[meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!

From: Stuart McDaniel <actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 10:20:00 -0400
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OK, so everyone is wrong.......it's a dirigible. (semi-rigid airship) :-)




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-----Original Message-----
From: Sterling K. Webb
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 4:01 PM
To: actionshooting at carolina.rr.com ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com ;
dorifry
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!

Stuart, List

1. A blimp (technically called a "pressure airship") is
a powered, steerable, lighter-than-air vehicle whose
shape is maintained by the pressure of the gases
within its envelope. A blimp has no rigid internal
structure; if a blimp deflates, it loses its shape.

2. A rigid airship has a framework surrounding one
or more individual gas cells, and maintains its shape
by virtue of its rigid framework and not the pressure
of its lifting gas.

3. A zeppelin is a rigid airship manufactured by a
particular company, the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin of
Germany (the "Zeppelin Airship Construction
Company"), which was founded by Count Ferdinand
von Zeppelin.

4. A semi-rigid airship, like a blimp, maintains its
aerodynamic shape from internal gas pressure, but
it has a partial rigid frame, usually in the form of a
keel, which supports and distributes loads and
provides structural integrity during maneuvering.
The modern Zeppelin NT, such as the Eureka, is
a semi-rigid airship rather than a blimp.

5. A dirigible is any lighter-than-air craft that is
both powered and steerable (as opposed to free
floating, like a balloon). Blimps, rigid airships,
and semi-rigid airships like the Zeppelin NT are
all dirigibles.


Sterling K. Webb
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!


> OK, I am goin gto ask the obvious, what is the difference in a blimp and a
> zep?
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> ---- "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> =============
> Phil, List,
>
> As the sarcastic individual who suggested a
> need for Blimp Patches, I apologize. It is, literally,
> a Zeppelin, built by the Zeppelin company in
> Friedrichshafen, Germany, home of the original
> Zeppelins. At 246 feet long, she stretches 15
> feet longer than a standard Boeing 747 and 50
> feet longer than the largest commercial blimps
> flying today. It is named "Eureka," nicely matching
> the history of Sutter's Mill. Maybe the name will
> bring good luck.
>
> http://www.airshipventures.com/about
> Unlike the original Zeppelins, it is a semi-rigid
> design, lacking a full envelope frame like the old
> ones. However, it is made of carbon fibre and
> aluminum, has very sophisticated motive control,
> with vectored thrust and fly-by-wire controls, and
> has incredible maneuverability.
>
> That said, trying to maneuver close to the ground
> in that terrain in a weightless craft almost as long
> as a football field is a daunting prospect. All old
> airshipmen know the dangers are near the ground,
> not in the sky.
>
> Zeppelin Patches?
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
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> From: "dorifry" <dorifry at embarqmail.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 12:14 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!
>
>
>> Big difference! Stop calling it a blimp please! (LOL)
>>
>> Phil Whitmer
>> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
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