All I can say is the developers of this project must live somewhere where there is no wind at all! I have lived in a few countries and never lived anywhere that this could actually work on a regular basis. It would simply be blown away!
Five stars, what a fantastic accomplishment this is. Beyond any doubt, this has the best performance of any solar vehicle or aircraft to date. Mr. Geery, are you the one responsible for the Ogden "big brother" airship? If so, your airship has caused more paranoid grief than any of the military's projects I've seen! I have never had so much fun on the web, taunting those NWO guys about this. Thanks!
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having those as a source for solar power after some time of development would be so beneficial concerning the energy crisis we are facing... besides, it is far more practical than fossil fuels which also does more negative effects to our planet...
Don't fly. This is a small prototype, showing that off-the-shelf solar can move an airship quite easily. This is running on 25 watts only, with 6% efficient panels (three years ago). The idea is to go larger with better panels and get greater speeds.
Thanks for clearing that up. I am also about to undertake a project to build an airship powered by solar panels. Do you have any advice? How did you ascend/descend?
Amazing. My biggest worry about airships is 1: They must be shocking to fly in a strong wind, & 2; The gas would be expensive woudnt it? Also how do you asend & decend this model so well, I thought you had to pump the gas in & out thus loosing some all the time.
Increasing speed will deal with winds. We now do about 40 with batteries, and could match that with higher end solar. Helium is expensive, a fossil fuel tied to petroleum fields. Hydrogen could be used with proper precautions and more development. Small ships use little gas, however.
@danielgosson You don't actually dump any gaz ouside an emergency situation. Actually airships are slightly heavyer than air. They use propellers to lift, and simply turn them off to descend.
Place a small cam on this you have a arieal survillance for troops they can survey forward and around on sunny days. Seems like it is filled with lighter than air gas? I like it bc it is so quiet police could use it to check out whats up at events like Jazzfest.
Pretty much - what's the first thing a terrorist is going to do when he sees an expensive american military camera tied to a condom full of explosive gas?
Remember that most of his day is occupied with shooting an AK-47 up in the air - it wouldn't take that much effort for him to entertain himself.
Helium is inert will not combust most comon use to insure there are no leaks since the gas is so compact it will escape through the smallest of seams. They use helium detectors and find any cracks. Use to haul the stuff in bulk. As for the use on the battle ground I would not be too concerned with the mild cost of these A they will drift slowly to the ground B the enemy gave his location when he fired on this thing C now send in the ground bots. This tech is so cheap compared to an injured man.
This is a uav just smaller quieter and less expensive. They already have small RC planes that they fly with a laptop. I can see the value of a quiet lighter than air RC craft use 3 and you can triangulate the exact location of shots fired to respond exactly where it is needed.
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Yes, but it is a historical fact that Americans are the most progressive people, and are quick (usually) to implement innovations. Reason America is called the "Land of Opportunity", and people climb over each other to get here by the millions, every year. Now we have the first American President with an African name. Yes, it is confirmation of the greatness and forward thinking of America. What other country outside of Africa would elect a president with an African Muslim name? GOD BLESS.
Historical fact that Americans are the most progressive? Humans are all made of the same stuff pal.. the US is just the current title holder in a long list of top nations and empires, and I doubt that it will be the last.. even if your previous president did appear intent on bringing our species to an end.
Great invention. However, whats humorous about this is the bit about "our country" etc. It's funny how Americans think they have the only country in the world and cannot think outside their own borders. In fact America is only a SMALL part of the world! Other countries make great inventions too (usually). Did you know the Internet is international?
Oh great, a foreigner letting me know how stupid I am on Youtube. How refreshing!
I had no idea that there were other countries until you informed me, as we here in the America are too stupid to comprehend maps. And the internet is international? I had no idea the tubes stretched that far!
I'm glad you've decided to stereotype an entire country based on a small comment that a single citizen included on his youtube video. Now tell me how ignorant I am and I'll try to keep a straight face.
I think you're misinterpreting Dan's comment, which was posted during the Bush era btw. At the time, and still today really, America has not had a strong public push towards developing green technologies (consider Germany, Japan, Denmark). Thus, "it is worth contemplating what our country could have done by now if we'd made the effort." Other countries have, and are achieving their Kyoto targets now.
I too wonder what Canada could have achieved, had we made an effort. Alas...
Yes. This is FREE ENERGY, which President Obama has pledged to support, along with just declassifed Biefeld-Brown electrogravity technology, classifed for 80-years.Obama's National Security Chief has just declassified electrogravity technology fiels on TT Brown and Professor Searl's antigravity Technology, for the benefit of the American People. THE END OF FOSSIL AND NUCLEAR FUELS is at hand, finally.
see our airship design group at smallblimps.lefora.com We might come up with a way for people to cruise the skies for less than ten grand. I think that it can be done for five thousand bucks if hydrogen is used for the lift gas! allenmeece.info
Hello. I am a designer and have built a few blimps as well. Yours is the coolest I've seen. Lately I'm prototyping inflatable but non-flying products but can't find the clear balloon material. Any suggestions? 206.992.1824
At a cost of $1,000 this is a very expensive toy. It is good fun, and also could demonstrate scientific principles to science classes tough. Clearly, it's not very economical, but then a lot of other toys aren't either. I wish this was a mass produced toy, because then the price would be about 1/4th or less.
There is no way to perminantly contain Helium. Latex balloons will last mere hours, and the Mylar "birthday balloons" will last a week or two before sinking provided there are no accidents. there are some chemical treatments that do help, lenghthening the latex balloon's seal by perhaps a week, but eventually, you'll have to spend all that money again.. (Note: Home-Helium containers can be had at wal-mart and party stores, roughly $30 for 30 balloons worth in medium pink propane canisters.)
I hope the US army is watching this - imagine having a fleet of 100s or even 1000s of these, when you are trying to protect your troops, anticipating the moves of your enemy or looking for certain people.
The transparant look is great feature as well - very hard to detect with the naked eye if it's circling 3000 ft above you.
So how much extra weight will one of this size allow ?
Oh for crying out loud, does America have to apply everything on the planet to the military? These are grown men who like to play dress-up, wear thunderbolts on their hats and spend most of their time with other men. If it weren't for the fact that they slaughter innocent people for sport, they'd be an even bigger joke than they are. Most people outgrow that shit by the time they're six or seven. War is for losers.
Very nice work, danielgeery. A significant amount of the inefficiency in a PV cells turns into heat. Those of us who play with larger panels have experienced this "heat island" effect. I wonder how much of that excess heat can be use to increase the lift of your helium? Keep up the good work.
yeah, you can kind of charge them up with solar energy during the day, and then during the night it still stays in the air, like nasa is doing with the Helios Solar Powered Aircraft...... that way your solar airship is a lot more viable ;).
Airships could learn something from seagoing vessels which steer from the stern (obviously) AROUND the bow, the latter needing to be 'sharp' so as to counteract the rudders. Blunt nosed ships such as shovel nosed barges etc. steer horribly.
'prokkets' - you are not free. you have imprisoned yourself by hatred and ignorance. For you are blind to the things of God. You are the same as the terrorist, lacking in wisdom and understanding. May the love of the Lord find you.
Wow this is antisemite terrorist propaganda.We need 2fight the iranins in iran so we dont have 2fight them here.Ulibs need 2b detained untl ucan prove u r not a terorist.If any iraqi tries 2take myFREEDOM I will blowup his cave cmd centr.IranNchina hve been stckpling WMDs2 use aginst us an our Israeli friends in th form of a mushroom cloud in th global wr n terror.When the market crash+bio/nuke battle comes we need world govt.+world bank+hive mind+every1 get microchip so prs bush cn keep us safe
The first photovoltaic cell was invented in 1883,how much time do you need..tell the truth.. solar can help but it is not very efficient and is unreliable without a backup system.Clouds,Rain,Snow,night all keep a solar system from working properly and the cost of a system to supply power for the average family home is $25,000 or more.
High altitude platforms are right around the corner. Highly efficient solar cells, ditto. Energy storage likewise. Microwave beaming is already here with rectenas. My family and I lived off grid for fifteen years on solar, in Idaho.
Thats fine daniel but how did you live of the grid other than solar?Why do you leave out the details.You were either cold all the time in winter and didnt cook at home or you had propane tanks, wood burning stove,fireplace etc. You didnt live in Idaho in the winter just on solar.
Very true; it's a small box here! We did burn wood and use a small generator in the long dark days of Jan. and Feb. It was a seriously earth sheltered house. With materials soon to be available and what I learned 10 to 25 years ago, one could come close or live completely energy independently.
sun always shines above the clouds ..lol..yeah it does.. so whats your plan to build a giant air ship that doesnt expand in the low pressures of the upper atmosphere... the thing would pop.
Excellent point! You have discovered a problem that simply can't be solved using today's technology. He should put the thing away, and hope that some day in the future, by some miracle, a pressure-relief valve will be invented. It could work for hot water heaters, too, and someday in the distant future people will have hot water whenever they want! I know it's just a dream. It's always good to have the "but what about..." crowd to keep the inventors' feet on the ground.
Eco-Transport will have to be heavily marketed to make this a success. You appear to be making a lot of the right decisions. Keep following that beating drum inside your chest.
Tesla was a great scientist, but not a business man.
