2007-03-19 05:56:49 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Alternative ➔ Other - Alternative
It is a lighter-than-air craft. Blimps have no rigid frame - they are simply inflated skins, with engines attached outside and a control car hung below. The Goodyear blimps are good examples, as are the smaller blimps that fly around sporting events.
Blimps are different from older Zepellins, which did have a rigid structure, and from balloons which are unpowered.
Blimps are usually filled with helium, which makes them float.
2007-03-19 06:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by Steven D 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Blimp is a gas bag elongated balloon, that completely collapses if not filled with helium. Like the Goodyear Blimp.
The Hindenburg was a dirigible, which looks basically the same but has a frame inside of the skin.
Interesting, that Germany, or that is, a German company has just built the worlds largest hanger to hold a dirigible that will be used to move freight shipments.
2007-03-19 10:45:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sort of like big old balloon but in the shape of a footbal
holds a lot of helium gas makes it lighter
used at football games and such
ever hear of the goodyear blimp or the met life blimp
well thats what a blimp is
2007-03-19 06:02:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
blimp (blmp) KEY
NOUN:
A nonrigid, buoyant airship.
Slang An obese person.
intr.v.
Slang To become very fat. Often used with out: He's really blimped out since he got that desk job.
2007-03-19 06:00:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like a balloon it is lighter than air and can be used to advertise things with, in the sky. Another interpretation is the "thought bubble" drawn above someones` head in a cartoon.
2007-03-20 05:24:22 · answer #5 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it's an inflatable thing that floats in the sky, usually advertising something. i remember the Simpsons episode with the Duff Blimp in it.....
2007-03-19 05:59:56 · answer #6 · answered by Miss Tickle 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.goodyearblimp.com/archive/img/c_goodyear.jpg
That;s a blimp, It's filled with helium like a big ol balloon.
2007-03-19 07:51:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A non-rigid airship, essentially a directional helium balloon that holds it's shape through the pressure of it's lifting gas. A dirigible, or "Zeppelin", has a rigid internal skeleton, and keeps it's own shape.
2007-03-19 06:26:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A great big bag filled with lighter than air gas, or hot air, to which people attach themselves to get somewhere. Example: Hillary Clinton
2007-03-20 04:03:55 · answer #9 · answered by squeezie_1999 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its one of those massive big inflatable balloon type things, with a little basket below that people ride in. Like in the war
2007-03-19 05:59:14 · answer #10 · answered by OriginalBubble 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