How to build and fly a UAV Airship Blimp

[andresostep]

What's with the music???

[beretiistvan]

What is that cowering fabric? Nylon?

[luquiferraro666]

Way to not explain a goddam thing. Men in black music does NOT make up for you being dick.

[elstormtrooper]

Works great until someone shoots a paintball at it.

[campost888]

Great Video but the Nose Lines are too short ! What kind of pay load does this have ? Was that Fred I saw in this Video ?

[hsCfFD6G]

What effective lift was this blimp able to get? What gas is used? And how much did this project cost all together?

This is a really neat video. Were you guys having trouble landing the blimp for some reason?

[pilotcoolbiz]

@hsCfFD6G

This ship flew a payload weighing about 400#. Helium was used. It was developed in 1997 if I remember correctly at a cost of about 1.5 million. As for landing problems, the landing shown here was with no head wind and the engines at idle speed, still developing forward thrust. In a later version of this ship called ACE, we used a reversible pitch propeller and were able to stop on a dime. You can find a video on the ACE ARMY AIRSHIP here on youtube by doing a search for it.

[pettdog78]

Pretty cool. Though it would have been much cooler if it was a "manned" airship instead of a "unmanned" one...

[moemoe20092007]

I want to build Anna Fangs Beautiful Gandola!

[pokemonpokemen]

sounds like the song from the 1st Men In Black movie

[princo85]

greate job! What is the name of material that envelope is made of and where can i get it? proneco from Poland.

[discoii004]

The material is made by Uretek in NY. It's a polyurethane and polycarbonate impregnated polyester with a titanium dioxide coating for UV protection. It's a standard material for lighter than air applications

[VolkgartenBySquirrel]

How about that, Jules Verne!

[fox20012]

what is the gas they use inside the blimp, helium?

[numberonebeatlesfan9]

helium isint gas but yes it helium they use!

[110main]

What do you mean helium is a gas. it is.

[candr]

According to my books Helium is one of the noble gas group in the periodic table. So yes it is a gas.

[analmunkey]

do you have aids?

[numberonebeatlesfan9]

no but ur mar does

[analmunkey]

wtf is my mar? are you trying to say mom but dont have the capacity to hit the right keys?

[numberonebeatlesfan9]

yes mar means mum in england you little prick! yes your mar has aids hahaha

[moemoe20092007]

"you're the little prick" around north east england and mid, wat eva, they say "Maa" not Mar, it sounds a bit like Mar, but its Maa!

P.S. I was so lucky to get rid of my Newcastle geordie Accent, though London girls loved it, I hated it. Now I speak standard not Cockney so don't get it wrong.

B4 you diss peoples Mums, go and look at you mum, see what people would say about her? *hunch-back*? Big-foot? she may even open a stall between her toes selling fresh cheese? *pukes*

Sayonara!

[Teh3DModeler]

im british and we naver use mar

[huntingwolf15]

ohm lol i was auctulyy looking for a "smaller" uav like maybe a rc truck or something like that

[icefox00]

I hope you mean rc truck size, uav means unmanned aerial vehicle. There are some designs for hand held uavs out there, look around.

[huntingwolf15]

ya i typed in how to build a blimb XD

[pcsbyte]

Awesome.. Good Job Guys.

[515creativeshop]

What's the name of the song please?

[leviterande]

hehhe MIb music lol

[Kardenum]

What fabric do you use for the blimp?

[andreakycd]

What's the duration on this thing? And how about max altitude?

[pilotcoolbiz]

30 hour mission duration.

8500' AGL mission altitude.

[pilotcoolbiz]

That one was about 90' long. We are under construction with one that is 120' now.

[aflacduky]

how much gas would be needed to lift a 430 pound object to 45,000 msl ?

[pilotcoolbiz]

That is a very complicated lift. The altitude is the problem. Helium expands with altitude. I guess the question should be how many millions of dollars would it cost to get a payload to 45K? The answere would be something like 20 million dollars to start.

[aflacduky]

thanks i dont know if my post went thru so i will ask again.What if you used Hydrogen.could you lift it to 90,000 feet msl or would there even be enough air to support lift.If money was no problem could it be done?

would you need FAA ok? How many man crew would you need? If you used helium, could just anyone buy 30,000,000$ of helium? thanks!

[pilotcoolbiz]

Anything can be done, if you throw enough money at it. As a general rule, I think flying with hydrogen is illegal in the states. And yes I think you would need to consult with the FAA and perhaps a few other 3 letter agencies.

[aflacduky]

ok thanks

[discoii004]

@aflacduky : Yes, you can fly at 90k msl. Hydrogen is okay but requires special handling. The FAA has no authority over 50k but you a re launching through FAA airspace, so yes, the FAA is involved. The size of the ship is driven purely by weight. The volume of lifting gas is at least 400-500% more than it would be at sea level. Plus a bunch of other technical problems.

[2ROCKIDZ]

I have not seen those giant uav rc blimps before. How long is it?

[MIKEY19900]

it just makes me feel so sad to see how big some uav rc blimps are , mine is palm size rc blimp w/ mini cam. ( can u make yours any smaller??????? )