H2 is by far the best gas choice, and part of H2 economy.
airships are also a great vehicle to transport H2 as needed without pipeline permitting. Providing green energy resilience to anywhere. They are faster than trucks for distance cargo.
Designs that include wing based lift are a winner. Aircraft attitude can be changed by compressing to/from back/front of airship, and management of cargo/ballast/pull force on ropes is made easier.
They mentioned using compressors for ballast. Having center rigid sections able to hold H2 or air or vacuum can be used to move H2 out of the center before landing, and then replace cargo with air for ground/rope attachment stability.
Another airship application is replacement of yachts. There is very little weight variation from residents and “groceries” being inside vs out. There is massive solar production capable surface that can generate H2 fuel for power, and then get water back from consuming the fuel in fuel cells. 20ft fiberglass trailers weight 1mt. 900 m^3 of H2. 1500 m^3 for people + baggage. 2500 m^3 for solar + fuel cells + electrolyzers + prop engines. 25m long airship with 1m extra length for each extra ft of “furnished cabin+luggage space”.
I like your math here. You should bring this up with [email protected] , the largest Mbin magazine. Somehow nobody on slrpnk.net subscribes to them, so they’re not that well federated. While they mostly focus on H2 power, I agree that hydrogen should return as a lifting gas for airships.
Something that happens with self driving cars is that you can live in your car without having to park it anywhere. Airships hovering is a similar “freedom”.
That makes sense to me - the word yacht might be implying too much a certain use case (it’s the name of a class of vessel but I think it also says ‘rich people toy’ on first impression). But house boats have been around for a long time and when they’re someone’s primary residence they sometimes represent a cheaper model of living, not unlike a mobile home. An airship houseboat is an interesting idea, I think it showed up at the end of Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway.
Very comprehensive video.
H2 is by far the best gas choice, and part of H2 economy.
airships are also a great vehicle to transport H2 as needed without pipeline permitting. Providing green energy resilience to anywhere. They are faster than trucks for distance cargo.
Designs that include wing based lift are a winner. Aircraft attitude can be changed by compressing to/from back/front of airship, and management of cargo/ballast/pull force on ropes is made easier.
They mentioned using compressors for ballast. Having center rigid sections able to hold H2 or air or vacuum can be used to move H2 out of the center before landing, and then replace cargo with air for ground/rope attachment stability.
Another airship application is replacement of yachts. There is very little weight variation from residents and “groceries” being inside vs out. There is massive solar production capable surface that can generate H2 fuel for power, and then get water back from consuming the fuel in fuel cells. 20ft fiberglass trailers weight 1mt. 900 m^3 of H2. 1500 m^3 for people + baggage. 2500 m^3 for solar + fuel cells + electrolyzers + prop engines. 25m long airship with 1m extra length for each extra ft of “furnished cabin+luggage space”.
I like your math here. You should bring this up with [email protected] , the largest Mbin magazine. Somehow nobody on slrpnk.net subscribes to them, so they’re not that well federated. While they mostly focus on H2 power, I agree that hydrogen should return as a lifting gas for airships.
I think we have enough of those. In fact, we need less, both water and air yachts.
Something that happens with self driving cars is that you can live in your car without having to park it anywhere. Airships hovering is a similar “freedom”.
That makes sense to me - the word yacht might be implying too much a certain use case (it’s the name of a class of vessel but I think it also says ‘rich people toy’ on first impression). But house boats have been around for a long time and when they’re someone’s primary residence they sometimes represent a cheaper model of living, not unlike a mobile home. An airship houseboat is an interesting idea, I think it showed up at the end of Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway.