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Cargo Airships Are Happening

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220 points elidourado | 3 comments | 14 Oct 24 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
1. dpflan ◴[15 Oct 24 02:11 UTC] No.41844255[source]▶
What is the current target use-case for this company's airships, the use-case that will get them a consistent business that will allow them to grow?

What is the target operating speed considering cargo weight?

How much cargo can such an airship carry at its target operating speed such that this is more efficient than air-freight and land-freight?

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2. Invictus0 ◴[15 Oct 24 02:15 UTC] No.41844276[source]▶
Read the article dude
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3. dpflan ◴[15 Oct 24 02:19 UTC] No.41844300[source]▶
Yes, this seems like the best paragraph from the article related to those questions:

Airship Industries is designing its vehicle to dominate transoceanic air freight. It checks all the right boxes. It shortens end-to-end freight delivery time. It lowers freight handling costs, delays, and breakage. It’s highly profitable on a unit basis. It lowers fuel burn and carbon emissions by 75 percent without any sustainable fuel breakthroughs.

How many shipping container can a single airship carry?