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Sweet mother of Jefferson Davis, this is fantastic! O.O
Dangit, all these airship pictures make me want to buy some goggles and coveralls in the worst way...
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Rather than buying trinkets, it makes me want to build the ships themselves. Β I know how, too. Β Give me money and a hangar sir, and I will make you all happy.
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And of course, this offer comes about when I'm in the middle of a college degree program. I don't think I could give you enough money for a *toy* airship. TT^TT
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This I know, it is frustrating. Β A rigid framed working model of such a ship of a length about 25 feet would cost into the thousands after the mylar and coverings for the internal gas chambers were concerned. Β The engines would not take so much money as they would time. Β
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to vent exhaust from the carter-mann type boilers that power it's engines......
why else?
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Boilers are made of metal and that would hamper the zeppelin's performance and also release sparks that might cause a fire.
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hardly. The first great dirigibles were steam powered. In case you have forgotten, diesel engines are also made of metal, heavy cast iron blocks that contain crankcases and valves. Boilers that are solid fueled by poor firemen may produce sparks, but this is hardly an issue with a helium filled envelope. Why is it that all simple folk think zeppelins by default use flammable gas? That having been said, these boilers burn natural gas, atmospheric weight when pressurized and clean burning. High efficiency compounded uniflow steam engines have far greater stall torque at lower speeds than diesel engines do, therefore are the perfect choice for an aerial vehicle.
Remember, a zeppelin does not get it's lift from it's engines. Also, look up the Besler steam airplane for other aviation steam engine uses.
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That lighthouse looks like an even epicer exaggeration of your model.
Love how it just sprouts out of those ragged rocks....
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Its a love child between mine and the GORGEOUS Fastnet Rock Tower.
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Oooh my goodness, I see what you mean.
How surreal.
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Fastnet rock also has a unique double-stacked lens
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It would be neat if the lighthouse doubled as a mooring tower. The dirigible reminds me of the Bondonase (sp?), one of the early zeps; very nice.
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Thank you! I based her loosely off of the old first war zeps with a bit of LZ-4 thrown in the mix.
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much appreciated
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Excellent perspective and a believable steam/hot air zeppelin.
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see ME draw*
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helium actually. Every LTA or Semi-LTA ship you ever see draw or conceive uses helium. Gotta love that stuff, not dangerous but ten times better than hot air.
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Excellent story and breathtaking image. I especially love the perspective on the tower.
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Thank you my like minded fellow!
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Damn if we could ever get the funding to actually build an airworthy prototype...
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SOME DAY I INTEND to.
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Oh, I know. Just let me know when and where, and I'll gladly buy the first ticket aboard.
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you aint gonna need no ticket. When I build this ship, you are up for a flight engineering position
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Oh, now you've gone and made me smile Karnes. It would be a lovely honor to serve aboard the world's first steam airship.
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Ive got to study you up on flash-boiler theory and stuff! Well...not SO much if I use a triple drum watertube setup. So much to figure outtt
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I have a basic knowledge of steam power, but there is much I could learn from you. In it's own way, your whole obsession (for it truly is) is most inspiring.
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Obsession is right sir!
It is everything I know
You know, I have something to show you. Remind me to do so later.
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Oho this is excellent stuff mate!!
Something tells me the Endurance they underwent was one of indiscribable terror and loss.
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reminds me of the opening scene in "Sky Captain"
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I never saw it. Something tells me Id hate it XD
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not unless you hate dieselpunk.
it's all 1930's-film-noir-flash Gordon-Buck Rogers-stuff, robots, Nazi-style baddies, RAF airbattlecarriers, but the opening has a Zeppelin (Hindenburg III, to be more precise) Docking at the Empire State Buulding.
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I DO hate dieselpunk XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
And all of that stuff come to think of it XD
I see the airship as an instrument of peace, but that is just me.
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which is ironic, considering one of its first uses was as a military scout aircraft and bomber.
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not really, look at Henry Giffard's steam airship of 1852. Purely for the purpose of pioneering flight and exploration.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin may have been a genious, but he was a frightful war-mongerer. I turn to idealists like Santos Dumont and Hugo Eckener, who's dreams of the airship were both crushed by wars and facism.
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well, we wouldn't be anywhere without the Montgolfier Bros.
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true true very true
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