RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply
September 6, 2016 at 3:40 am
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2016 at 4:29 am by Alex K.)
JuliaL, brilliant.
I don't know where I got the 12 m^3 per kWh from. brainfart.com? Possibly a case of "don't drink and derive".
Seriously, I don't know how that number slipped in, probably a confusion of /kg and /kWh - thanks for catching it. The result looked too good to be true, eh?
So, your idea of using parts of the Aluminum structure sounds very interesting. I wasn't aware of that reaction. Yes, they land in a nice forest - they might have the good sense to land near a forest on purpose.
Of course, if they rip 6 metric tons of aluminum out, that will save them almost the 7000 m^3 lifting gas, doesn't it? This would make replenishing the gas pointless. But dropping ballast (from the hull or the engines), is too boring, I want them to have to do some mad science, either electrolysis or chemistry, to make it.
Could the electrolysis be driven simply by burning wood? They'd need a lot of wood, but that shouldn't be a problem for our friends.
The will-they-make-it-back is definitely a subplot.
I don't know where I got the 12 m^3 per kWh from. brainfart.com? Possibly a case of "don't drink and derive".
Seriously, I don't know how that number slipped in, probably a confusion of /kg and /kWh - thanks for catching it. The result looked too good to be true, eh?
So, your idea of using parts of the Aluminum structure sounds very interesting. I wasn't aware of that reaction. Yes, they land in a nice forest - they might have the good sense to land near a forest on purpose.
Of course, if they rip 6 metric tons of aluminum out, that will save them almost the 7000 m^3 lifting gas, doesn't it? This would make replenishing the gas pointless. But dropping ballast (from the hull or the engines), is too boring, I want them to have to do some mad science, either electrolysis or chemistry, to make it.
Could the electrolysis be driven simply by burning wood? They'd need a lot of wood, but that shouldn't be a problem for our friends.
The will-they-make-it-back is definitely a subplot.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
