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Forum: Military Aviation

30th Oct 2017, 13:06

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Not trouble paying the rent, trouble keeping the...

Not trouble paying the rent, trouble keeping the safety case on an even keel whilst new houses keep crowding into the vicinity of the sheds, so I'm told.

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Forum: Military Aviation

8th May 2016, 23:06

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,173

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Yes! A few years out of date, but this sets...

Yes!

A few years out of date, but this sets the context rather well (http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/apr/24/top-1000-charities-donations-britain). I make the crowdsourcing target of...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th May 2016, 13:21

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,173

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Well said Wageslave. Airlander is from a...

Well said Wageslave.

Airlander is from a financial investment viewpoint high risk - but it's not bound to fail, and if it doesn't fail offers significant potential opportunities.

This who don't...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Apr 2016, 21:24

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,173

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Very true, also lightweight electric motors that...

Very true, also lightweight electric motors that didn't exist at anything like the efficiency 20 years ago.

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Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Apr 2016, 19:08

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,173

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Well said Tourist. I've no professional...

Well said Tourist.

I've no professional connection with HAV (a few friends and former colleagues working there only) and have never worked on airships myself. However, I've studied them quite a...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Apr 2016, 20:45

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,173

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I thought that the lack of payload, no space for...

I thought that the lack of payload, no space for police radio or hand-carried camera equipment, over-sensitive CG sensitivity (remember the need to move ballast weights when your observer got out),...

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Apr 2016, 21:10

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,173

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

It's a very vulnerable military target, that is...

It's a very vulnerable military target, that is undeniable.

I think that there are valid civil uses for a system like this, with a suitable electronics payload. For example - sat with a lot of...

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Apr 2016, 18:29

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,173

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Welcome to PPrune Tim. Detailed discussion...

Welcome to PPrune Tim.

Detailed discussion of the Optica probably might be better done over a beer at some suitable occasion, and I'll make sure I join up Genghis and real life next we meet - but...

Forum: Military Aviation

31st Mar 2016, 22:25

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,173

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I quite like TR, but he's not all that...

I quite like TR, but he's not all that knowledgeable I agree. His recent enthusiastic article about the Edgley Optica didn't so far as I know match the opinions of any Test Pilot who has ever flown...

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