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My suggested approach would be more capital intensive while retaining a lot of risk until fairly late in development. I am not sure it’s fundable.
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Cargo airship margins, therefore, can be much higher than I had realized.
Eli Dourado
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Investors avoid hard tech for its capital intensity while the largest returns available are in exactly those physical markets.
Many software investors eschew hard tech startups because of their capital intensity, but it’s hard to deny that huge returns are possible in hard tech: just consider SpaceX.
Cargo airships are happening Said 14 Oct 2024
Some physical technologies cannot be developed by iterating on a small prototype, because at small scale the thing you want does not make physical sense.
A small rigid-body airship for good physical reasons should not exist.
Cargo airships could be big Said 30 Jan 2023
Certification, not engineering, is what gates revenue for a new aircraft company.
FAA certification is required before you transport anything for money.
Cargo airships could be big Said 30 Jan 2023
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Designing a physical product for a small beachhead market is a distraction when every new model has to be certified separately.
Designing your aircraft for the beachhead market is a huge distraction, particularly when there are certification costs that have to be paid for each new model.
Cargo airships could be big Said 30 Jan 2023
Building a manufactured object at a high enough rate pushes its cost down toward the cost of its inputs.
A high rate of production tends to drive costs down toward the cost of inputs.
Cargo airships could be big Said 30 Jan 2023
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Building a manufactured object at a high enough rate pushes its cost down toward the cost of its inputs.Their words
A high rate of production tends to drive costs down toward the cost of inputs.
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Designing your aircraft for the beachhead market is a huge distraction, particularly when there are certification costs that have to be paid for each new model.
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FAA certification is required before you transport anything for money.
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A small rigid-body airship for good physical reasons should not exist.
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