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Old 9th Feb 2016, 14:37
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Originally Posted by Genghis the Engineer

On the whole, I think that it's got as good a chance of success as any airshop project ever has, and I really hope that they do.

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It does also have the advantage over previous designs that materials and drive technologies have kept advancing.

The solar films that coat the various high altitude long endurance drones will have obvious uses for such an airship, and the ever reducing weight/power requirements of avionics and sneaky tech will obviously help.
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