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sanman
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I was reading about some recent announcements by Aeros and their competitor SkyCat, both of whom are seeking to marke large hybrid airships as a means of transporting very heavy payloads through the air.
I'd like to ask, what would be the best engineering solution to safely transport the heaviest payloads through the air?
I think we've all heard of the heavy-lifting conventional aircraft, like An225 and Airbus380. But if I recall correctly, their payloads max out at a couple of hundred tonnes.
If one wanted to go to the thousand-tonne level, what engineering solution would be the most practical way to achieve this?
http://www.aerosml.com/aeroscraft_ML866.asp
http://www.worldskycat.com/skycat/features.html
http://www.dynalifter.com/Dynaliftercom/RoadlessTrucking.htm
I'd like to ask, what would be the best engineering solution to safely transport the heaviest payloads through the air?
I think we've all heard of the heavy-lifting conventional aircraft, like An225 and Airbus380. But if I recall correctly, their payloads max out at a couple of hundred tonnes.
If one wanted to go to the thousand-tonne level, what engineering solution would be the most practical way to achieve this?
http://www.aerosml.com/aeroscraft_ML866.asp
http://www.worldskycat.com/skycat/features.html
http://www.dynalifter.com/Dynaliftercom/RoadlessTrucking.htm
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