In my simpleton mind, I cannot understand why we do not use more blimps for transporting goods. Seems engines and fuel could be done with solar, also seems like they could be automated. Is it simply not cost effective? Is it dangerous even though modern blimps use helium? Eli5.
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“Hello, airplanes? It’s blimps. You win.”
Kinda sums it up honestly.
They’re slow, have very low lifting capacity, often depend on an extremely scarce resource (Helium), are not very maneuverable, can’t handle a wide range of weather conditions well, take up inordinate amounts of space anywhere they need to land, and plenty more.
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