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Q: How are airships and blimps different?
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What shape are most airships?

Airships are usually the shape of a oval. They look like blimps. Airships are usually filled with helium to keep them afloat.


What companies produce RC blimps?

There are some companies which produce remote controlled blimps. West Coast Blimps & Electronics, Yoshioka Model Factory, DraganFly Innovations Inc., and Model Airships and Blimps produce remote controlled blimps


Synonyms for air ships?

Airships are also, and more commonly, known as zeppelins. The term airship is also used to refer to an airplane, but this usage is incorrect, as they have two different meanings. Airships might also be called blimps or dirigibles.


What is the shape of a blimp?

Blimps are non-rigid airships. Their shape is determined by the design of the envelope (inflatable bag). Most common airships are shaped like a cigar.


What are two differences between the good blimps of today and the airships Hindenburg?

Today's blimps are not filled with flammable hydrogen gas like Hindenburg was, but normally the non-flammable helium.


When were air raids invented?

As soon as aircraft (and that includes airships and blimps) were capable of carrying bombs. There were many air raids in WWI.


What are dirigibles?

Dirigibles are lighter-than-air aircraft that can be maneuvered by their own power. There are different kinds of dirigibles, such as blimps and airships, but all are distinguished from other lighter-than-air craft, such as balloons, which do not have their own steering and power sources.


What gas do you use in airships today?

In their early history, buoyant airships (zepellins, blimps) were filled with hydrogen, a highly flammable gas. Since the Hindenburg disaster, hydrogen has been supplanted by helium, a much more expensive material, but one that is inert and hence much safer.


Do all blimps have words on them?

Yes they do they advertise different things on them


How long is the wingspan of the Zeppelin Airship?

Airships didn't have wings, -so no wingspan. They were cigar or cylindrical in shape and had gasbags inside the structure to make them rise. -'Airships' actually had a skeletal metal structure, they were 'rigid' and often called so. -Don't mistake things like the Goodyear blimp for an airship. Blimps are a ballooon with no metal skeleton except around the control ans engine area.


Is lithium in blimps?

No, blimps do not contain lithium. All blimps in current service use helium


Can blimps go to the moon?

No. Blimps require atmosphere.