How is a airship and blimp built?

Question

How is a airship and blimp built?

Answer 1

Double sided sticky tape, brown paper bags and an old toilet roll.

Ja.

Answer 2

Give me 20mins in the shed our lad and i will find out!

Answer 3

Hey ! i don't know about blimp but i can surely tell you about airship.

visit this-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship(the one i found best)

http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/airsh...

(it shall tell you all)

Answer 4

There are several different kinds, it depends on how much of a frame they want to give it. I was reading this on Wikipedia yesterday:

Non-rigid airships (blimps) use a pressure level in excess of the surrounding air pressure in order to retain their shape.

Semi-rigid airships, like blimps, require internal pressure to maintain their shape, but have extended, usually articulated keel frames running along the bottom of the envelope to distribute suspension loads into the envelope and allow lower envelope pressures.

Rigid airships (Zeppelin is almost synonymous with this type) have rigid frames containing multiple, non-pressurized gas cells or balloons to provide lift. Rigid airships do not depend on internal pressure to maintain their shape and can be made to virtually any size.

Metal-clad airships had characteristics of both rigid and non-rigid airships, utilizing a very thin, airtight metal envelope, rather than the usual rubber-coated fabric envelope. Only four ships of this type, Schwarz's aluminum ships of 1893 and 1894 the ZMC-2 and the Slate "City of Glendale", have been built to date with only the ZMC-2 a success.

Hybrid airship is a general term for an aircraft that combines characteristics of heavier-than-air (airplane or helicopter) and lighter than air technology. Examples include helicopter/airship hybrids intended for heavy lift applications and dynamic lift airships intended for long-range cruising. It should be noted that most airships, when fully loaded with cargo and fuel, are typically heavier than air, and thus must use their propulsion system and shape to generate aerodynamic lift, necessary to stay aloft; technically making them hybrid airships. However, the term "hybrid airship" refers to craft that obtain a significant portion of their lift from aerodynamic lift and often require substantial take-off rolls before becoming airborne.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship#Typ...

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Cool, huh? So at the start, the non-rigid kind is basically a kind of large, gas filled balloon, and then they can attach more of a frame to it to change the shape a bit... the metal kind would have the advantage that, if one of the cells get punctured, you may not go down immediately... but if the gas catches fire, it's still game over. With the hybrid airships, you use both the balloon and an engine to fly.