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steerable dirigible, like the goodyear blimp, with suspended cable and basket?
by jjtheblunt 5y ago
steerable dirigible, like the goodyear blimp, with suspended cable and basket?
- mikestew 5y agoIf the heat is intense enough to damage helicopter blades, I question how well a big bag of gas is going to cope.
- dspillett 5y agoThe gas will be fine, it'll not be flammable. German airships like Hindenburg used hydrogen because helium (that it was originally intended to use) was relatively rare and there was an export ban from the US (who were producing and holding the majority of what was available). Modern devices won't use flammable gasses. The problem will be the heat for a different reason: changing the dynamics between the gas in the device and the atmosphere inside making buoyancy much more difficult to maintain. Also, the engines used to move them around might be susceptible to the same concerns as helicopter engines & blades.
- NikolaeVarius 5y agoWhat the hell would this accomplish
- sp332 5y agoImprove range, dwell time, carrying capacity, and noise levels.
- jjtheblunt 5y agowell, I mean i'm posing the question because I just don't know the limits of the aircraft
- gridspy 5y agoIt would crash. A dirigible requires a temperature difference between the ambient (surrounding) air and the air inside the lift bladder. Or the same temperature but different density. The heat of the lava would create an area of lower air density which would result in a significant loss of lift as it crosses. I guess you could compensate with a high altitude crossing, but it still sounds dangerous.
- goodells 5y agoThis situation was covered in season 3 of Avatar The Last Airbender, and that is exactly what happened. Such a great show.
- gridspy 5y agoIt really was. But it's possible the volcanic lake only projected a captured cell of hot air up to the crater rim. Had they flown over the prison and then directly down they might not have crashed. Though they would still be trapped. If only Zuko had his fire fists or that of his sister Azula at that point it would have been easier. Man Uncle Iroh is OP with the fire breath technique he teaches Zuko for the "chillers"