like the goodyear or others similar. My husband claims if it is punctured it will explode! is that true? lol
2007-02-11 16:56:40 · 5 answers · asked by riblette 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
nah..they are under high pressure, but the cloth wouldn't have a fast enough rip to actually let them explode. it's a very thick, durable, canvas material.. kinda like a real thick sail boat sail. it's filled with helium (as opposed to hydrogen gas, which is what the one that DID explode-violently- was filled with)
helium is an inert gas and doesn't react with practically anything or burn and the cloth around it is so ridiculously durable for its light weight that an explosion would be a stretch..
2007-02-11 17:03:53 · answer #1 · answered by Max R 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can get information about the Goodyear Blimp here:
http://www.goodyearblimp.com/basics/anatomy.html
Modern blimps use helium, which is inert and nonflammable.
The infamous Hindenberg, whose flight ended disasterously in flames in 1937 at Lakehurst, New Jersey, was a hydrogen-filled dirigible:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin
There was a recent Mythbusters segment regarding a hypothesis that the Hindenberg's paint was the actual culprit:
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/episode/episode.html
2007-02-12 01:46:37 · answer #2 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not like a balloon in that respect. A balloon has quite high pressure inside, else its rubber would not be so stretched from its deflated size. The blimp is not stretchy like that. Anyway, the less extra pressure it has inside, the more lift it will give, so they want to keep the pressure increase to the least possible, being just enough to push it into shape.
So it will not go pop, because it is is twice different from a balloon in the very ways that make the balloon so ready to go pop.
2007-02-12 10:51:09 · answer #3 · answered by bh8153 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a blimp is exactly made out of blimp
2007-02-12 01:42:41 · answer #4 · answered by tuxedo cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosie O'Donnell's Dress.Anyways the answer before mine is right on.The gas they use is non flamable.
2007-02-12 01:06:35 · answer #5 · answered by Henry B 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