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Offline white knight

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Re: Dwarf Airship under construction
« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2010, 09:31:57 PM »
easiest would be placing a rod on both ends. but perhaps not so much aesthetically pleasing.

Offline Geudens

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Re: Dwarf Airship under construction
« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2010, 09:53:00 PM »
I have considered various options (including magic powered and with regular sails), and yes,  it will be a balloon. Though it will be neither round nor zeppelinshaped. I had a hard time coming up with something suitable and it will be three smaller balloons, tied together with ropes. I hope that will still be suitably fantasy. You can see the basic structure here:

This will get covered in putty and such. The top half will be covered in a large sail, to which will be added the cables that attach it to the gondola (so the balloons will kinda be trapped under the sail). I still need to work out a few things, but that's the main idea.

Something like this...   

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=16216.0

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Offline white knight

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Re: Dwarf Airship under construction
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2010, 07:48:29 AM »
Ooh, that's nice. Not quite the same thing I had in mind, but good inspiration.

Offline YPU

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Re: Dwarf Airship under construction
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2010, 08:54:53 AM »
You know what, I am pretty sure I owned that atrocity of a ship as a kid. Cant find it anymore tough, darn it.

Then again my attempts at it would probably be dwarfed besides yours, so it spares me the shame.
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