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Originally Posted by tanksoldier
This is intstead of serious develpment being terminated.
Had airship develpment continued they would be as advanced today over the Hindenberg as the A380 is over the Ju 52.
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At least a few years ago there was a Ju-52 still flying. Not so for any rigid airship.
Several years ago I tried building advanced and speculative dirigibles with GVB. I tried advanced materials and engines at TLs up to 11 (3e still TL10 in 4e). I tried mega-sizing them I even tried a combined lifting body dirgible with vectored thrust.
That last one was instructive as it functioned better when I deleted the lifting gas.
Anything you could do in the way of tech upgrades for a dirigible works better for a straight airplane or a helicopter or especially for a vectored thrust lifting body.