the larger engines.

The total internal compartments (based on their size and scale from the videos) seem a bit too much for an aircraft this size. And if you regularly dock other objects on the top of the fuselage, you would want to have split tails instead of a central V stab.

I'm so glad you did this!! I love AOS and am glad it's getting analyzed. The Bus was such a big part of the show in its earlier seasons

Came to the channel from Spacedock. I loved seeing you gave The Bus a video.

5:02 looks like they can succ sufficient air there, though the sides might get burned from the after burners of engines 2 & 3 lol

for the upper deck docking system, the single vertical fin design would creature stabilities problem when smaller jet are dock on top of it when flight, this is why the an225 Antonov split the central vertical fin into 2 vertical fin on each end of the tail.

Dunno why, but this seems like a surprisingly plausible design for a VTOL special-purpose cargo aircraft.

i think like most near-futuristic military vehicles in many movies, all of this is possible in real life, its only the matter of whether or not we actually needed one

I’ve only watched Season one... think I’m going to watch the rest now💪

Someone else noticed the engine configuration problem. I'm not alone!

Please do an analysis on Zephyr One too! I love the Bus from Agents of SHIELD!

Great video, You should do the zephyr one ‘

It would be awesome to have Analysis video of the Zephyr

I would be willing to bet that the engines are also equipped with Tony's Repulsor technology. That's probably the afterburner you're mentioning, good video though

Glad other people see the engine placement issue. A couple of other fun issues is that big turbofans don't throttle up and down fast enough to be able to control a craft in vertical flight (hence jets like the F-35 have extra control systems for pitch and roll). Another fun one (which is present in most airplanes in movies) is the HUGE size discrepancy of the inside and outside of the plane.

awesome video! liked and subscribed. hoping for more content like this.

Great video big fan of agents of shield.

I miss this show so much

fun fact, most airliners are only one bolt failure away from having there engine vertical... and then typically break of. This have happened a number of times Factoid 2... the engine of a C5 galaxy have a maximum thrust of 23 ton each, about 92 tons in total. The operational empty weight is 172 tons. So even with adding two more engines, it would still not be able to lift vertical, even with totally empty. Well i guess, swiching out those for GE90 would solve that issue. Having a total lift power of 230 tons with 4 engines and up to 345 tons with 6 engines, would actually be quite close to the MTOW of the aircraft. Granted, the engines would ad 4 tons each for the 4 normal once and an additional 8 ton each for the two extra, total extra weight of 32 tons, increasing the empty weight from just about 170 tons to just over 200 tons. The exhaust of a turbofan engine is actually not that hot, specially not in cruise. The air is mostly mixed out. So could you make a Vtol aircraft this way... well pretty much yes. The main issue with making a VTOL turbofan engine is the spool up and down time. This can be compensated with having the engine thrust in a non optimal direction Fotnote. I thought it looked like a C5, but on closer inspection, its a C17, a slightly smaller aircraft. All numbers a bit smaller, so.. well it would be easier to find a engine that would fit.

I wish somebody would do this for the Zepher I would love to know more about that plane

Please do a video on the Zephyr, it's so cool and I love it

Very good info, Thank you...

Been on the C-17s before, wish ours was this comfortable 😂

So... How much thrust do the engines generate and how much fuel do they spend during VTOL?

Never forget the mini bar!

Most things in this thing can be booked under "it works because sci-fi" and thats fine. but what really bothers me is the fact that those engines produce mach diamonds and people arent deaf after it landed nearby

Well now im waiting for a follow up video to the Zephyr One :D is there a chance we get to see it?

awesome!!!!!!!!!! exactly what we need for fanfiction purposes lmao

what episode was that on the intro where there was a huge tornado and the bus was going down

Really enjoyed this series

Great video

とてもすばらしいアップロードありがとう❤。

In the intro clip, why is the thrust decreased as they get lower to the ground?

This thing reminds me of the wild thornberries RV. Looks normal sized from outside but then you go inside and somehow there’s a small compound inside 😂

Rest in peace bus we all love you and we will always miss you

Really nice plane !

Nice video new sub i miss agent’s of shield

This looks so cool

04:16 "Here's something you can't do..." -Wash

Really cool vid

It’s successor looks like an ace combat boss.

The Bus will Always be in our Hearts forever. Also, could you make a Video Analyzing the Zephyr One?

This is my Dream Toy!

Grrreat job mann

Can you do the zephyr one as well? Thanks

By just looking at it , it would be a pain to pilot it . It would tip back , because of the heavy engines at back

I love the Bus (from Season 1-2) and the Zephyr (from Season 3-6)

The plane could've altered from an international cargo plane with a focus on durability. The defense could be handled with some drones. They could travel by accessing the airport computers.

*anyone know a video like this but about Zephyr One?*

So video on its replacement?

Agents of shield was a surprisingly good show. I kinda miss it.

And that's why the RDA make the valkyrie shuttle. No offence, Stan Lee

ahhhhh I love agents of shield

This show was cool until sky’s mother killed that guy with the awesome mustache. That was such a fucking painfully stupid decision. I was excited to actually see some sort of progress being made in terms of an alliance between the “mutants” and SHIELD. They took that meeting in the absolutely worst direction they possibly could have.

what movie is this??

I love the bus.

Nice aircraft

Zephyr one looks cool and all but the Bus just has so much more charm

Perfect for evacuating Tony Stark from Afghanistan

You should do the zephyr one

If you like this, you should check out the Lockheed CL-1201 concept Found & Explained has done a video on it

You forgot, one major part Nick fury gave them a second bus before this Zepffer

It's a very ideal way to convert a cruise air-ship/plane into VTOL. Only in real life, a practical full engine rotation, versus vector valves (f-35 style), will require a rugged wing limb to bare the actuator & mechanism bulk size. The rear engines needed be tail high.

The bus is bussin

Hey could you do a Video about the Ranger and Lander of Interstellar?

Actually all the VToL ability was feasable, the danger was the fact, it was a chem-fuel combustion, too risky for a rock-drop crash during vtol sequal. Had it been more like a real "Air Bus" carrier engine, the option of holding lesser fluids, and more mini nuclear amp electric, the fuel during cruise mode, could have made it even more reality. If the main wings had considerable elongated form near the shoulder, all the engines could be on each width row, *front bottom & rear over top* for vtol-to-cruise rapid effects. Only small cd-tray style ductfans adjacent, at the very front and back of the craft body.

Looking at this Stark knew that Phil is alive and well

I know a C17 is big but this is insane that all this is inside

If we can build these IRL it will be bonkers.

Cool 🥰

I like that thing

Taleban need this now to fire their smoke!

OMG its very strong I like this

As a Maintainer, its a mechanical nightmare

Cool how it was able to travel through time and stay cloaked at a high enough altitude without aircraft from whatever time period detecting an anomaly like pilots noticing a visible distortion in the air

Cover zephyr one next

This plane will be the next top secret project for us army..

> Uses thermo-optical camouflage > Runs around on afterburners with exposed exhaust

they always have the coolest vehicles known to man

It was retrofitted by stark but it dous not use repulsors like the iron man suits

please do a video of its replacement. the zepher!!

so its a C-17 with an extra set of wings and 2 engines with Vtol mode

Waiting for Zephyr 1 analysis

What about zephyr one

Do an analysis of the zephyr one

Whats the back music? So nice!

If this plane was modified by Stark Industries (which basically means Tony) it would surely use repulsores as its engines instead of normal turbojets. Which would mitigate the sucking hot exhaust problem. The blue Tinted colour of the afterburner flames do indicate that. How could you miss that?