Johannes replied to me:
From my current numbers, a TL6 $400,000 / CrImp20,000 blimp can carry
10 people and 16 stons of cargo some 700 miles in a day. A
CrImp20,000 / TL8 $160,000 G-Carrier would carry less cargo much
faster, so the trade-off depends on assumptions about unloading times
and the reading of a pesky little rule about the cost of hydrogen. VE
makes it quite expensive.
If there is a conceivable way, how hydrogen is produced locally with
mostly local equipment, close to the star port you likely have already
a facility with regular customers and you can take advantage of
ecconomy of scale.
If you are flexible about when you buy it you might be able to buy
surplus
hydrogen.
That was the idea. It takes about 0.4 dtons of hydrogen to fill a 3,000
dton gasbag.
Another thing, I have about 17.5 stons payload. What is the right split
between passengers and cargo? Could be as many as 100 with cabin luggage
only, or half a dozen with some serious cargo.
Regards,
Onno
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