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Is there a reason airships end up being round? I would think more of a saucer shape would be easier to move through the air and less subject to crosswind whims.
by mysterydip 5y ago
Is there a reason airships end up being round? I would think more of a saucer shape would be easier to move through the air and less subject to crosswind whims.
- rich_sasha 5y agoThey aren’t negligibly slow. Hindenburg had a cruise speed of 120kph, certainly a speed where you optimise the aero design for going forwards. Some new designs of airships shape the hull as an airfoil, so it generates lift, supplementing the lighter-than-air-ness.
- mysterydip 5y agoThanks for the info, looks like I have more reading to do!