On Fri, 11 Oct 2013, Onno Meyer wrote:
Johannes wrote:
If there are plenty of worlds, where hostile action or at least high tech
hostile action is not expected a blimp still can make sense.
There were a few episodes which highlighted the adventures of the
second-string teams -- not every Stargate consists of O'Neill and
Carter. Still, I find it difficult to imagine a near-future USAF
unit which puts people into blimps.
It would most likely be labeled a surveiliance craft. And yes it would be
a bit unusual to do that. You could work that into the campain background.
There might be a faction, that came up with the idea of the blimps and
lobbied hard to get them and now are eager to proove how usefull they are.
And the other faction, that never have liked them and just wait for a
"told you so" moment.
And if air preassure and gravity are especially unfavourable the blimp
might be the only vehicle that is avaiable for a specific mission and
depending on the mission parameters better then nothing.
So the primary flyer would be a modular helicopter or plane, but
they have a few blimps for the right environments?
If helicopters or planes that fit through gates are viable, something i
have no definite opinion about.
A TL8 blimp could have solar cells, a fuel electrolysis system,
and some hydrogen-burning engine to 'self-refuel'. In that case
hydrogen could be used for lift, despite the fire risks.
I'm a bit worried about weight. 28.5 lbs. to produce 1 gallon
of LHyd per hour. It could take many days to refuel for a few
hours of flight.
Would a setup work, where for larger missions the electrolysis equipment
stays in the basecamp and usually blimps go on missions without it, but
the base camp is designed to be moveable by blimps?
The autonomous self refuelling blimp could be included as emergency
scenario.
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