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Cool Physics in Blimps

Published on Dec 03, 2015

AP Physics - First Six-weeks Project

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Le Physics

en le Blimp 
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Blimps

  • A.K.A Air Ships
  • Are now commonly filled with helium
  • Are more buoyant than air because of helium
  • Can hold 150x their weight

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  • Consist of two 'air pouches', ballonets, that fill with normal, 'heavy' air to raise and lower blimp
  • They can hover in midair
  • Can withstand weather such as rain
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  • Can accelerate by changing their incline by filling one ballonet at a time
  • Its oblong shape allows it to have a minimum of drag to coast through air
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  • Thrusted by engine propellers to cruise from 30-70 mph
  • Propeller controls regulate speed and forward/backward direction
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Sources

  • Spaceman. "Physics/airships." Physics: Airships, Hot Air Balloons, Goodyear Blimp. About.com, 9 June 2006. Web. 8 Sept. 2015.
  • Freudenrich, Ph.D. Craig. "How Blimps Work." HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks.com, n.d. Web. 7 Sept. 2015.
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