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China tests world's first megawatt-class flying wind turbine (www.livescience.com)
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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 15 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah, that's what the folks who designed the Hindenburg thought as well.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Wasn't the way the Hindenburg burned due to both the Hidrogen AND the alumium oxide paint covering it?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

For an autonomous platform with some sort of safety mechanisms for jettisoning the air bag if a catastrophic failure occurs, hydrogen does in fact sound like a way better and less scarce lifting gas.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago

Nah, it's perfect!