I want an airship.

retired_tikoalegendre · 10-16-2007, 08:37 PM

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Originally posted by Sir Bert Preast:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Sean Paul:
Hypersonic jet

Expected to go Mach 10, and with a Nasa prototype expected by 2010.

I'd rather get on this than a glorified blimp

I can understand airships will be a nice plaything for the rich though.

Don't see those coming into service before the airships tbh. And you might like to remember what happened to Concord? </BLOCKQUOTE>

Enlighten me.

retired_ks reddy · 10-16-2007, 08:37 PM

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Originally posted by DJ:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Concord

Bingo. Proof of mach whatever flying is commercially impossible. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Not impossible. That's what Concord proved. Just not viable.

retired_ks reddy · 10-16-2007, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sean Paul:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Sir Bert Preast:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Sean Paul:
Hypersonic jet

Expected to go Mach 10, and with a Nasa prototype expected by 2010.

I'd rather get on this than a glorified blimp

I can understand airships will be a nice plaything for the rich though.

Don't see those coming into service before the airships tbh. And you might like to remember what happened to Concord? </BLOCKQUOTE>

Enlighten me. </BLOCKQUOTE>

It was too expensive.

retired_tikoalegendre · 10-16-2007, 08:42 PM

And building a plethora of airshifts won't cost a fortune?

retired_tikoalegendre · 10-16-2007, 08:42 PM

airships*

retired_tikoalegendre · 10-16-2007, 08:45 PM

I'm thinking that a scramjet could do 5-6 more trips in the same time as an airship could. Costs could be recouped that way, no?

I like the idea of an airship, but going to Hong Kong for a night out seems immense.

retired_kswelker · 10-16-2007, 08:46 PM

How expensive is helium? Can production meet such an increased demand? I like the idea overall. :thup:

retired_ks reddy · 10-16-2007, 08:47 PM

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Originally posted by Sean Paul:
And building a plethora of airshifts won't cost a fortune?

Vastly less than a plethora of Concords. Vastly less even that your bog airliners of today.

retired_ks reddy · 10-16-2007, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sean Paul:
I'm thinking that a scramjet could do 5-6 more trips in the same time as an airship could. Costs could be recouped that way, no?

I like the idea of an airship, but going to Hong Kong for a night out seems immense.

No, fuel costs are immense, environmental damage is immense, and required infrastructure is immense.

So your night out, isn't.