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Airship Hydrogen resupply
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RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply
September 6, 2016 at 10:42 pm (This post was last modified: September 6, 2016 at 10:43 pm by Anomalocaris.)
The 7000 m^3 of lost hydrogen reduces lift by 8.4 tons.

According to JuliaL's calculation, burning a ton of fuel to make hydrogen would generate only a fraction of a ton of lifting capacity.

So why not just jettison 8.4 tons of fuel?
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Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Alex K - September 5, 2016 at 5:10 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Alex K - September 5, 2016 at 6:05 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Jackalope - September 5, 2016 at 6:14 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Thumpalumpacus - September 5, 2016 at 6:36 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Minimalist - September 5, 2016 at 6:52 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Thumpalumpacus - September 5, 2016 at 7:29 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Minimalist - September 5, 2016 at 7:48 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Gemini - September 5, 2016 at 8:55 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 5, 2016 at 8:54 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by JuliaL - September 5, 2016 at 9:51 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Alex K - September 6, 2016 at 3:40 am
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by JuliaL - September 6, 2016 at 11:12 am
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Alex K - September 6, 2016 at 2:55 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Whateverist - September 6, 2016 at 3:19 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Whateverist - September 6, 2016 at 3:20 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Alex K - September 6, 2016 at 3:40 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Alex K - September 6, 2016 at 3:02 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Alex K - September 6, 2016 at 3:07 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by vorlon13 - September 6, 2016 at 8:45 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Anomalocaris - September 6, 2016 at 9:39 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Anomalocaris - September 6, 2016 at 10:22 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by JuliaL - September 7, 2016 at 12:43 am
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Anomalocaris - September 6, 2016 at 10:42 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Jackalope - September 6, 2016 at 11:06 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Anomalocaris - September 7, 2016 at 12:06 am
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Jackalope - September 7, 2016 at 10:43 am
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Alex K - September 16, 2016 at 4:33 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Jesster - September 16, 2016 at 4:35 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by Alex K - September 16, 2016 at 5:05 pm
RE: Airship Hydrogen resupply - by The Grand Nudger - September 16, 2016 at 5:09 pm



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