Originally Posted by jcc
Originally Posted by 6PakBee
Originally Posted by jcc

So the Zeppelin contained 20 tons of Hydrogen?

That does not sound right.
Anybody want to do the math?
Assume it was under what maybe 2psi and filled 75% of the hull and provided lift at 0 to 8,000ft?


I did a back of the envelope using a web converter and 7,062,000 ft2 of H2 is a little over 36,000 lbs so 20 tons is in the ballpark.

Thank you, curious, what dimensions did you use to approximate the H2 on board cells?


I used the capacity outlined in this Wikipedia article.

Hindenburg Statistics

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