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Zeppelin L55 - The full story by OliSalzmann, journal

Zeppelin L55 - The full story

Oct 20, 2017

Here it is, the full story behind my drawing. This is based on a newspaper article from 1937, when the Zeppelin Stone was built. I therefore can‘t guarantee that it happened exactly like this. L55 was built as LZ101 during summer 1917 and put into service with the german imperial navy on 1st September 1917. On the 19th October, it took off for its second mission, night raid on London along with 10 other Zeppelins. As they approached the city, they were already under AA fire, but at around 5500 metres, this was not much of a problem. Instead, the ships had to face a far worse and more unpredictable enemy: the weather. Three of the airs

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RedWolf5207

May 10, 2022

Hey guys, I was just introduced to this pic and looks like if we can combine the pic example with real-world hybrid airship research like the Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10, it could fit well in a Dieselpunk genre setting with its retro-futuristic look while looking plausible.

i.redd.it/hr6l1a41pas81.jpg

www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism…

The-Necromancer

May 11, 2022

Oddly enough, I'd seen that recently myself in one of the Facebook groups I'm following. Small world.

RedWolf5207

May 11, 2022

Hey there, indeed it's a small world since I've just found your Airships gallery yesterday. It's a bonanza find for me as previous examples I've found for airship-style warships tend to make them little more than cut-&-paste maritime warships with little regard to the airships' environment. Your pics took more effort to consider airships are different from maritime ships and can't accept large, tall battleship citadels and turrets on top less they roll over and instead should be placed below for ballast and practical (i.e. shooting at ground targets) reason.

https://www.deviantart.com/the-necromancer/gallery/5365432/airships

I've been interested in the Dieselpunk genre which introduced the idea of hybrid airships to allow the airship aesthetic to exist in-setting in a more plausible way.

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The-Necromancer

May 13, 2022

When coming up with a Dieselpunk sort of "flying battleship", I always try to keep in mind what could be plausible. Even a very large 1,000 foot plus airship could only lift a few 5 inch guns as it's largest armament. Even with that, I would presume such a ship would benefit from lifting rotors to aid in keeping it in the sky. Another example would be that if I would design a ship to have superstructure topside, it would need to be aerodynamic. Any masts would be for radio and signal work, and likely collapsible for docking in a hangar. While I have experimented with flying carriers with flight decks on top, I do find it to be unrealistic compared to the setup USS Akron and Macon had in reality.

Miyazaki's "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" has always been rather inspiring in that respect.

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