Thank you for taking a dream into reality. Go BIG or go home, as the hour is near.
Reflectivity of 95% + could be maintained from a thin film vacuum deposited reflected coating on the lower hemisphere of the ballons contour. Little oxidation would occur on the film to reduce reflectivity due to the presence of pure inert He. This would be a very effecient solar collector and the film would add negligible mass to the vehicle.
Just keeps taking my breath away every time I watch this video. How about a reflective coating on the inside of an aspherically designed ballon with a thin row of high capacity solar cells at the focus (facing away from the sun). The if the ballon could orientate itself at all times (rotationally) to optimise light gathering then this would be low mass. Has anyone seen the sun cube or sun ball ...google it ...less cells...more power...less weight...smaller ballon!
To qualify my last remark. There are probably other countries that are more fertile politically and environmentally where these technologies can be optimized and upscaled correctly. You have done so well and have been building these things for years and years but there are so many parameters that could be optimized here.
Probably a good idea to avoid developing these sort of things in countries run by Texan oil men but then again, you have got it this far...Keep going!
Not to worry... I'm avidly pursuing this, working with people in Germany, Australia, Shanghai, around the U.S., Hong Kong; was in Prague not long ago doing a demo; in Costa Rica last month, flying over Turrialba (videos got stolen, but I may go back soon). My goal is merely to show that the Wright Bros. made a wrong turn... Peace, Dan
Accept advice and backing from likeminded people...work with them and really make something of your terrific ideas.
Forget about "what the US could have done" ...as the US is FAR from being a county in any sort of position to develop this technology further. (As Beamshipcaptain rightly points out)
Accept help....and make the most of the good vibes and offers you are getting from You Tube worldwide.
OUr country could have done this, but any time any one tries, they are threatened by hired thugs in late-model Lincoln-twon-cars, bu me with Walther PP Ks and glGlocks, and admonished to stop all "high-efficiency energy research". The oil companies get away with threatening people with murder (and a few actual murders). Bush knows about this. Such evil. But we have the power of the vote. And "we won't get fooled again, no no!".
Dan, How many solar cells did you use and what current/voltage does your solar version run on. It seems to move very very well. Up to what wind speed can you use it? This one is 22ft long isn't it?
This 22 footer (I think) used about 28 watts, ~2.1 amps at 12 volts. Speed is surprisingly difficult to measure but my best estimate on this one would be around 20 mph.
I think there's actually a type of material (saw it in Edmund's scientifics) that heats up in the sun and rises of its own accord, no helium needed. However, I don't suppose it would hold an engine quite as reliably.
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hamid4222 1 week ago
Good performance for a model. If you are in need of a Helium sniffing laugh try my Gasbags site:
3w dot airship dot me which is the worlds only lighter than air comedy web site.
heliumblimp 4 months ago
All I can say is the developers of this project must live somewhere where there is no wind at all! I have lived in a few countries and never lived anywhere that this could actually work on a regular basis. It would simply be blown away!
caribbeanchild 4 months ago
Here is a group with a focus on personal size blimps for one or more persons on board:
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ttgrthomas 8 months ago
Dude, are you chewing gum or something? Nice solar airship.
dafranx 8 months ago
sounds that you are fapping in the backround
softbuzter 10 months ago
This needs more attention!
datzan 10 months ago
@datzan haha du läste också det från aftonbladet ;D;D ville se vad det var så man gick in i youtube :>
Nauzfy 10 months ago
very cool, great idea !
RayDandy 11 months ago
@danielgeery
Five stars, what a fantastic accomplishment this is. Beyond any doubt, this has the best performance of any solar vehicle or aircraft to date. Mr. Geery, are you the one responsible for the Ogden "big brother" airship? If so, your airship has caused more paranoid grief than any of the military's projects I've seen! I have never had so much fun on the web, taunting those NWO guys about this. Thanks!
Jjames763 11 months ago
This is amazing.
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porscheghcje 1 year ago
Hi folks, Surprised how well it flies as the area of solar cells is not very large. If you want a Helium sniffing laugh try 3w dot airship.me the worlds only lighter than air comedy site.
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slanderousndgs 1 year ago
Does it pick you upif you grab on to it or jump :p?
warrlordd777 1 year ago
Hi folks, If you want to see more on modern airships try airship dot me. This is the worlds only lighter than air comedy web site. Regards JB
skyship007 1 year ago
Hi folks,
Very good performance for a model, it would be interesting to see how a modern blimp like a Skyship does with new solar panels. Regards JB
skyship007 1 year ago
What is the envelope material?
JaycubL 1 year ago
you my friend need to make one a thousand times bigger and fly around the world in it because that is AWESOME... even though it looks like a dildo
skimboards4life 1 year ago 2
So thats where my condoms have been going, Oh well they were a little tight anyway.
