⬡ Cloud Nine — a floating city

Buckminster Fuller's concept: a ⌀ 1,600 m geodesic sphere so large that heating its interior air just ~1 °C lifts the whole structure — and everything living inside it — off the ground.
1 · Drones assemble shell 2 · Seal & heat air 3 · Lift off 4 · City lives aloft
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2×
100 m
The payload — what the sphere floats for. Heavier livingry needs hotter air:
Empty shell — no payload installed.
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Panels seated
apex cap
Current ring
0
Drones airborne
0%
Shell rigidity
Phase HEATING
Interior ΔT 0.00 °C
Bottom clearance 5 m
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1 sim unit = 10 m · sphere ⌀ 160 units = 1,600 m · panels fly pre-assembled (struts + skin)
Cloud Nine sphere preview
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