Planes are just like Trains... but with no rails and bigger stations, which will leave trains obsolete. I mean sure you'd still use trains in the mid-game, but as soon as you unlock planes, there would be no reason to keep laying new rail when you can just throw down a runway somewhere and have aer...

@ssilk Any method of transport travelling 3,000 kph will not look good when it passes by. Planes should intentionally not be rendered to avoid "not looking good".

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@ssilk I think the rendering of the entity flying across the screen is beyond the scope of this discussion, just the fact that a plane couldn't be seen very well when it cross the screen shouldn't be the reason for not implementing it. We don't know how heights will be implemented, planes could oper...

@ssilk I agree, a game should be logical but not necessarily realistic. For all these types of transportation, I think it should still be possible to load both ways: On demand with inserters, etc. Pre-loaded, like a kit According to this article, http://www.migflug.com/jetflights/the-10-fastest-airc...

Hmm, nobody likes my idea; what other options do we have? Guess it's just the rockets and helicopter?

Yeah, I agree that rockets should have levels and get better and more expensive.

I still like my quadcopter idea though, what do you guys think of that?

Well yes, rockets could be single use. But that doesn't mean a rocket should only be used in emergencies. Of course, they could be regular use, but they could be geared more toward emergencies. Logistic bots aren't made to carry 50k iron ore around your base, but you still can do it, and some peopl...

There are two words, realistic, sense. I think that anything in Factorio should make sense, but not necessarily be realistic. It's the idea that something like that "could" happen. In most Hollywood action spy movies, if someone parachutes down onto a building and then makes a hole in the ...

@Klonan I think your idea has a lot of potential. Once players get the space platform set up, they could start sending rockets around. I still think it would be more of the emergency to drop supplies down as it doesn't make sense to be sending rockets into space and back down to earth.

Yeah, that is a good idea, but we still need another type of transport, good for emergencies and delivering small amounts of items.

@johanwanderer That would require providing the 3D printer with plastic, which I guess could work. Then you could 3D print ores or something, cool idea though :) @bobucles I thought about that, having a train car in each train dedicated for supplying random items to outposts. I might have to do that...

So a long range transport that hands small goods to resupply a base? That sounds exactly like something for an emergency transport! Running out of repair packs is not an emergency, it will keep happening over and over again. You need a continues supply of them. A permanent flying transport is more ...

But nothing thats based on electrical energy, that would far to easy, just build enough solars and accus and transportation has no meaning at all. Yes, I agree that it would be easy, that is why I suggested having electric propellers and then a jet engine (running on fuel) to make it move really fa...

@Takezu A helicopter or chinook could do the same thing as a quadcopter, I just thought a quadcopter would look cooler and fit more with the factory style. If it was a chinook, it would make sense that it carries a lot of stuff, I believe they can carry tanks right? Not really the low amount of item...

This wouldn't be quite like a logistic bot. Due too logistic bots having to be inside a logistic network, they cannot travel to remote locations (or far a way areas in base) fast enough. The idea would be that this would extend the bots capabilities to areas outside the logistic network. Hence the m...

Don't think there is something exotic like a quadcopter needed.

For emergency transport, I agree, a quadcopter would not make sence. I was talking about more regular transport such as building with blueprints out in the wilderness. Or supplying repair packs to outposts.

Both ideas could be implemented too!

If we are talking about something in emergencies, like fighting alien base and suddenly you run out of ammo. If that is the case, I really like the rocket idea. Rockets are not the thing you think of when you think, "reusable". It would be good to have some sort of supply drop, as said a p...

What about rocket propelled trains? That could be cool?