ChrisPCrunchy 1 year ago
listen to the guy shooting the vid,heavy
breath whats he doing.
LOSTPRATT63 1 year ago
@LOSTPRATT63its not heavy breathing dumass the camera is just close to his mouth
Reallaty 1 year ago
looks like a big flying weener.. but what an awesome rc.. can u really run it all day?
rubinmeneps 2 years ago
I was gonna say dildo but.....yeah.....let's just leave it at that.....LMFAO xD
omgwtfbbq6666 2 years ago
imagine it coming at your face.
M1F2R3 1 year ago
I would be like....what the fuck?
omgwtfbbq6666 1 year ago
LOL
M1F2R3 1 year ago
Somthing like this on a large scale could be used to move cargo around the world for cheap!!!
Neat idea! Lots of potential!
ARMOROID5000 2 years ago
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It's been done. Search for "Hindenburg" (Hint: use helium this time.)
b0b95eg 2 years ago
they sell these at Hawkins bizarre for £12.99
brockly12345 2 years ago
@brockly12345 sell em at red5 for only £12
userbirth1997 2 years ago
Watch out for the kid with the slingshot!
Excellent idea though.
DrWhat2 2 years ago
having those as a source for solar power after some time of development would be so beneficial concerning the energy crisis we are facing... besides, it is far more practical than fossil fuels which also does more negative effects to our planet...
maximusdarkultima 2 years ago
Brilliant concept.
Would this scale up to full size or would weight of solar panels be a problem??
obese1konobe 2 years ago
What do you do when there are strong winds?
SomethingAwesome19XX 2 years ago
Don't fly. This is a small prototype, showing that off-the-shelf solar can move an airship quite easily. This is running on 25 watts only, with 6% efficient panels (three years ago). The idea is to go larger with better panels and get greater speeds.
danielgeery 2 years ago 3
Thanks for clearing that up. I am also about to undertake a project to build an airship powered by solar panels. Do you have any advice? How did you ascend/descend?
SomethingAwesome19XX 2 years ago
Amazing. My biggest worry about airships is 1: They must be shocking to fly in a strong wind, & 2; The gas would be expensive woudnt it? Also how do you asend & decend this model so well, I thought you had to pump the gas in & out thus loosing some all the time.
danielgosson 2 years ago
Increasing speed will deal with winds. We now do about 40 with batteries, and could match that with higher end solar. Helium is expensive, a fossil fuel tied to petroleum fields. Hydrogen could be used with proper precautions and more development. Small ships use little gas, however.
danielgeery 2 years ago
@danielgosson You don't actually dump any gaz ouside an emergency situation. Actually airships are slightly heavyer than air. They use propellers to lift, and simply turn them off to descend.
wernerkroneman 7 months ago
where can I buy one?
ghoward79 2 years ago
how would flying that be fun. no offense but if you think about it. its hella slow
punx2204 2 years ago
flying condom
sixstringmania 2 years ago 8
lol
FreeAngeld 2 years ago
lol
daftpunk716 2 years ago
Place a small cam on this you have a arieal survillance for troops they can survey forward and around on sunny days. Seems like it is filled with lighter than air gas? I like it bc it is so quiet police could use it to check out whats up at events like Jazzfest.
cdltpx 2 years ago
Be careful what you ask for cdltpx...it might just take pictures of you wanking in the backyard!
ontheroad777 2 years ago 2
Then I can shoot it down with my super Jiz.
cdltpx 2 years ago
Pretty much - what's the first thing a terrorist is going to do when he sees an expensive american military camera tied to a condom full of explosive gas?
Remember that most of his day is occupied with shooting an AK-47 up in the air - it wouldn't take that much effort for him to entertain himself.
:D
Deadheaddead 2 years ago
Helium is inert will not combust most comon use to insure there are no leaks since the gas is so compact it will escape through the smallest of seams. They use helium detectors and find any cracks. Use to haul the stuff in bulk. As for the use on the battle ground I would not be too concerned with the mild cost of these A they will drift slowly to the ground B the enemy gave his location when he fired on this thing C now send in the ground bots. This tech is so cheap compared to an injured man.
cdltpx 2 years ago
Ground bots? What the hell are you on about?
I was joking - as if they'd ever use this instead of a UAV?
Deadheaddead 2 years ago
This is a uav just smaller quieter and less expensive. They already have small RC planes that they fly with a laptop. I can see the value of a quiet lighter than air RC craft use 3 and you can triangulate the exact location of shots fired to respond exactly where it is needed.
cdltpx 2 years ago
why did a peice of plastic and an engine cost 1000 bucks? o_O
Plasmapocky 2 years ago
it looks like a dildo
soccer91020 2 years ago
If this guy did this with 1,000 bucks imagine what the military has with their unlimited budget.
kbilyak04 2 years ago
Very nice, a little expensive
Hippiegeo 2 years ago
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looks like a flying condom to me. what a waste of funding.
