>>962374Zepplin NT is a large blimp and can go 77 mph on 600 HP. Assuming PERFECT propeller efficiency (which isn't true at all), the MAXIMUM amount of thrust that can be produced with 600 HP at 77 mph is still less than 3,000 pounds of thrust (it's physics, yo). And since drag = thrust in the case of level top-speed flight, it's safe to assume that only 3,000 pounds of drag would be produced in 77 mph winds.
Now, drag is proportional to the square of speed, so we can further find that at 200 knots (230 mph) wind speed, the drag on Zeppelin NT will be only about 26,000 lbf of drag.
By comparison, according to (
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/rolling-stock/flange-climb-derailments-causes-and-prevention.html), the L/V ratio needed to get a train to hop the flange and derail is typically greater than 0.75; in other words, that blimp needs to pull sideways on the car with 75% of the car's entire weight to get it to derail. And from the looks of things, even if you bring this thing through a fucking hurricane, that ain't happening.
