Thread: Why Dirigibles?
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Old 05-17-2018, 12:07 PM   #70
Anthony
 
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Default Re: Why Dirigibles?

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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin View Post
Your first exception is probably not accurate. Every time I've tried to build them dirigibles burned more fuel on a per mile basis that conventional aircraft.
That might be limits of VE; with properly designed engines, your fuel requirement will be Drag * Distance / Efficiency, and if you go slowly enough the dirigible is lower. The problem is that 'slowly enough' is really really slow.
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