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22.66 feet long, 3 feet wide, five engines, Li-Po batteries.Related content
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I think somebody might hage said it already, but i think the engine in the back is too low.
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why thank you! I want to build a flying model of the Stargazer, but unfortunatley impulse engines have not been invented yet XD
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ROFL.
I thought you meant the actual thing would be 22.66 feet long and 3 feet wide. Then I noticed 'Model'.
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XD the real thing would be about 900 feet long by 105 feet wide
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Great project ! Some years ago I stumbled over the website of Fred Ludwig (Pilot and model builder), who built a flyable
rigid with rather ordinary material like balsa wood and lacquered paper. Weight was a permanent issue, as he reports here:
[link]
Unfortunately Fred passed away much too early in 2003. So this Zep remained the only rigid project he could finish.
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ouch, and good ship! laqcuered paper eh?
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Bully for you! I too have been toying around with this very same idea for years. Mine would be one of the Great War era ships, and that alone makes for a slight few difficulties...
From what I can tell, unless you want to pay up for the carbon fiber rods, 20 feet is about as small as you can go before risking too much weight. Some time ago, I remember seeing some amazing balsa RC models of the R101 and the Graf Zeppelin (it may have been the Hindenburg, I don't accurately recall). They both were 30 foot projects, absolutely amazing. One might have to have a good bit of money to do one of these though. If I remember right, Mr. Clemens Macon ran up $6000 total.
Alas, I will build my own RC rigid someday. Don't care if most RC enthusiasts say building a non-rigid for outdoor use would be so much easier. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead I say!
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indeed! I will be constructing my frame of Balsa, and using the thinnest Mylar I can find for the gas cells.
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Wow now that's a nice looking ship!
Best of luck to you Steamby! Hope it flies well!
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LOL , those are about the dimensions of the airships I was building as a teen . The 36" so it would go though the back door and really they were 144" long because of the room size . Then after the third one was destroyed by the cat I gave up because I realized it needed to be about 20 ft long so it might have enough lift . At the time RC and electric motors were far bigger and heavier . It is very unlikely mine would have worked . I think with current equipment that should be no problem . Finding somewhere to build and store yours will probably be your biggest problem . Just a hint : use jigs to layout the ribs . Good luck ! Please post progress reports .
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You arent, by chance, Mister Clemens who build the USS Macon are you? If you are, first off, FANTASTIC work, secondly, could you tell me how you obtained/manipulated the 50 microinch Mylar?
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Oh so sorry . The one's I was working on were not that cool . I was doing this clear back in the early 70's while still living with my parents .I only got to the protoype stage . I suggest you check out some of the model airplane forums and [link] .
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Last month's Popular Science magazine had a spot in it where a guy in California built the USS Macon or Akron, i don't remember which one. But it flies.
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Macon, and thats where I got my inspiration. I need to get a hold of the guy and ask him where he got 50 microinch Mylar!
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Look around on google, should be sorta kinda maybe easy to find.
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Which is why I said "sorta kinda maybe".
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