/troll
ModernModr 2 years ago
Very nice!Yes very good...
GavinS1965 2 years ago
Hello
It's strange not to fly elsewhere.
material of the airship?
You can enjoy a bird's eye view When you attach a small camera.
It is also sure to get me.
From Japan
fujidreamfda 2 years ago
こんにちわ！
I think the material is "heptax", made by Gunze film corp in Japan.
すごいですね！
From Canada
ghaleon88 2 years ago
my boyfriend would love this, just wondering if the cheap versions work aswell though
franbeec 2 years ago
what is the dimension of this solar blimp ?
It seems to be longer than a car.
papaburger 2 years ago
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Yes, but it is a historical fact that Americans are the most progressive people, and are quick (usually) to implement innovations. Reason America is called the "Land of Opportunity", and people climb over each other to get here by the millions, every year. Now we have the first American President with an African name. Yes, it is confirmation of the greatness and forward thinking of America. What other country outside of Africa would elect a president with an African Muslim name? GOD BLESS.
Beamshipcaptain 3 years ago
Historical fact that Americans are the most progressive? Humans are all made of the same stuff pal.. the US is just the current title holder in a long list of top nations and empires, and I doubt that it will be the last.. even if your previous president did appear intent on bringing our species to an end.
bimblinghill 2 years ago
true,amarica is just another name for the continent,... people there are just people form other parts of earth,...
every human and animal and plant are brothers... there is no diference in qualiti.
people shood protect animals and plant.
vatrenikrug 2 years ago
Great invention. However, whats humorous about this is the bit about "our country" etc. It's funny how Americans think they have the only country in the world and cannot think outside their own borders. In fact America is only a SMALL part of the world! Other countries make great inventions too (usually). Did you know the Internet is international?
ZKMX7 3 years ago
Oh great, a foreigner letting me know how stupid I am on Youtube. How refreshing!
I had no idea that there were other countries until you informed me, as we here in the America are too stupid to comprehend maps. And the internet is international? I had no idea the tubes stretched that far!
I'm glad you've decided to stereotype an entire country based on a small comment that a single citizen included on his youtube video. Now tell me how ignorant I am and I'll try to keep a straight face.
snuggl3s 2 years ago
I think you're misinterpreting Dan's comment, which was posted during the Bush era btw. At the time, and still today really, America has not had a strong public push towards developing green technologies (consider Germany, Japan, Denmark). Thus, "it is worth contemplating what our country could have done by now if we'd made the effort." Other countries have, and are achieving their Kyoto targets now.
I too wonder what Canada could have achieved, had we made an effort. Alas...
ghaleon88 2 years ago
Very cool. I wonder how much this thing can carry? It's basically free energy!
saxquiz 3 years ago
Yes. This is FREE ENERGY, which President Obama has pledged to support, along with just declassifed Biefeld-Brown electrogravity technology, classifed for 80-years.Obama's National Security Chief has just declassified electrogravity technology fiels on TT Brown and Professor Searl's antigravity Technology, for the benefit of the American People. THE END OF FOSSIL AND NUCLEAR FUELS is at hand, finally.
Beamshipcaptain 3 years ago
my dream is to make my own zeppelin and fly all over the country, that would be awesome
fox20012 3 years ago 8
same
Brettah31 3 years ago 3
see our airship design group at smallblimps.lefora.com We might come up with a way for people to cruise the skies for less than ten grand. I think that it can be done for five thousand bucks if hydrogen is used for the lift gas! allenmeece.info
navigaiter 1 year ago
we have an ultralight airship design blog at smallblimps.lefora.com
navigaiter 1 year ago
i would fill it with gas and light it on fire! HINDINBERG!!! lol jk
Wher3Wuzi 3 years ago
Very nice.
daemogorgon 3 years ago
Hello. I am a designer and have built a few blimps as well. Yours is the coolest I've seen. Lately I'm prototyping inflatable but non-flying products but can't find the clear balloon material. Any suggestions? 206.992.1824
ecronoplane 3 years ago
At a cost of $1,000 this is a very expensive toy. It is good fun, and also could demonstrate scientific principles to science classes tough. Clearly, it's not very economical, but then a lot of other toys aren't either. I wish this was a mass produced toy, because then the price would be about 1/4th or less.
lizzy099 3 years ago
Its only £10
holmesamuel 3 years ago
Use hydrogen as lifting gas.
