BARC speeders are really great designs. The ability to take a sidecar or a stretcher is quite nice. For the average citizen of a galaxy far far away that translate to having some decent cargo capacity. Although the Wiki "5kg" cargo capacity doesn't make sense unless you think a wounded clone is 5kg. Really what I'd want is something able to handle a couple saddlebags and maybe a repulsor trailer, or sidecar for more cargo.
Yeah, the Mobquest Swoop [Anakins bike] with its 200kg cargo capacity on a rack, would be the most pragmatic one if you were taking the figures given as absolute gospel. That's approaching the cargo weight a modern small car can carry.
I don’t know how much an adult female corpse weighs, but I reckon the reason the Zephyr-G has such a high cargo capacity is because they based it off the scene where he took his mother back to the Lars homestead.
The 5 tons of cargo listed in the wiki is also an odd choice. For the purposes of this video, I assumed it to mean towing capacity, but technically it doesn’t say that anywhere…
Not on the list but Enfys Nest's Caeli-Merced Skyblade-330 Swoop seems good for hit and situations and can fly at High Alititude levels like a LAAT or T-47 Snowspeeder.
No lie the AVA 614 Speeder Bike would be the one I’d take if I was in the Star Wars universe. And I could mod it to add other things like storage compartments & it folding up to save space is something I would like to have to store aboard a ship of mine.
Facts: Maul's FC-20 speeder bike should of been seen more in Canon. Dooku's Flitknot Speeder Bike is a simple design that embarrasses the mighty Republic's gunships. Anakin's Zephyr-G swoop is also a swoop that has the most dangerous speed. Republic BARC speeder is the original and best of the 614-AvA and 74-Z. Empire 614-AvA speeder bike and 74-Z speeder bike are practical and extremely useful for any government. Empire C-PH patrol speeder bike is ugly but attractive.
The carrying capacity being in weight is the same as in our real world. A 1 ton truck doesn’t weight a ton, it means it has the capacity to carry or haul 1 ton worth of cargo. This is because you can carry cargo with a lot of volume that doesn’t weight much or one thing that weights a ton lol. Additionally I think the weight would be even more of an issue since these are repulsor craft and don’t have the benefit of wheels distributing the weight to the ground. Maybe the repuslors can be upgraded to increase carrying capacity like you would a suspension system.
The highway Sabine is speeding down has nothing on either side and just ends at some sand. Why did the city even build it? Skimming from the municipal budget?
Maybe it was designed to account for a future expansion of the city that never materialized after the Empire took over. There’s a pretty huge road near where I live (multiple lanes but I forget how many) that currently goes nowhere and has nothing on it, but will eventually in 10 years or so have some development.
Swoops are supposed to be engine and basic controls. (Fastest & hardest to pilot). While speeder bike's are safer, easier to pilot and more expensive. Think of speeder bike's as Harley Davidson's. And Swoops as Crotch Rockets. This is according to lore, yet video games, rpg games and their Sourcebooks keep getting them backwards. And now tv shows & movies are making the same mistakes.
I agree about what Swoops are supposed to be vs. how they're portrayed in media. I have an old guide to vehicles and vessels that said that a swoop was short coupled fast but fragile ride, not for the faint of heart. Speeder Bikes were a more general class of simple air speeders that could include swoops but generally referred to a more rugged, utilitarian machine, more like a Harley Davidson or a Honda Goldwing than a crotch rocket. There was also an S-Swoop which was not so short coupled and easier to fly than the stereotypical swoop but still far more performance oriented than one's standard speeder bike. I had written a series of stories about a smuggler character who started out as a swoop courier who had eventually built up a short coupled swoop from scratch to keep him one step ahead of the swoop gangs who were trying to cut into his boss's action. The swoop eventually came to grief and was replaced with a modified S-Swoop.
Star Wars.... The luggage space is in weight and the top speed is in distance.
BARC speeders are really great designs. The ability to take a sidecar or a stretcher is quite nice. For the average citizen of a galaxy far far away that translate to having some decent cargo capacity. Although the Wiki "5kg" cargo capacity doesn't make sense unless you think a wounded clone is 5kg.
Really what I'd want is something able to handle a couple saddlebags and maybe a repulsor trailer, or sidecar for more cargo.
Yeah, the Mobquest Swoop [Anakins bike] with its 200kg cargo capacity on a rack, would be the most pragmatic one if you were taking the figures given as absolute gospel.
That's approaching the cargo weight a modern small car can carry.
