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Lift: Every non-wing tile of your ship (eg wall, floor, stockpile, whatever) has a weight of 1 (unless you'd have a tile filled with some really heavy stuff, then it could be 2). Every wing/rotor/lifting mechanism/upward thrust tile has a lift of 1. Total lift - total weight = excess lift, which causes your ship to go up.

EDIT: It suddenly strikes me that above link can be seen as an insult to someones intellect, if you take it very strict. It was never my meaning to do this, consider it a joke at most

I just cried a little inside when someone thought Darkwing Duck beats the Transformers... Even if he was joking.

Oh, I wasn't  What's wrong with darkwing?

Side View

    __           _
   /___           |
  _____\          |
    ||           _ => Propellor. Think/google "Da Vinci Helicopter".
  /]**====<              Water (W) is heated with magma (M) in chamber (X).
 |OOA°HHH|<              Steam goes up via backside (|), left via pipes (=),
 |OOOWWWX|<              where it powers the steam wheel (**). Excess steam
  -.WWM.-                goes back via other pipes (=) to thrusters (<).
 [  ¨¨¨  ]   


Crew sleeps in Barracks (H) and food is stored in (O).

The cockpit ( /] ) contains al necessary levers, eg. cutting of steam to the left side thrusters will let the ship turn left, closing both side pipes will, well, explode the ship unless water supply is shut of first.

Landing gear ([ ]) is retractable via side engines, requiring very little steam.

Magma can, in case of emergency, be dropped via the emergency grates (¨). This wil give the ship a quick lift as the weight lessens, however this is a temporary solution. If the engine cools down, the propellor will become less powerfull, thus  negating the advantage of having less magma. Water supply can also be dropped, if a large part of it is dropped this will mostly give the ship enough emergency lift untill the next lake/river.

Note that only water is consumed in the process of propelling the ship, magma levels normally stay equal during the trip.

Defences include ballistae on the side (°), ammo is stored in (A).


Also, nice idea, hope it works out as well as it sounds.

If he's half-dwarf, what's the other half?

Midget

Fun fact 72: Lice are so fertile, they get born pregnant.

Moki. Can I worship you?

Make a room with 3 tiles: a retracting spike, a glass wall (NOT window, or your dwarves will flee), and a lever. Door to lever opens to guardhouse, door to spike opens to jail. Let your dwarves 'interrogate' nasty prisoners.