Lighter than air craft

[Meems]

Is it possible to get helium or even hydrogen implemented in game? Since fluid filled enclosure is already part of the game I would think adding helium as a fluid and adding a lightweight enclosure material would not be too difficult.

[XavierTheRocketeer]

yeah, that would be cool, but let us get the already existing aerodynamics stuff fixed first.

[a spooky house]

you can try recreating the first plane ever made, the wright flyer, or you can do other stuff

[Shillelagh]

Originally posted by Goose:

oh yeah because people totally wont use hydrogen (very flammable gas) to build bombs.

Hydrogen doesn't make very effective bombs unless some nuclear shenanigans happens to it which 100% won't be added. Can't speak for the devs but IRL hydrogen isn't strong enough to generate shrapnel or spalling by punching into metal and while it make a big ol' fireball and can become heavier then air in milliseconds which is grand for taking down lighter then air craft in a matter of seconds but on the ground it isn't great at making things explode.

[Ra-Ra-Rasputin]

Originally posted by Shillelagh:

Hydrogen doesn't make very effective bombs unless some nuclear shenanigans happens to it which 100% won't be added. Can't speak for the devs but IRL hydrogen isn't strong enough to generate shrapnel or spalling by punching into metal and while it make a big ol' fireball and can become heavier then air in milliseconds which is grand for taking down lighter then air craft in a matter of seconds but on the ground it isn't great at making things explode.

Actually it does make quite a decent bomb provided it's held as liquid under pressure. Once its ruptured by an explosion it has a very high velocity and explosive mass as it is forced to turn into a gaseous state (the way all explosives work). The real problems here are the 2 factors, gathering pure hydrogen and making a container that's strong enough to hold hydrogen at a pressure of 30 bar or greater, but weak enough to completely burst with a driver explosion.

It's more of a theorethically highly effective explosive. Gaseous hydrogen though? Just dangerous because it's highly flammable, that's it.

[Shillelagh]

Originally posted by Ra-Ra-Rasputin:

Originally posted by Shillelagh:

Hydrogen doesn't make very effective bombs unless some nuclear shenanigans happens to it which 100% won't be added. Can't speak for the devs but IRL hydrogen isn't strong enough to generate shrapnel or spalling by punching into metal and while it make a big ol' fireball and can become heavier then air in milliseconds which is grand for taking down lighter then air craft in a matter of seconds but on the ground it isn't great at making things explode.

Actually it does make quite a decent bomb provided it's held as liquid under pressure. Once its ruptured by an explosion it has a very high velocity and explosive mass as it is forced to turn into a gaseous state (the way all explosives work). The real problems here are the 2 factors, gathering pure hydrogen and making a container that's strong enough to hold hydrogen at a pressure of 30 bar or greater, but weak enough to completely burst with a driver explosion.

It's more of a theorethically highly effective explosive. Gaseous hydrogen though? Just dangerous because it's highly flammable, that's it.

Sure it's possible but it still isn't practical when solid explosives are cheaper and safer solid explosives.

[Ra-Ra-Rasputin]

Contained liquid hydrogen is very safe, because their containers are safe!

I love my azidoazide azide though, but it needs more nitrogen.

[Ra-Ra-Rasputin]

Oh, the huge manatee?

[Shillelagh]

Originally posted by Ra-Ra-Rasputin:

Oh, the huge manatee?

I thought it was a birthday balloon.