I don’t know how much an adult female corpse weighs, but I reckon the reason the Zephyr-G has such a high cargo capacity is because they based it off the scene where he took his mother back to the Lars homestead.
The 5 tons of cargo listed in the wiki is also an odd choice. For the purposes of this video, I assumed it to mean towing capacity, but technically it doesn’t say that anywhere…
I enjoy all of Radio Free Coruscant videos,had that been my speeding I would have eaten the tree
Great video, definitely looking forward to the top speeder list
Nice video and awesome voice! Been subbed since this channel began. Keep the videos coming!
Thank you, that’s very kind! I will do that!
Theres some neat concept sketches for swoop bikes in the ANH Special Edition art book.
Not on the list but Enfys Nest's Caeli-Merced Skyblade-330 Swoop seems good for hit and situations and can fly at High Alititude levels like a LAAT or T-47 Snowspeeder.
I almost included that one, but I decided that seven was probably enough!
Nest’s bike is a Swoop a more dangerous version of speeder bikes
No lie the AVA 614 Speeder Bike would be the one I’d take if I was in the Star Wars universe. And I could mod it to add other things like storage compartments & it folding up to save space is something I would like to have to store aboard a ship of mine.
i really like the blocky one
Funny thing is most of the speeder bikes (the BARC, Undicur-class, 614-AvA, and Starhawk speeder bike) were all the original concept art of the 74-Z
Facts:
Maul's FC-20 speeder bike should of been seen more in Canon.
Dooku's Flitknot Speeder Bike is a simple design that embarrasses the mighty Republic's gunships.
Anakin's Zephyr-G swoop is also a swoop that has the most dangerous speed.
Republic BARC speeder is the original and best of the 614-AvA and 74-Z.
Empire 614-AvA speeder bike and 74-Z speeder bike are practical and extremely useful for any government.
Empire C-PH patrol speeder bike is ugly but attractive.
The carrying capacity being in weight is the same as in our real world. A 1 ton truck doesn’t weight a ton, it means it has the capacity to carry or haul 1 ton worth of cargo. This is because you can carry cargo with a lot of volume that doesn’t weight much or one thing that weights a ton lol. Additionally I think the weight would be even more of an issue since these are repulsor craft and don’t have the benefit of wheels distributing the weight to the ground. Maybe the repuslors can be upgraded to increase carrying capacity like you would a suspension system.
The swoop bikes remind me of a Harley Davison. I kind of like that vibe too bad they are one of the slowest ones.
I am buying the 74-Z model
The highway Sabine is speeding down has nothing on either side and just ends at some sand. Why did the city even build it? Skimming from the municipal budget?
Maybe it was designed to account for a future expansion of the city that never materialized after the Empire took over. There’s a pretty huge road near where I live (multiple lanes but I forget how many) that currently goes nowhere and has nothing on it, but will eventually in 10 years or so have some development.
Swoops are supposed to be engine and basic controls. (Fastest & hardest to pilot). While speeder bike's are safer, easier to pilot and more expensive. Think of speeder bike's as Harley Davidson's. And Swoops as Crotch Rockets. This is according to lore, yet video games, rpg games and their Sourcebooks keep getting them backwards. And now tv shows & movies are making the same mistakes.
I agree about what Swoops are supposed to be vs. how they're portrayed in media. I have an old guide to vehicles and vessels that said that a swoop was short coupled fast but fragile ride, not for the faint of heart. Speeder Bikes were a more general class of simple air speeders that could include swoops but generally referred to a more rugged, utilitarian machine, more like a Harley Davidson or a Honda Goldwing than a crotch rocket. There was also an S-Swoop which was not so short coupled and easier to fly than the stereotypical swoop but still far more performance oriented than one's standard speeder bike.
I had written a series of stories about a smuggler character who started out as a swoop courier who had eventually built up a short coupled swoop from scratch to keep him one step ahead of the swoop gangs who were trying to cut into his boss's action. The swoop eventually came to grief and was replaced with a modified S-Swoop.
I love the Star Wars universe.
Nice
I’d chose to cruise around on a TaggeCo Air-2 Swoop… illegally modified of course.
These KPH datas of speed are total BS.
Just try 250+ KPH on a bike and you start to fall the F off because of draw.
I would point out that a Swoop Bike is not a speeder bike so the Flare S wouldn't qualify anyways.
speeder bikes are stupid. Always have been always will be. Cool, but stupid.
Why are you say this?