Wednesday 31 August 2011

Hybrid Thermal Airship

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A Boeing project that never got off the drawing board, which is a pity.  It not only has hybrid thermal lift technology, but also ships some pretty sweet terawatt-power death rays.

And I'm pretty sure it could dock inside of the hollowed out volcano.

4 comments:

Ironmistress said...

Thunderbird VI, anyone?

eon said...

As usual with YouTube, the video refuses to keep up with the audio.

The only quibble I have with it is that 30,000 feet (9000 meters or so) isn't necessarily always above severe weather. You can still get wind shear at that height, and I could imagine that doing unpleasant things to an aerobody this big.

cheers

eon

Sergej said...

Airships are so 1936. When I outfit my lair, I'm going for a rocket ship. Lands vertically and takes up next to no space when you aren't using it. Just the thing for the modern urban mad scientist.

Daniel said...

Ironmistress,

I believe you mean Thunderbird VII. Thunderbird VI was a yellow Sopwith Biplane.

Mind you, with the general shape and the animation of the cargo platform being lowered into a forest clearing, it reminds me of a low-tech Thunderbird II analogue