wooden blimp?

[ProfitOfDoom]

Do they have these?Is anyone familiar with a tv show called "wings"well any way if you know the show,this one episode the guy lowe"mechanic"had brought his rc blimp to work,that he had been working on for a long time,and asked the one pilot to watch it for him,But he couldnt resist and started flying it in his office,and someone open the door and smashed it.It apeared to be about 3' long and made out of somekinda balsa wood,cause you can see when they smashed it.Does anyone have any kind of info on these?Or was this just a tv show creation?LMK cause it looked cool,i seen the mylar type ones it was nothing like that.

[Majortomski]

PoDoom

One could build a wood framed model. I have plans from the 30's for a rubberpowerd ship about that size. Problem is the plans show it filled with Hydrogen. It would have to be twice as big to lift with helium.

[ProfitOfDoom]

you dont know of any kits?Im sure this is a silly question,but Im not sure exactly what hydrogen is,I mean If their is a kit would I be able to use/buy/get hydrogen? Is the only fear,like if I float over a open flame?Or will it explode if I bump in the wall or something?LMK

[wildpalms]

Hydrogen and Helium are two lighter than air gasses. Hydrogen is lighter (better) than Helium but is very very explosive. Try searching the Internet for Zeppelin and Lakehurst, there's a very good reason people use Helium these days.

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Dave