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A train car carries about a kiloton of cargo. How many zeppelins would that take? Edit: Actually, I can't count. Only a few hundred thousand pounds. That's sti
by thfuran 3y ago
A train car carries about a kiloton of cargo. How many zeppelins would that take?
Edit: Actually, I can't count. Only a few hundred thousand pounds. That's still probably a bunch of zeppelinworths though.
- trhway 3y agoHinderburg-like at 100 ton itself can carry about 120 ton payload, ie. payload of 2 train cars.
- mynameisnoone 3y agoAnd where does one dock this massive beast in a city with controlled airspace?
- trhway 3y agoIn a distribution center outside of the city the cargo is transferred onto local electric Amazon/UPS/etc. delivery trucks/vans.
- dragonwriter 3y agoSo, the equivalent of a 100 car freight train would be a 50 Hindenburg zeppelin fleet?
- hughesjj 3y agoIt's actually fairly easy logistically imo Design the Zeppelin for literal tons of ballast, trade out sandbags/dirtbags for product or waste on docking, andaybe add an aerodynamic shield if you don't care about speed as much We already sacrifice significant speed for boats, but I grant they're several orders of magnitude better at balancing buoyancy with cargo given they flot in the water rather than atmosphere