http://myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] myblimpisbigger 2011-08-25 04:45 am (UTC)

Given the right ratio of helium to whatever you want lifted, yes. Castle Wulfenbach has a few extra apparatus to keep it afloat, however.

[He points to the miniature steamstacks on the back, which are currently belching ickle teeny clouds of hot steam.]

At its full size it is quite beyond the range of being lifted by helium alone, especially not to the heights it must reach. Thus, a steam engine to help it along, as well as coincidentally providing most of the internal power.

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