My Martian Dirigible by kjer_99
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This is still a work in progress. It is to be used with my Matronaut series about Mars. I haven't decided yet whether or not I want to cover the air bags with a more streamlined covering. Also not sure what texture to use for the air bags. The airbags may seem too small but Mars has considerably less gravitational pull than Earth and a much thinner atmosphere so I would think they could be quite a bit smaller than would be the case if it were Earth. There are jet engines and a stubby wing which can rotate like a VTL aircraft. The engines can also rotate to steer the craft. They have "skytrains" on Mars. These consist of the regular dirigible as the "engine" and they tow one or two unpowered dirigibles that only have cargo pods.
Let me know what you think. Suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks for looking.
Comments (8)
wonderful modelling,really.good rendering to on alls the faces.i vote.bravo my friend.
Very interesting project! I like design!
I like! Neat clean + well thought out design. Would there be enough oxy in the atmosphere to support combustion at any kind of altitude much above surface level? This would be my top fantasy scenario - a low level flight over the surface. :-)
Yes, Retired, it would be a low-level machine. For one thing, the Martian atmosphere is much lower than Earth's. As you once pointed out to me, Mons Olympus rears beyond the atmosphere. You might be able to get this baby to the bottom of that volcano, but maybe not much higher than its base. I want to add solar panels for power and probably jets won't work. Maybe electric engines turning huge propellers. Not sure just how high these babies would go, but they ought to be able to cover most of the planet, except for the higher parts of the Tharsis bulge (Where Olympus Mons and three other large volcanoes are located.) Thanks for the input. Very helpful.
Excellent artwork! Hope to see this one in a scene soon!
The design is aesthetically pleasing, and I understand the concept of redundancy in multiple lift bags, but it seems like 4 spheres leaves a lot of wasted space in your infrastructure. What if the redundant lift bags were oblong, and fit together with less empty area between? Just theorizing from an engineering standpoint...
Wow!Excellent!
Well thought up construction