>>997713This happened because it's not Lighter Than Air.
It's a hybrid airship, aka gravity will pull it down if the engines aren't strong enough to overcome both that and down currents.
The design of the Airlander is horrendous ! Very bad aerodynamics. The placement and size of the rudders sucks resulting in this kind of shit, it can't steer properly either and go down or up, it relies on the little rudders on the back of the two engines. Absolutely shit! Airships need gigantic rudders otherwise this shit happens.
if Ferdinand von Zeppelin saw this atrocity he would've mocked them. There's simply no way an object this big, this light, and this unaerodynamic, can handle the winds. Regular airships that have the best teardrop shape already have a tough time handling rough weather, I can't imagine what will happen to this pancake!
