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I have not done any airships in a while, so I thought I'd whip up some more lighter-than-air goodness.
This relatively small (and probably not very flight capable realistically) zeppelin is intended to be a gunship/troop carrier combination for military use. It has six compartments each capable of holding around five people, thirty in total, not counting one pilot and four topside gunners. It is armed with ten mounted machine guns.
The engines are intended to swivel up to 45 degrees in order to faciliate quick landings and take-offs on short notice. The fuel tanks are visibly external, as the craft's crew would much rather have a wing on fire than the whole craft. The tanks may of course be dropped when empty.
I imagine this would be a sort of unwieldy precursor to the first helicopters, more maneuverable that ordinary airships and able to take off and land at much shorter distances that heavier-than-air aircraft.
Also, more dieselpunk fun. :D
This relatively small (and probably not very flight capable realistically) zeppelin is intended to be a gunship/troop carrier combination for military use. It has six compartments each capable of holding around five people, thirty in total, not counting one pilot and four topside gunners. It is armed with ten mounted machine guns.
The engines are intended to swivel up to 45 degrees in order to faciliate quick landings and take-offs on short notice. The fuel tanks are visibly external, as the craft's crew would much rather have a wing on fire than the whole craft. The tanks may of course be dropped when empty.
I imagine this would be a sort of unwieldy precursor to the first helicopters, more maneuverable that ordinary airships and able to take off and land at much shorter distances that heavier-than-air aircraft.
Also, more dieselpunk fun. :D
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fantasy
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1249 x 719px
File Size 1.05 MB
Interesting, I suppose lifting capability could either be provided as a blend of wings/props and the lifting gas. The gas inside the zeppelin could have just enough buoyancy to make the craft just slightly heavier than air. rotating the props upwards could provide enough lift to get off the ground, until the craft gets up enough speed for the wings to provide lift, whereupon the props return to normal 'cruising' position for normal flight. Allows the craft to take damage and still fly and land safely. even if you loose the engines and/or wings, you've still got enough buoyancy to not simply drop like a ton of bricks.
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