A big ship, like a large airplane, has an enormous reynolds number; airships and low-mass submersibles are quite different.
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Airships
Synonyms for "airships" (6 found)
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8 entriesadvertising airshipmilitary airshipnonrigid airshippatrol airshipresearch airshiprigid airshipsemi-rigid airshiptourist airship
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5 entriesadvertising airshipairship designairship hullairship propulsionrigid airship
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Airships are a common trope in steampunk works.
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Like all modern airships, the new Zeppelin NT is filled with the inert gas helium, instead of the highly flammable hydrogen gas that doomed the Hindenburg. With its three propellers, it can fly at about 100 kilometers an hour with a good tailwind—and at a height of about 2,000 meters.
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