Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds
Nighed@feddit.uk 1 week agoA wind turbine automatically feathers. Why can’t the airship automatically raise and lower itself?
With modern forecasting, getting it’s height right shouldn’t be too hard?
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Because it doesn’t just need to be lowered. It would need to deflate itself/reinflate itself, while also strapping the deflated bits down or put itself into a massive hangar.
Weather has always been an issue with airships. It’s the main reason you don’t see them in everyday life.
Nighed@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Does the article actually list the target altitude for this version?
I think I was imagining something much higher. You’re probably right.