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Old 02-14-2022, 05:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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1929 ZMC-2 all-metal airship

This may be the lowest drag airship ever constructed, due to it's fineness-ratio.
It wouldn't necessarily make it the most popular, as motion-sickness was an issue with crews.
When you consider that the 450-hp engine was pushing a 'building' through the air at 65-mph, it dawns upon you, what they had actually accomplished.
Main hull is around Cd 0.04, compared to the Cd 0.07 LZ-126/ USS Los Angeles.

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