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**headquarters** · 09-02-2011, 12:53 AM

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**Cdnwolf** · 09-02-2011, 04:18 AM

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**Schone23666** · 09-03-2011, 07:05 PM

Originally posted by kota1342000 View Post

Thanks Schone, I asked because I had been working on some adventures involving the Air Force rebuilding air power with anything at hand. The first ideas Ive been working on involve using ultralight aircraft.

That's actually not a bad idea. Microlights have simple motors and can run on ethanol, methane, etc. with proper rigging. You may also want to consider dirigibles as well. "Airlords of the Ozarks" had a campaign based around that which had some useful info and tips. Assuming you can get secure supplies of either hydrogen (which unfortunately is rather flammable) or helium (which may be a bit more difficult since helium is only found in certain areas of the world, one of them Texas!) dirigibles would be doable.

Aerostats would be another possibility, again assuming if you can secure hydrogen, helium or some lighter than air gas. Those are just blimps with tethers attached that can be raised to a certain height, than brought down again. If you attach cameras to them they can be great for providing long distance surveillance (which is what SOME of the aerostats were used for, others were a bit hush hush). Only problem of course, it's just that one tether that's usually holding the balloon (though the ones I worked on as part of an aerostat program for one company were pretty damn tough, they're constructed from Kevlar) and they are pretty susceptible to wind and weather conditions. Of course, I actually raised the idea, or possibility of "what if we mounted a remote control weapons rack to one of the aerostats with an autocannon or some large caliber weapon attached along with gyrostabilizer and all the necessary cameras and aiming devices" I guess that's why they started looking at me a bit funny.

**atiff** · 09-03-2011, 08:48 PM

Originally posted by Schone23666 View Post

Assuming you can get secure supplies of either hydrogen (which unfortunately is rather flammable)

Hydrogen is very easy to make via electrolysis, but energy-intensive to make in volume. Still, if you've got the time, it's doable with early 1900's tech.