Scientist Predicts Cargo Zeppelins in the Future
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'Captain! Look out! We're headed directly for a Skyberg!'MrSnugglesworth said:
OT: I'd really, very seriously love to see the Zeppelin make a come-back.
I think it's silly that they even stopped being used just because one exploded because the people who designed it lacked the foresight to realise that painting something with the main components of TERMITE when it's kept in the air with Hydrogen was a bad idea...
I'm certain modern knowledge and engineering will ensure safer, better Zeppelin travel.
And I can't wait for it!
AIR-SHIPS! HOOOO!
No, after further testing, they found that while the paint definitely started the fire, the Hydrogen caused the problem. The paint ignited, made a small hole in the bubble of Hydrogen, Hydrogen + fire = shit.Burnswell said:
It helped, but the paint only started the affair.
OT: this is a good idea, Am I the only one thinking: SKY HOTEL!
One question, will this result in us dealing a Don Konage? /shot
Who else thought sky pirates after they read this?
Who else thought sky pirates after they read this?
Are Zeppelin's Steampunk or Dieselpunk? I think that I could live with a dieselpunk future while a steampunk future makes me want to go all road warrior on people's brass goggled faces.
LZ 129 was one of the most modern most advanced Zeppelins of the day. The kind of thing that would've kept on keepin' on until the 60s- like British Tanks [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_tank] or the 747 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747], with minor changes inside that kept it up to date. (The 747 will celebrate it's 40th year in service on January 22nd)
The bloody thing was even originally designed to be held aloft with helium, but the trade embargo to Germany from USA prevented that.
With a modern image overhaul and design implementations from the past forty years a zeppelin designed ground-up for awesome use in the future would make a success so large that it would make contemporary designs make the comparison equivalent to comparing the RMS Titanic to the Oasis of the Seas [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Oasis_of_the_Seas]
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If anyone needs me, I'll be getting my pilot's license and whatever other permits I need to fly one of these things.
If anyone needs me, I'll be getting my pilot's license and whatever other permits I need to fly one of these things.
Hell no. While they may be cheaper to Jets, they're like what Yahtzee once said, an ant pushing a brick across a desert in comparison to the F1 racers called Jets, the cons outweigh the pro's and you would've lost alot of commercial doing that.
However, if you want to replace boats, then yah you are a winrar.
However, if you want to replace boats, then yah you are a winrar.
The main problem with airships is that they just don't make economic sense. They are slower than modern high speed passenger train and cant carry as many poeple. To transport poeple on the transatlantic route the Oasis of the Sea can move 5600 in around 7 days as opposed 100 people in around 3 days. In terms of cargo, trains easily carry a 1000 tons and at the same kind of speed as an airship. The big bulk carriers can move 350000 tons at half the speed of the airship
I'm only wondering what took them so long. The only serious issue I could forsee is severe weather causing problems. On the other hand, when a 747 goes down, there's a crash and death and heartbreak... when an zeppelin goes down, it squashes Granny Smith's garden and they need a bus to get everyone home.
I endorse this as a replacement for the "3) Profit!" meme.-=Spy=- said:
YES! BRING ON THE HELICARRIER!
Or the Hindenburg. Either way. I look forward to the news reports.
Or the Hindenburg. Either way. I look forward to the news reports.
Yes please! I'd really look forward to having these as our new form of air transit. Keep private planes and such and focus more on passenger models for long haul flights maybe so people can still travel around the world relatively quickly, but definetly replace cargo ones with this. If it takes a couple days so be it, but if it uses significantly less fuel and with more cargo, all the better for it.
