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01/09/2021 4:21 PM

This looks pretty cool, but really need a way of overcoming wind...

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01/09/2021 7:39 PM

A blimp kind of looks like a fish. Nature usually finds the most efficient solution. Maybe a blimp could swim through the air like a fish.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268571643_Feasability_Studies_for_a_Bionic_Blimp_with_a_Fish-Like_Propulsion_Systems
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01/11/2021 4:36 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4eM-i4zumU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnNvVnJyDn4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J67p4MB6xOk

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01/12/2021 5:12 AM

<...need a way of overcoming wind...>

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01/12/2021 8:56 AM

Yes I think with front mounted elevators and a large articulating prop at the rear, this would work....the ability to steer into the wind at times and overcome the speed, up to say a reasonable 30 mph, would enable the airship to be sailed like a motor sailboat....a computerized steering system would be a plus...

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01/12/2021 11:36 AM

Blimping on other worlds...

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