Originally published at: The "HeliHome" is #vanlife done right | Boing Boing
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I’ve always dreamed of something similar but more zeppelin/blimp based. You could stay aloft for days at a time with out needing ridiculous amounts of fuel. The top side could be sheathed in solar panels. I like think you’d be safe from the zombies in the clouds.
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Still gotta be wary of the Cloud Men, though.
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Got three minutes in before I couldn’t stand the obnoxious mouse-clicking sound effect any longer. It’s like someone continually snapping their fingers or popping gum. Too bad, seems interesting.
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also Hawkmen:
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Played it at 1.75 speed, and didn’t notice a thing! 
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That absolutely worked, great idea!
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#vanlife is fossil fuel life.
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The freedom to go wherever you want, eh?
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Would have gone with the S-64, myself; a ‘cargo pod’ could have been converted into a portable living-unit. I think I read about someone referencing a camping vacation using this technique to ‘get away from it all’ in one of William Gibson’s early short-stories…
… easy to keep clean in the wilderness 
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Fairey Rotodyne - for that New Frontier vibe and the boxy fuselage.
Remember, it’s not just a habitat for you, but for all the insects and bacteria that you want to support!
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I’d never get a pilots license after my eye injury. Way expensive & a small niche market anyway.
This would do just fine.
If you thought that fueling a Winnebago was expensive, this puppy will come as shock. 185 gallons of 100 LL AVGAS at ~$7.00/gallon will set you back more than $1200.
Do you have any idea how much mustache wax a zeppelin captain in good standing goes through? Never mind monocle replacements when the sky pirates get fighty.
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