Recent content by Ranmacar

Thanks, will try to get some basic calculations done soon. What I was thinking was 2 tubes with about 2-3m diameter enclosed in a flattened oval filled with hopefully helium, or some other lifting gas. Need to have a look at the required volumes to calculate the size of the enclosure. What I...

I wish I had saved them, it was just a Google spree before sleep :) What I was worried about was bad weather / wind. How much could it withstand, and how stable could it be. The idea was to make a lightweight hyperloop alternative, without the vacuum of course. Just a shielded tube for some...

Hello! I was thinking late one night, and would love to have someone with more than my cursory knowledge in relevant sciences have a look at this. How hard would it be to keep a very long balloon / zeppelin stationary and stable in the air, say between 50-200m above ground? Where very long is...