Timeline for Which physical laws or attributes would have to be changed to increase the buoyancy of an airship?
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| Jan 22, 2021 at 20:45 | comment | added | Demigan | where did you get that idea? I've only read about airships patrolling hundreds to literal thousands of miles, none were ever doing their missions while tethered. | |
| Jan 22, 2021 at 15:59 | comment | added | flox | @Demigan That's assuming that the airships are tethered and stationary - not useful for any kind of voyage or transport. It has long been established that cruising airships are much more susceptible to influence by winds than fixed wing aircraft. | |
| Jan 22, 2021 at 15:48 | comment | added | Demigan | During the later stages of the cold war the US used various early warning systems over the North Pole. At some point the weather became so hazardous with windspeeds and cold that everything was grounded. Everything but airships that is. That puts quite a dent in your idea that airships are easily destroyed by wind. | |
| Jan 22, 2021 at 14:31 | history | answered | flox | CC BY-SA 4.0 |