Use hydrogen as lifting gas,it is cheaper,you
can make it your self and will not ignite at
over 85% H2/air ratio.
kitegenguy 3 years ago
How far have you got with your R&D since making this vid ?
Alphameega 3 years ago
marco, it still doesn't fit!
azdober 3 years ago
that looks like a giant condon =P
marco240591 3 years ago
Hah, Archarzel, take a metal bag out of a wine box and fill it with helium, lasts for years. I've done it.
azdober 3 years ago
man that is nice, truly nice
leviterande 3 years ago
There is no way to perminantly contain Helium. Latex balloons will last mere hours, and the Mylar "birthday balloons" will last a week or two before sinking provided there are no accidents. there are some chemical treatments that do help, lenghthening the latex balloon's seal by perhaps a week, but eventually, you'll have to spend all that money again.. (Note: Home-Helium containers can be had at wal-mart and party stores, roughly $30 for 30 balloons worth in medium pink propane canisters.)
Archarzel 3 years ago
it might not be helium inside the ballon but air, the sun heats the air inside causing it to expand and thus lift the airship
fireblaze201 3 years ago
The fuel might be "free" but the helium isn't I am afraid.
spitfireJEJ 3 years ago
they already tried this with the Hindenburg. you fools, ur going to kill us all!!!
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r2dxhate 3 years ago
That's one small step for man, and one tiny leap from mankind! LOL!
mechaghostman2 3 years ago
may i know what is the material of the balloon? it is not latex rite?
boon10 3 years ago 2
omg, i want one
RoboTekno 3 years ago
omg get rid of the audio
thespicksternator 3 years ago
that chewing is driving me insane!
JJJOOOHHHNNNLLL 3 years ago
i do this but to advertise and film
varun009 3 years ago
he keeps chewing ,it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo annoying
jaydenistheperson 3 years ago 2
Did anyone ever try this with one of those inflatable "love dolls" ? *LOL*
Think it would be a hilarious sight to behold - especially if it passed outside someone's window ;-)
ElvenDane 3 years ago
Great job - very impressive.
I hope the US army is watching this - imagine having a fleet of 100s or even 1000s of these, when you are trying to protect your troops, anticipating the moves of your enemy or looking for certain people.
The transparant look is great feature as well - very hard to detect with the naked eye if it's circling 3000 ft above you.
So how much extra weight will one of this size allow ?
ElvenDane 3 years ago
Oh for crying out loud, does America have to apply everything on the planet to the military? These are grown men who like to play dress-up, wear thunderbolts on their hats and spend most of their time with other men. If it weren't for the fact that they slaughter innocent people for sport, they'd be an even bigger joke than they are. Most people outgrow that shit by the time they're six or seven. War is for losers.
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WindEnergy 3 years ago
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yes i said flying dildo as in air dildo rofl and those noobs gave me thumbs down on a joke
mercanaries3 3 years ago
What kind of plastic do you use?
Organjic 3 years ago
Absolutely great. I am proud of you!
An example, that it is possible to travel with natural resources :-)
mike210476 3 years ago
Thank you kindly. The next one should be at least twice as fast. I hope to have it up and running in the next two months, maybe less.
danielgeery 3 years ago
Did anyone say air-dildo yet? cause man air-dildo
Llepsdog 3 years ago 2
Very nice work, danielgeery. A significant amount of the inefficiency in a PV cells turns into heat. Those of us who play with larger panels have experienced this "heat island" effect. I wonder how much of that excess heat can be use to increase the lift of your helium? Keep up the good work.
thoxbui 3 years ago
that was also my idea when i saw this.....
DXR13KE 4 years ago
Some people do like flying in the day. For the ones who want to fly at night, we will have fuel cells, that are powered from solar in the day.
danielgeery 4 years ago
If you thought it needed a pilot, you could also fly it from your computer. We are getting very close...
Thank you for articulating the vision I've had for about a decade so well.
danielgeery 4 years ago
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hahahaha thats funny its looking for a hot girl to fuck
mercanaries3 4 years ago
That helps us read your mind real good, doesn't it?
danielgeery 4 years ago
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oh great another flying dildo
mercanaries3 4 years ago
lol!
tangofizz77 4 years ago
some days ago scientists invented something called batteries..... maybe you have heard of them.
DXR13KE 4 years ago
You mean those things that run out of power and then you charge them up again? I had some when I was a youngster. They were fun to play with.
danielgeery 4 years ago
yeah, you can kind of charge them up with solar energy during the day, and then during the night it still stays in the air, like nasa is doing with the Helios Solar Powered Aircraft...... that way your solar airship is a lot more viable ;).
DXR13KE 4 years ago
No one says you can't combine the two -
but it's important to reduce weight as much as possible, so it can be used for other purposes.
