The world’s largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley::As dawn breaks over Silicon Valley, the world is getting its first look at Pathfinder 1, a prototype electric airship that its maker LTA Research hopes

  • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    I mean, don’t airships also have the advantage of not needing to expend energy for lift, just forward motion? A solar plane doesn’t have to worry about this either I suppose, but an airship is much easier to make have useful cargo capacity than a solar plane.

    • Jamil@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Neither do naval ships.

      I can only see this being useful over land and short distances.