On Thu, 18 Apr 2013, Onno Meyer wrote:
Tim replied to me:
Would it be possible to put a lifting gas container under the
hanger deck level? That would cut down on the amount of rotor/fan
lift you need. Also how about mounting the fans or rotors on
outriggers so that they are away from the flight deck?
Hello Tim,
an airship, with or without supplementary lift fans, could be
used to carry aircraft. But lifting gas takes so much space.
The carrier would become big and flimsy, instead of big and
massive.
I had assumed a 20,000 ton/4,000,000 cf helicarrier with 2,000
tons payload. A 4,000 ton airship would be about 175,000,000
cf, 3.5 times longer/higher/wider.
If you can come up with an otherwise fine carrier, with low endurence, you
propably could modify it, to an airship, that can ditch it's gas bag and
run home.
The mission of such a carrier could be to patrol an area, where an enemy
attack it likely. When such an attack happens, the gas bag likely get's
damaged anyway (large and difficult to armour) soon. The carrier can ditch
it, still launch it's fighters, propably still take part a while in
keeping the enemy occupied until the cavalry arrives and then return to
base.
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