ElvenDane 3 years ago
by taking the capacity of flying at night you reduce its range and utility.
DXR13KE 3 years ago
Yes, so you charge the batteries via the sun during the daytime - very simple.
ElvenDane 3 years ago
shame this is not being done today..... i mean on a bigger scale.
DXR13KE 3 years ago
Is this controlled by anything?
ThemisWow 4 years ago
Just yours truly. That gizmo in my hand is a transmitter, which moves the motor and prop in any direction.
danielgeery 4 years ago
is it home made??? if not, how much it costs:D
routhoula 4 years ago
Makes a great toy.
subach 4 years ago
interesting and boring at the same time.
daverich313 4 years ago
You, theoretically, could shape this thing however you want, and also be as big as you want.
mechaghostman2 4 years ago
Airships could learn something from seagoing vessels which steer from the stern (obviously) AROUND the bow, the latter needing to be 'sharp' so as to counteract the rudders. Blunt nosed ships such as shovel nosed barges etc. steer horribly.
elyohcsrev 4 years ago
brilliant
Trybrow 4 years ago
With a 9V and some LED's, you could fool anybody at night into seeing a UFO.
internationalnineone 4 years ago
Someone would definitly think that was a UFO!
garvess 4 years ago
The gum chewing is pretty bad... I had to exit... screeching chalkboard type irritation.. lol
taofledermaus 4 years ago 2
Is that camera man chewing gum? Holy moly close your mouth!
cool video anyway. I guess it's a giving that there was no wind that day
tehhu1k 4 years ago 2
what i want to know is how you get it down.
movingpicture 4 years ago
It is completely controllable with an RC transmitter. Thus it flies to my hand when I want it to.
danielgeery 4 years ago
$1,000? i bet i could make that for $100 or less
hobofreakchild 4 years ago
our elected politicians have no will to save us from the grip of the Oil Companies.
if it benefits the public it ain't gonna happen..
emforty2 4 years ago 3
'prokkets' - you are not free. you have imprisoned yourself by hatred and ignorance. For you are blind to the things of God. You are the same as the terrorist, lacking in wisdom and understanding. May the love of the Lord find you.
uncletree 4 years ago
Thats cool, how weacy where the solar panels ? I imagine if you could get them light enough it would open up many possibilitys
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prokkets 4 years ago
The first photovoltaic cell was invented in 1883,how much time do you need..tell the truth.. solar can help but it is not very efficient and is unreliable without a backup system.Clouds,Rain,Snow,night all keep a solar system from working properly and the cost of a system to supply power for the average family home is $25,000 or more.
quaheedus 4 years ago 2
High altitude platforms are right around the corner. Highly efficient solar cells, ditto. Energy storage likewise. Microwave beaming is already here with rectenas. My family and I lived off grid for fifteen years on solar, in Idaho.
danielgeery 4 years ago
Thats fine daniel but how did you live of the grid other than solar?Why do you leave out the details.You were either cold all the time in winter and didnt cook at home or you had propane tanks, wood burning stove,fireplace etc. You didnt live in Idaho in the winter just on solar.
quaheedus 4 years ago
Very true; it's a small box here! We did burn wood and use a small generator in the long dark days of Jan. and Feb. It was a seriously earth sheltered house. With materials soon to be available and what I learned 10 to 25 years ago, one could come close or live completely energy independently.
danielgeery 4 years ago
sun always shines above the clouds ..lol..yeah it does.. so whats your plan to build a giant air ship that doesnt expand in the low pressures of the upper atmosphere... the thing would pop.
quaheedus 4 years ago
Excellent point! You have discovered a problem that simply can't be solved using today's technology. He should put the thing away, and hope that some day in the future, by some miracle, a pressure-relief valve will be invented. It could work for hot water heaters, too, and someday in the distant future people will have hot water whenever they want! I know it's just a dream. It's always good to have the "but what about..." crowd to keep the inventors' feet on the ground.
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WindEnergy 3 years ago
It moves like a pond creature
OghamTheBold 4 years ago
that'S what i want!
Blacktattooo 4 years ago
I thought that looked like Sugarhouse before I even read the caption... That thing is great!
syncplay 4 years ago
testing - I am new please excuse me
westechautomation 4 years ago
welcome to youtube :)
toamaori 4 years ago
What if u would make it black and put solar panels on the top, the sun could heat the airship and it would go higher??
nxtbuilder93 4 years ago
Where can I buy one of these ? I live in the UK, is there a website where I can buy one ?
nuttycomputer4u 4 years ago
Have you looked into B.E.A.M. robotics? You could make this autonomous, and have some sort of tracking system to see where it goes.
