>>1214825>I'm currently using fuckhueg diesels as the engines on the airships, think I can get away with "oil refining techniques are not good enough for planes"? I don't exactly know all the implications that would cause, just suggesting itWhen looking back at aviation in the 1920s to 1950s, there was a huge leap. In the space of 30 years, transatlantic flights went from Zeppelins to de Havilland Comets.
There are however 2 issues. Huge diesels could have been used on piston engined aircraft, and huge aircarft to accomodate these engines did exist.
While the Bristol Brabazon was a petrol fueled aircraft, it was developed at the same time as the Comet. What's more is that the Brabazon uses 8 superchaged piston engines. Seaplanes were often of the same size, but this was the largest normal plane of its kind until the 747 was developed about a decade later.
What's more, is that jet fuel is basically kerosene. Kerosene is easier to refine than diesel.
