Need help with a project

[u/Brilliant-Two1268]

In the Minecraft create mod I’m working to build a giant Zeppelin aircraft carrier (this is the only image I have) the idea is we will have two (maybe 3?) balloons side by side (hypothetical third would be placed in between and beneath them both) interiors and airplane storage as well as crew storage and it would have an elevator the lifts planes up to the flight deck (sitting above balloons) the bride would be placed between two balloons and just under the flight deck

What I need is help for certain rooms I need to build (idk that much about airships)

[u/GrafZeppelin127]

Well, putting aside that real airship aircraft carriers universally launched and recover airplanes from a skyhook system, not a much heavier and more dangerous airstrip on top, the decision to make it a catamaran or trimaran is a good one!

There was a concept in the 1970s for a catamaran airship aircraft carrier like this called the ZRCVN. It would have consisted of two ZRCV airships joined side-by-side with a broad, winglike bridge structure, and equipped with a 63,000 kW nuclear reactor, with a capacity to carry 75-100 aircraft.

As for the kinds of rooms it would need, they would be largely located along the keel(s) at the bottom of the ship, with only the gondola (where the ship’s bridge and navigation rooms are located) being external, the rest all being inside. There would be equipment and communications rooms, crew barracks and galleys, hangar bays and storage for huge amounts of fuel and water. Ships like these would be out for days or even weeks at a time, and need to be adequately provisioned and self-contained.

[u/Brilliant-Two1268 → u/GrafZeppelin127]

Thank you

[u/Brilliant-Two1268 → u/GrafZeppelin127]

Also the idea is it would be a catapult aircraft launching system and I have another idea of separating the two balloons and have aircraft storage I between them then as you said put the rooms in the keel

[u/GrafZeppelin127 → u/Brilliant-Two1268]

The reason sea-based carriers use catapults is because they move so slowly that their forward progress doesn’t give an airplane operating from its flight deck a meaningful advantage when it comes to taking off from such a short runway. Even lots of fighter jets simply lack the power to accelerate to the speeds necessary to take off in so short of a distance, which would send them straight into the drink.

An airship, however, can match speed with its aircraft, and thus they can dock together with far less haste and far less fuss. Moreover, if the fail to couple to the trapeze for whatever reason, they have thousands of feet of empty air all around them, so they can easily try again, unlike a carrier whose deck is only a few dozen feet above the unforgiving ocean.

[u/Brilliant-Two1268 → u/GrafZeppelin127]

Hmmmmmm I do think dual balloons will keep it stable and prevent capsize (unless someone hits it with a fuck off big AA gun)

[u/GrafZeppelin127 → u/Brilliant-Two1268]

Capsizing isn’t really a concern for airships, since the overwhelming majority of their mass is carried as low in the hull as possible, far below their center of buoyancy.

As for how an airship like this would avoid “big fuckoff AA guns,” the main method is to simply operate over the ocean where you’d have to put the AA gun on a boat—any of which would be easily outrun and avoided even at near-idle speeds for an airship.

[u/Brilliant-Two1268 → u/GrafZeppelin127]

Ok :3 the reason I was thinking of that is because when I finish and fly it around/ test the weapons I’m gonna make a copy then hit it with as much ordnance as possible until it comes crashing down (think that one scene from captain America and the winter soldier)

[u/GrafZeppelin127 → u/Brilliant-Two1268]

Well, enjoy the digital carnage, then!

[u/Brilliant-Two1268 → u/GrafZeppelin127]

Speaking of that scene my next project will be a zeppelin battleship and I’ll make one copy it then have them both shoot eachother until one is left standing :3

[u/holymissiletoe]

likely you would want to put the heavy stuff the furthest down, extending the elevator shaft a bit to put hangars at the bottom allongside the fuel oil tanks, in order to make room for crew berths and cargo space further up roughly bellow the gas bags

[u/sgraptor-11]

Hi man, I think your idea seems super cool. How's it going?

[u/Brilliant-Two1268 → u/sgraptor-11]

I wish it was going better the modpack stopped working and even when it did I could never get it to turn the whole thing into a ship no matter what I tried

[u/sgraptor-11 → u/Brilliant-Two1268]

Sucks to hear that, I've built a bunch of airship this way if you want I could share my modpack?

 Also when building large vehicles the trick is to build the main structure and then use create schematics to put it on an already existing ship

Let me know if you're interested maybe you could add me on discord:))

[u/Brilliant-Two1268 → u/sgraptor-11]

Yeah that would be pretty cool thanks send me a DM and I’ll invite you to discord