Jabmechtech 4 years ago
HUGE! its like a whole new tipe of airship!! Does it need helium to keep it afloat?
skunkapeJC 4 years ago
I am even more impress than with the other vid. Keep up the good work.
261madmike 4 years ago
Great I love it! One thing would be it doesn't always point the panels to the sun. It flew great though.
johnstarr2001 4 years ago
Great project, I love it..
Dilekz 4 years ago
What district and school are you with?
choidj 4 years ago
That's awesome!
kellyweskirkconnell 4 years ago
That's awesome!
And since our Earth is getting hotter and hotter we'll save a bunch on conserving energy!
^_^
I might buy me one of those...fly it over the ocean. Haha
1Amiel1 4 years ago
ha..it looks like a see through cruise missle
stewie566 4 years ago
Coolest elementary school teacher ever!
wavewash 4 years ago
Eco-Transport will have to be heavily marketed to make this a success. You appear to be making a lot of the right decisions. Keep following that beating drum inside your chest.
Tesla was a great scientist, but not a business man.
Thank you for taking a dream into reality. Go BIG or go home, as the hour is near.
kennethmania 4 years ago
Yes...a thing of beauty, I just hope it is optimized and developed to the level it should be.
mmmmmm hoping!
boatman43 4 years ago
wow, it's beautiful...
gabydewilde 4 years ago
How cool is that...wonderful idea and vid...well done!
stroppytube 4 years ago
Reflectivity of 95% + could be maintained from a thin film vacuum deposited reflected coating on the lower hemisphere of the ballons contour. Little oxidation would occur on the film to reduce reflectivity due to the presence of pure inert He. This would be a very effecient solar collector and the film would add negligible mass to the vehicle.
boatman43 4 years ago
Just keeps taking my breath away every time I watch this video. How about a reflective coating on the inside of an aspherically designed ballon with a thin row of high capacity solar cells at the focus (facing away from the sun). The if the ballon could orientate itself at all times (rotationally) to optimise light gathering then this would be low mass. Has anyone seen the sun cube or sun ball ...google it ...less cells...more power...less weight...smaller ballon!
boatman43 4 years ago
To qualify my last remark. There are probably other countries that are more fertile politically and environmentally where these technologies can be optimized and upscaled correctly. You have done so well and have been building these things for years and years but there are so many parameters that could be optimized here.
Probably a good idea to avoid developing these sort of things in countries run by Texan oil men but then again, you have got it this far...Keep going!
boatman43 4 years ago
Not to worry... I'm avidly pursuing this, working with people in Germany, Australia, Shanghai, around the U.S., Hong Kong; was in Prague not long ago doing a demo; in Costa Rica last month, flying over Turrialba (videos got stolen, but I may go back soon). My goal is merely to show that the Wright Bros. made a wrong turn... Peace, Dan
danielgeery 4 years ago
Dan,
Accept advice and backing from likeminded people...work with them and really make something of your terrific ideas.
Forget about "what the US could have done" ...as the US is FAR from being a county in any sort of position to develop this technology further. (As Beamshipcaptain rightly points out)
Accept help....and make the most of the good vibes and offers you are getting from You Tube worldwide.
Go Dan go !
boatman43 4 years ago
OUr country could have done this, but any time any one tries, they are threatened by hired thugs in late-model Lincoln-twon-cars, bu me with Walther PP Ks and glGlocks, and admonished to stop all "high-efficiency energy research". The oil companies get away with threatening people with murder (and a few actual murders). Bush knows about this. Such evil. But we have the power of the vote. And "we won't get fooled again, no no!".
Beamshipcaptain 4 years ago
Very Very cool. This is what Tesla envisioned 100-years ago!!!
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rockyrulez88 4 years ago
Dan, How many solar cells did you use and what current/voltage does your solar version run on. It seems to move very very well. Up to what wind speed can you use it? This one is 22ft long isn't it?
boatman43 4 years ago
This 22 footer (I think) used about 28 watts, ~2.1 amps at 12 volts. Speed is surprisingly difficult to measure but my best estimate on this one would be around 20 mph.
danielgeery 4 years ago
Great vid! I want one for next Christmas! :-)
latte123 4 years ago
Interesting. So, I take it the solar panels are used primarily to heat up the air, not to supply electricity. Or maybe...
Is the engine powered by battery, or is it small enough for the solar cells to work?
b59125 4 years ago
The solar cells power the battery; helium makes the ship the same density as air. This paticular configuration runs on around 24 watts.
danielgeery 4 years ago
I think there's actually a type of material (saw it in Edmund's scientifics) that heats up in the sun and rises of its own accord, no helium needed. However, I don't suppose it would hold an engine quite as reliably.
b59125 4 years ago