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About Airships

  • Airships are vertical-lift aircraft that use gas to float and steer in the air. Airships don’t fly – they float.
  • There are three main types of airships: non-rigid (or blimps), semi-rigid and rigid.
  • They are bullet-shaped craft filled with helium or hydrogen.
  • Airship has 3 main parts: a balloon-like hull, a gondola and a propulsion system.
  • Advantages:
    • Airships can take off and land in various locations, without requiring runways or airports.
    • Airships can carry large payloads in comparison to traditional aircraft.
    • Airships require less fuel and can travel for longer distances than other aircraft.
  • Challenge with varying Buoyancy: Airships require the ability to vary their buoyancy to adjust for weight changes when picking up or dropping off loads.

Working Mechanism of Airships

  • Airships use gases which have density lower than atmospheric gases. (Helium balloons also use the same principle).
  • Early airships used hydrogen as the lifting gas as it was cheap, easy to produce and the lightest existing gas. But its use was discontinued as it was highly flammable.
  • Modern airships use helium, which is non-combustible.
Buoyancy
  • Buoyancy is the force that makes things float. It acts in the opposite direction to gravity.
  • When an object is placed in a fluid (like air or water), the fluid pushes up against the object, helping it to stay afloat.

 

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