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Conceptually, you don't need to fully land the craft. If you lower the payload by cable, those cables are your anchor line. Then you adjust buoyancy until you'r
by OkayPhysicist 1y ago
Conceptually, you don't need to fully land the craft. If you lower the payload by cable, those cables are your anchor line. Then you adjust buoyancy until you're no longer straining against the cables, cut anchor, and float away.
- quesera 1y agoCan an airship compensate for 60-75 tonnes of buoyancy change? Releasing helium sounds expensive.
- SoftTalker 1y agoYou could load ballast (maybe water) as you unload the cargo.
- Terr_ 1y agoLooks like the ballpark of $100k per metric ton, definitely not something you want to vent if you can help it.
- OkayPhysicist 1y agoyou don't need to vent it if you can compress it. 1 cubic meter of helium replaced with 1 cubic meter of air raises the weight of the craft by ~1.5 kg. That means we need to be able to reduce our helium volume by 50,000 m^3. If (optimistically) we can pressurize the helium to 2 atmospheres, then we only need a 100,000 m^3 envelope. Which is huge, but half the size of the Hindenburg. Realistically, we'd probably get worse compression than that, but it's within an order of magnitude of feasible.
- Terr_ 1y ago> If (optimistically) we can pressurize the helium to 2 atmospheres It's been a long time since my physics classes, but wouldn't the require 4864 megajoules of energy [0] while raising the temperature of the gas from something like 20C -> 113C? Spreading that energy-use over 15 minutes, maybe 5 megawatts dedicated to compression. [0] https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/thermodynamic-processes https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/thermodynamic-process...
- Terr_ 1y agoP.S.: Same tool but this link that pre-fills the input boxes with numbers. https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/thermodynamic-processes?calculatorResult=H4sIAAAAAAAAA9Vda3PaSBb9KxS1H2ZmY43UrWdqZqqIHzHY4AfGjrM15WpABtlSC%2BtBTFL579sCyUggpO6W8Ozmw5SRbp%2FT5%2Fbr3ivQ%2FGiaeGJhsx%2BgwGx%2B%2FNEcIXsU2uTD%2BBZ5Fhrapt9Djuk3P%2F6nOXft0DFB80MzMJ2Z6aEg9JYfsUT%2BM3hAY9IABdaIfLpLffr7Q3M0RXiSh7m7VQybopI2mSNgF4%2BtwHKxH%2FXewrMwyPzhuDbyHhzk%2B4IYfZ4jOyRCU9cbfzVEAjw2A3OUlh31bm0VcTlmgMYoQBEOueSOrLSfMqAE0PKPLH9mo4U5bn58RLZvRgi%2BjyZLR4cWudycH18evz52XtzxraYdTg9uFhePX4TE7ENzGjg2Mftj9lc3wm4sO%2ByEftAYmo2JZ5IOeI2AOLchCn%2F8Pvur%2BfPnT9KKXH8YoRkaWcFCkNK6M7eKpGcMqdRnW1A6wDkVw8OeeOZftszL89A%2FMF6HQa4DTgl8463n5T4YPZBpYrkCyMiPrxYqj23oRCfGlHqD4yt1Cp5FtXt6rshAu5aun2cUele9LlU98whStFQEmJb9drlI95sRlfC1NaVyu%2BNbnyYH2HOvgs75Nzg0Ry9PucrbmKxoZDcSCnrZUJDzZEMa2ZBJNqSVPZ50pzfX3%2BW5PHBmD9Npd3jVlWqWrQhKnmyFRrbCJFuhlW3NTm8c%2FDg%2BnWkvo2t54MktTaxZtiaoebI1Gtkak2yNVvbsIXyxraOnezOYPJ48ul%2FVs%2FC5Jtmr41cStLTo%2BGKR5NiESnBiSym3d%2Fvq9L%2BcOidfw87s%2Bnhy%2F03ttwvlrghoxUJB3xZbuJpjEwax1Cv5wQHfvKvTr9%2FaLThXZfHrvAWtGsUqgrEttnANxyYMYqnXr3173PM8tX3%2FEt4edPs3V4Nx%2B7RGsZogidtqC5dubMKglnrZPj7dnXb6WDs%2Bfl6cnV3ed9rdW7UWtenwVZAyoVj6VpHuTARMI34jZKbyQH8UnBzcDK%2B0z63z%2Fis%2Bc7qBelTogRQLkxugIIEdbihc2Wk7VjdQr%2FGjjtpfvLgtiOY9MHRsAB%2Ft%2FbhBESS4ww2Faz5tx%2BoG6tUPoHkvf7r7rA%2FCqYbg9PYV9%2BBe3ED2AXmHGwo3g7Qdqxuot4XpsGWNv3w6aZsveHZ%2F8Bqqry%2BL%2BtyQHP1AkHLjN0ATyACmQAbQSkf6Yb%2F13D%2B7vDg1Lxbnn2%2FdwVMrV%2FqJhbmiN1mQcsM3mUa1zKRaplWtd28HLwGU74%2FOpzdPw0en3RMPa1WtC5KWp1qnUa0zqdZpVcuqPAC6fdYJfAdP%2Fe%2BTe0vq1KI6rhgJUk4YVzi7k1IT%2FVlPPbPxSXA5bd1KU0kNQN%2B%2B7iwu55MCtWxxjSpIOVGcWq5VZdCq0mq9v7vstb7gm6duz2wtUO9GHjzn7%2BM8WnUB5MRwhTM5NmHQSj2LxYevJ7j7dOF8ee2dHYRwfD2W%2BzVoxZIAMnEbLozWMF2Mhqkjs6G7uD8avAazoYy%2BK7cePBiO89OOluOGOGi4j40JoqgSYiiATCSGC%2BMvTBd1YfrKSEsemnP%2Fs62ot96nz%2BibhVr5QTerMEUAmdgKF0ZUmC6OwtTRExKR2EZHY90cXbTdUHseH3i3tQjTBJCJlnBhjITpIiNMHQ89H02fUNs9ax1%2Bn4%2Btg3PZsPGoujCizA2DHQV7irp87I3AC0mnA8%2BaTEzPwpOkRfSsgfTq0nNHpKfN%2FPo4XQ2cnSlThS4tNzPjb9R7y%2Bu63AxxabW8hMrNEFcxy6uV3AxxwbC8MMjMkKnNlVXhONHjYlhZ2YsTPa4%2BldWZONGTck9ZYYcZPqe%2BQlVEqUKUVDCoyhRViJIaAVUhoApRkoVTpdrcyy%2FJc8vzWW6KJKksTx65KZIMrjxT41wrSbpUlhhxwicZSlkuwgmfJAVl4T8z%2FFscXhB2s4MmMXBByMsOmsSfBeEmO2gS%2BxWEeoygUeAVWpmvSwxtd%2FT82XPDmS8AwUEEhNgKojCKRg5Hfy1Hd2qNTb80ykioGn%2F%2B2ZAiETvgpXL47eOTFhyUg%2B84HGgZYDkD5sGV6b0Od8CDAniF1us84CqT13kYNAqv8%2BDq9F5XdsDDAniD1us84BLFQt0RN1BTUCxWzAVMsVDzgvQ0vlyET7FMtyNRanSKxbojkKKmoFiwmBoYcu3ugHYbgxy7Ow842%2B7Ow0AxbQbZLzsyElDMnLtKBBTz5qoSAcVmnxd7F%2B7IkGmnT40xDwPFnj94sHx3NHW9nR4qIqDY9e8qEdDs%2FFfVGKjXsUq7%2B0O23T81yFwUVCuZuGiIdnuokIBqJVchoFrJVQgYVrLOcdJIFEt5O0ekRqddxsHU9Bxk81DQLmR%2BCkC7kkspMnX1ejM7%2Bry1zpSvMit%2FLliZmjVJrEzImT3Gz34qEHPlldVp%2BTPO6tysuWh1Rs4stToxV%2F5anbZCZlsDOWvOWwMlZzZcAzNXnlwDL38GXQM5a27NSVk96%2BY7F6qm45VZ%2BfP0ytTcCXxlZu7MvjIzd8pfmZmzFlB9PfFXCapzc9cPqlNzVxaqU%2FPXHGrg5qpG1MDLX6eogZy3glEDNW9towZq3qpHDdSc9ZAamLkqJTXw8tdQaiDnr65UJ69Qd6EmXz5yH7l4bnq%2B5eIT13NCG%2FkRWfo4Jh%2FXRu3EjAD98otnPpqeiUfmbUT966%2FNNN5FGBTaEvLUQtk3S7zr75smGY498gyoxkYSl%2F9%2BY6GTfo9b%2FfrbLur3GK%2FB%2B4zX4J3G6%2B6fG6%2B7dxmvu%2FcZr7t3Gq91hblotCQIFObBihrtGqt1ev2P0ML3cKn8HiTKe5Bo70Gi75Mk82iBgafx74Yiq%2FB3IDIwNg6SRpvcRdN939wscz6FUrUXqfbZ%2FrAsj%2FfoD8tKeo%2F%2BqP9j%2FWHZBPbWn%2BTB5B63iqQCu3eKvR5CyYOgvVOwTFNOir0eP0kmvzeKKO0M%2FcB1Ov6x57lelM3%2Bnbr2OnO95XfKiX2UjhJ7k2AfFrwNMP1KgQpvBjRfAw8dxb9PtPzWeI5Ix9c%2FQrT8rju07HWWHfqmt3JUiANvceiOoxR70I8cEnqR7MXy81HqQn%2FhDN3op4n%2FivqE5tYEBa53jvAkRBPzBk3ILRMfLEEIfjvSYCF7gK3AT2riM2KZtIhJTbz07OPK9ZH1kTkz8Tii7KLZyo9RtSHPf0lR4EMm9d9IkrKh%2FofmBEUNMu8Z3HztXub1dQiHyG5H3%2B5fFhkSzo8%2Fll%2F8b%2FpPrd5pf4ZvzpT2V%2FnuWrMezu6WM8shTaL%2BRqYOCqZPpFHzkzXphc6Q%2BH%2F9lRNp6YKN6sUSXGQDEpdAmykiP9JGjsQPNEFrhzknQwM%2FT%2FTOpGPY1%2F2T6bWkHbGBwubP7ZSHxd2rH22s%2FsocRfQgyxR2jfT2MXPsrOFwaNuxbU7eRE0L3hhBfjhMj7TuPFgN0mqm17rK0m84XL8XLb3tbX5XaPVtqwtsLzJVQ%2BrlOk%2B23%2F%2BDhbpZSMybLdFfedXAMttMyaHAeKsuR61B1lVZ0kVVEgVR1qCk6pKoiFDVDQAA1BRNVA2gKlCCugR0w1BkTZZVTTOIKVQkY70Ma0HarPIVaqZ3Zp2bKa%2BnD%2BpzdT1QmxW6Av%2FVdoRsF9IKWPdy3rxtMwmyJKiqxriDLJtsvWB4DQkEWdclRtC40XITX2%2BUCaYsiCJQ2SDjNquXt7BuDJKiSUASyJlI5hSZThIAhgJ1WZV03VDIZ0lUgaRrwJCAJklQhFBRVTLxDJVMPclYbwx1IGFYOl2wUm6ilZpk4pE4KoiKmIyDuWrzczNIiE9qIotx%2BcRtMu%2F4pdYiU1uWu3CjCklhqZdabgZAKy8ZMPqZPJuXVm02Xq3HGp5BXRV0WTHIEIqGTqYj0ERDFWWJ7K46lKFq6BrZcRXZgBDIhiQCMkmhCnQRyGTGQv1t6teCtF01pHNl%2Bahv19vojFUW4%2FKJkord02E444Jbhe67Y%2FcSAFUxdFHQdQBlPfpTjk5VclaKokQOTqhKkFxUdCCTwQKGqMqibIgSMMjxqkQjtz6da0HKFKVKfVc%2BepnyUKkd7ZiVLe3VduXOrbHpvf2fFVAYuD6am3HlxbVtNPPNcXu8zBG6Yuf0y8vNKbzsDWbfvjrzHnxtRTnB1LRnN%2Bbr8jccmSgsLodc5VzLxC1vdtvX0qFQ2ix7KRu8pO2yF99qHe9V3fBNe%2FkmhGWZpm%2BHk2XYkDnJZp7lIC8qCPkBwmPkjR9Q4Lj%2BjPTA3Eig17YOzMtP1%2FcPtx7jre9dIn9EpGXncgH0xv2zredqu6GVEmilAForhtZKoLUCaMDgeFDCA3Icv5H1re92OzkP%2FzdvX%2B263dl6bJrnns2DZsMHG9nZBvpd4d2rwrupnazAX%2BquPr0lPHld2nXzquhmJs7ZPZP0vB5vJqZ5ndp9e7NGkLlN%2Fv0XX%2FE70tVmAAA%3D https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/thermodynamic-process...