Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoChina tests world's first megawatt-class flying wind turbinewww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1303arrow-down16
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minus-squareramenshaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 day agoYeah, that’s what the folks who designed the Hindenburg thought as well.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoFor an autonomous platform with some sort of safety mechanisms for jettisoning the air bag if a catastrophic failure occurs, hydrogen does in fact sound like a way better and less scarce lifting gas.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 hours agoWasn’t the way the Hindenburg burned due to both the Hidrogen AND the alumium oxide paint covering it?
Yeah, that’s what the folks who designed the Hindenburg thought as well.
For an autonomous platform with some sort of safety mechanisms for jettisoning the air bag if a catastrophic failure occurs, hydrogen does in fact sound like a way better and less scarce lifting gas.
Wasn’t the way the Hindenburg burned due to both the Hidrogen AND the alumium oxide paint covering it?
Nah, it’s perfect!