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An airship uses helium which weighs less than air, and it cancels out the weight of the airship. Hydrogen weighs even less than helium, but it is combustible, so helium is preferred for use in airships.
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Discuss what the airship was filled with and how it worked?
Airships and Zeppelins and Observation balloons were used successfully in WW1. They were filled with Hydrogen which is the lightest gas but is also explosive when ignited. (Later, airships began to use Helium) The airship flew because it was filled with a gas that was lighter than the air so that it "floated" in the sky. This is the same theory that makes boats float. For an airship to fly, the weight of the airship and the hydrogen contained it in has to be less than the weight of the Air it displaces. In other words, the Airship takes up space in the air and if it weighs less than the air, then it will fly. For it to move forward, the airship had propellors to push it forward. It also had control surfaces on the tail to turn it and help it climb or dive.
What type of airship was the zeppelin?
The Zeppellin was a rigid framed airship with helium in huge bags. .
How did the Hindenburg stay in the air?
The gas bags of the Hindenberg were filled with Hydrogen gas. Hydrogen is lighter than air, the same way air is lighter than water. The Hydrogen filled "balloon" floated on the air just as one filled with air would float on water. By letting out gas or replacing it from tanks of compressed Hydrogen, they could control the trim and buoyancy of the airship. Unfortunately, Hydrogen is highly flammable when mixed with air, as we all know from what happened to Hindenberg. Although there are ways to avoid disasters such as the one that befell it, people were afraid and that was, effectively, the end of lighter-than-air transportation for commercial purposes.
What was the Hindenburg that exploded over Lakehurst May 6 1937?
It was a dirigible- a lighter-than-air airship with a rigid frame. It was lighter than air since it was filled with hydrogen gas. Unfortunately hydrogen is also extremely flammable.
What is the Old fashoined name for an airship?
zeppilin
What is an airship?
An airship is a lighter-than-air aircraft which can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
Discuss what the airship was filled with and how it worked?
Airships and Zeppelins and Observation balloons were used successfully in WW1. They were filled with Hydrogen which is the lightest gas but is also explosive when ignited. (Later, airships began to use Helium) The airship flew because it was filled with a gas that was lighter than the air so that it "floated" in the sky. This is the same theory that makes boats float. For an airship to fly, the weight of the airship and the hydrogen contained it in has to be less than the weight of the Air it displaces. In other words, the Airship takes up space in the air and if it weighs less than the air, then it will fly. For it to move forward, the airship had propellors to push it forward. It also had control surfaces on the tail to turn it and help it climb or dive.
What is the difference between an airship and an airplane?
an Airship is an aircraft of the lighter-than-air type sustained in the air by gas an aeroplane in a mechanically propelled heavier-than-air flying machine
Did the Montgolfier Borthers fly the airship?
No, the Montgoflier brothers flew a hot air balloon, radically different from an airship.
A helium filled airship rises to 10000 ft and attaining considerable potential energy with no fuel or engines so where did the energy come from?
The air around the airship has gravitational potential energy as well. When the airship rises, this air is able to go down to occupy the space the airship formally took up.
How was an airship different from hot air balloon?
A hot air balloon is powerless, relying on the winds for locomotion, while an airship has a motor, allowing it to drift with its own power.
How was an airship different from a hot-air balloon?
A hot air balloon is powerless, relying on the winds for locomotion, while an airship has a motor, allowing it to drift with its own power.
Where did the oxygen come from when the Hindenburg exploded?
from the air around the airship.
What is the difference between an airship and a hot-air balloon?
A hot air balloon does not have any mean of steering and does not have permanent flotation. An airship has a permanent means of flotation (lighter than air gas bags) and a means of propulsion.
What does zeppelin?
A Zeppelin was a rigid dirigible ("steerable") airship filled with a buoyant gas (such as hydrogen or helium) that would allow it to float in the air. Named for the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, who did a lot of the early development of this technology.
What is an aeronaut?
An aeronaut is a person who glides through the air in an airship or balloon.
What makes balloons float when they are full of air but not float when they are deflated?
When balloons float they have helium in it. Helium is not air, but a gas. It's lighter than air, which makes it float.
