Something different - Solar powered blimp!

[Daox]

Yup, they lined the outside with light weight solar cells. Supposed cruising speed of 40 mph (seems fast for a blimp IMO). Sure sounds like a nice fun ride to me.

Solar Blimp to Fly from NYC to Paris, Rests on Land or Water : CleanTechnica

[order99]

Waaaah!! WANT!

Er, sorry, that just came out. The Internet is rubbing off on me, I guess...but OH GOD that looks like fun! Maybe a low-budget personal model would be-

(counts money)

-ummm no.

Sigh.

[bennelson]

That is SO steampunk.

Er, Cyberpunk?

Too many sci-fi stories coming to mind here.

Blimps do have a lot of surface area, so it makes sense.

[RobertSmalls]

Cool. Too bad it's only on the drawing board - if they ever get funding, we'll see if it can fly. We'll also see how fast it can go at night - a 40mph transatlantic flight would take four days if it doesn't slow down in cloudy weather.

Actually, if you really need a green blimp, why not use hydrogen fuel cells? You could even store the fuel in uncompressed form.