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Thunderbird 2 - Heavy Duty Transporter

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"Thunderbird Two, Giant Transporter, carries all the rescue gear to the danger zone."
- Jeff Tracy -

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An upgrade version in my style of the original Gerry Anderson Supermarionation series Thunderbirds, combine with TB2 in the newest Thunderbirds Are Go 2015 Remake MovieAdding today's technology, like thrust vector nozzles to improve maneuverability (lesson learned from the friendly attack of the USS Sentinel in In "Terror in New York City" episode), restyling the forward swept wings, and many things. 

Thunderbird 2 is International Rescue's heavy equipment transporter, used primarily for missions dealing specifically with the Earth's atmosphere. It is the transport vehicle for several smaller rescue vehicles held in pods, although its capacity for heavy lifting makes it useful in its own right during many rescues. A long-range craft, it is capable reaching anywhere in the world without refuelling and has a maximum speed of 5000 mph (but cruises at 2000 mph). It therefore arrives at the danger zone later than Thunderbird 1.The craft's main pilot is Virgil Tracy, who is sometimes accompanied by some back-up crew members including Gordon, Alan, Brains, and even John.

Specification (Thunderbird 2)

Crew: One crew (Pilot) with addition seats for back-up crew member for extra long flight.

Powerplant: 2 x Hybrid variable-cycle gas turbine scram-jets engines, with afterburner, Supercruise capability, and thrust-vectored nozzles. 

Combined with 4 x variable cycle booster jets in tail plane8 x vertical take off variable engines also for hovering, and 4 x vertical take off Hybrid Chemical-Solid retro rockets in legs.

Power Source: Atomic fusion reactor

Maximum speed: Mach 7
Cruising Speed: Mach 2
Range: unlimited
Service ceiling: >150,000 feet
Length: 80 meters
Weight: 440 tonnes
Maximum Payload: 200 tonnes

Guns and Canons:
1 × underside-internal mounted International Engineering Ltd RTD105 105 mm Rotating Tactical Demolition cannon.
5 x 20 mm Gatling machine cannon with life ammo and tranquilizer darts.

Bomb and Missiles:
non-explosive missiles, fired from Topside Missile Launcher.

Internal Bays:
Equipped with wide variety of special ordnance for rescue missions.

Pod machines:
Pod 1:
Fire Truck, Jet-Air Transporter, Neutralizer Tractor.

Pod 2:
Electromagnetic Pod Grabs

Pod 3:
Domo, Elevator Car, Mobile Crane, Thunderizer, Mole.

Pod 4:
Thunderbird 4.

Pod 5:
Excavator, 
Laser Cutter Vehicle, Recovery Vehicle, Thunderbird 6.

Pod 6:
Monobrake, Transmitter Truck, Firefly.

Each pod is equipped with undercarriage for a smooth landing for the ship, and contains a huge capacity for storing the rescue vehicle that is needed.


Others:
Four observation cameras; two port side and two starboard side.
4 x Extendable Heavy-Duty Legs. 
Rear ramp door.
4 x Magnetic Coupling Flanges for attaching Cargo Pods.
Heat-proof Rescue Cage.
Medium Lift Electromagnetic Grabs.
Heavy-duty Electromagnetic Grabs.
Heavy-duty magnetic grabs.
Magno-Grip.
Multi-function Winch Cable.
4 x cable winch hooks.
Hawser Cable Rocket Launcher.
Magnetic Clamp Rotating Launcher.
Air-to-Air Equipment.
Winch Ladder With Electromagnets.
4 x Hover-Jets/Bikes 
stowed in holding bay.
Electromagnetic beam used to wipe a forbidden photo or video of the ship.
Electronic countermeasures (ECM) pods.
Laser targeting system module.
Advanced On-Board Oxygen Generation (OBOGS) system.
Multi function Advanced Data Link (MADL) communication system
Advanced mission and avionics computers.
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Thunderbird 2 must have some sort of advanced gravity compensator like in skyship one that reduces it's weight. Because it's hard to believe that a 440 tonnes craft can fly up to mach 7