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An advantage you have is that you can fill them with hydrogen and be fine, since there's no oxygen to allow them to suddenly combust
by TremendousJudge 7y ago
An advantage you have is that you can fill them with hydrogen and be fine, since there's no oxygen to allow them to suddenly combust
- mjevans 7y agoWhich you would then do what with, as there's no free supply of oxygen to burn it with in the engine?
- bashinator 7y agoYou would use the hydrogen in gaseous form to reduce the net weight of the aircraft to be lighter than the surrounding atmosphere (hydrogen gas has an extremely low density). This enables the craft to float without having to burn fuel just to stay aloft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship