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zoraxbrooks Horizontilateral thinker from Not Sure Since: Feb, 2012
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#1: Apr 21st 2015 at 9:56:11 AM

So I got the idea, really as a concept art project basically, of a scifi trailer park, all the trailers have something that lets them float "in place".

Then I looked up mobile homes on Wikipedia and learned of all the... Would it be logistics? problems that they have had, and I'm wondering what the implications of trailer parks going vertical would be .

Including how to supply such things as water to a bunch of independent somewhat portable structures very high up in the sky as well as dealing with wind and power outages.

"Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?" -Sun Tzu-
KnightofLsama Since: Sep, 2010
#2: Apr 21st 2015 at 3:33:41 PM

Logistics or infrastructure would bt it, yes. And there's another issue to consider. Getting in and out of the vehicle once you're actually parked.

From an aesthetics standpoint all those mobile homes stacked in the air are going to absolutely ruin the view, especially on the lower levels.

zoraxbrooks Horizontilateral thinker from Not Sure Since: Feb, 2012
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#3: Apr 21st 2015 at 8:14:20 PM

Well for parking I figured there would be a deck(like a landing pad) or it would have a covered car port on the side with a door leading inside, either way I like the idea of having a deck since they wouldn't really have a lawn. I'm kinda going for the Ian Mcue aesthetic, I feel like I spelled his name wrong.

I could so see people complaining about their view being ruined, where would the best location be then?

Would this cause any wierd wind patterns or stuff to do with rainfall?

"Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?" -Sun Tzu-
washington213 Since: Jan, 2013
#4: Apr 22nd 2015 at 5:11:04 PM

Trailer parks IRL are a bit of an eyesore, so the aesthetics problem is actually a plus from a writer's POV.

As for any wind problems, well that depends on your mechanism for holding them in place and how strong it is, etc.

DeusDenuo Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#5: Apr 25th 2015 at 12:29:03 AM

Wind is a local phenomenon, affected greatly by local climate and local environment types - or else you could put wind turbines anywhere you wanted. But once you've got the tech to put a mobile home in the sky, you probably have the tech to make them ignore gale-force winds, so that's not a concern.

The "Floaters" would have to conform to an ISO standard of some kind, to fit the (utility) "adapters" in the Floater Park. Once that standard is in place (ie: you can have it in any style you like, long as it's within a certain shape and size), it's no longer a concern.

But combine these, and you have Floaters attached to a massive air plant, which provides the energy to pump up water and/or electricity.

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