How would you drive the Hindenburg?

Question

How would you drive the Hindenburg?

Answer 1

Like its stolen!

Answer 2

The answer above by "rotorwing" was copied from my answer posted several months ago in reply to a similar question, except that he has added two incorrect sentences at the beginning.

The LZ-129 Hindenburg was a Zeppelin, or Rigid Airship.  A blimp is something else (a type of non-rigid airship).

Airships today are filled with helium, and the helium is kept under pressure by one or more air-filled balloons, called "balonets" inside the gas envelope.  Rigid airships do not have balonets.

The rest of the answer he posted was verbatim.

Answer 3

the hindenburg was an airship or blimp

Todays airships are filled with helium and air - Non Combustable.

An airship is basically a balloon, with a gas-tight envelope filled with a lighter than air gas, usually helium, nowadays.

The airship has a valve or valves that allow the crew to release lifting gas from the envelope. Because of the cost of helium, this is done only as a last resort. In addition, there is ballast in the form of metal pellets, water, or other fluid that the crew can release to make the airship lighter.

Finally, the airship is under power. The engines propel the airship forward or backward using propellers or ducted fans. When the airship is moving, it can be steered with rudders and also trimmed nose up or nose down by using the horizontal controls, called elevators.

Finally, in some modern airships, the propellers or ducted fans can be tilted up or down to provide lifting force or downward force.

All of these control devices contribute to the controllability of a modern airship. The details of their use make a very complicated process, too large to discuss in this space. Basically, the gas and ballast controls are used to trim the airship so that its buoyancy is about neutral; that is, so that little force is required to make the airship climb or descend.

Then the crew uses the elevators during flight under power to climb or descend. Most climbs or descents are made very slowly, rarely exceeding about 100 feet per minute, and usually about half that. Airships usually fly at low altitudes, in the range of 500-1200 feet above ground level. This is because higher flight requires valving off expensive helium.

Tilting propellers or fans, if so equipped, are usually used only to assist in landings by helping to hold the airship down.

For much more information, including pictures and diagrams, try an internet search on "airship," "airship handling," "airship controls," and related subjects.

Answer 4

remote control

Answer 5

simple you wouldnt.

you dont drive an airship they are typically flown

Answer 6

I would make sure I could get helium to begin with. It was filled with hydrogen because we wouldn't let them have helium.

Answer 7

Better than the original dude!!!!!!