| Image Comments |
| Luke War | 04-Jan-10 21:54 |
| starting on the other side...using broken 1/8" balsa to align formers. |
| John M Oshust | 05-Jan-10 04:06 |
| Quite a lumber yard...this is slick. |
| jgood | 05-Jan-10 04:59 |
| This is great. I wonder if it would be possible to cover with something plastic (like Solite, or Solarfilm), and fill with Helium for buoyancy?! Probably not enough volume in there at this scale, but it would be interesting to see if it's possible. |
| Luke War | 05-Jan-10 10:34 |
| Like John O said...there is A LOT of lumber with this build, I don't think the lift/weight ratio would be enough to make it buoyant. Then again I'm no engineer so dont go with what I say! There is a website, www.airshipmodeler.com , that supposedly does all sorts of airship models, but I've never had any luck navigating the site or accessing any images. I prefer Virtual Aerodrome! :D |
| frwyflyer | 05-Jan-10 12:30 |
| I think if you placed one or two gas bags (balloons) in side to hold the helium it might do the trick. |
| John M Oshust | 05-Jan-10 15:55 |
| Floating this bird is not the problem. Keep refilling it as the He eventually leaks out would be. Think... even the mylar balloons lose the He with time. |
| jgood | 05-Jan-10 16:16 |
| Luke, I'm not sure you'd even need balloons inside if you covered with those iron on plastic coverings. Although maybe they wouldn't hold the He too well. I may well have to get one of these and try it, but I shall watch yours first. :) |
