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Fuelless Flight with Air Submarine?

Posted by michael on from the in-this-house,-we-obey-the-laws-of-thermodynamics dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Using the same physics principles as submarines, a new company is planning a fuelless air ship. Recent advances in ultra light and strong materials are making this concept a practical reality." There's no question that changes in buoyancy can be used to propel a vehicle, but "fuelless" is going to be tricky.

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  1. Re:Holy *hit BatMan by Supp0rtLinux · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not to mention that current air travel isn't technically provable anyway. We all know the concepts of lift and drag, etc., but we also all know that they aren't provable.
    Anyone else notice it looks like a catamaran made of two dirigibles with the Spruce Goose's wings?

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