Airships (Goodyear Blimp) | Flite Test

We take a ride on the Goodyear Blimp and learn more about how this "lighter than air" airship works! The adventure inspired David to customize his own RC Blimp too!
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[@theimacman]

I've always wanted to get a closer look at what it's like to fly, or fly in, a blimp! Thanks Flite Test! :D

[@BrainInfo]

Thumbs up guys, great episode, many don't realize how big a deal this is, very few, have had the honor of a Goodyear blip ride, as you stated, it's invite only, my father was one of the privileged few year ago. Also big props to David, for his FPV space attempt, learned a good deal for our planed upcoming attempt!

[@VestedUTuber]

A little trivia about the Goodyear blimps - the Resolute, one of the many vessels in the Goodyear fleet, actually operated under a letter of marque. Yes, one of the Goodyear blimps was actually a privateer ship under employ by the US during World War II.

[@islandko2402]

I hope the blimp had a goodyear.

[@masonlaurent8351]

+frost flower ha ha ha

[@THE_SXMPLER]

Ha

[@TheRcSaylors]

We definitely enjoyed this video of the Goodyear Blimp! Thanks for sharing guys! It's great that you're not only passionate about RC aircraft, but full size as well! Keep up the professional work guys!

[@rancidmarshmallow4468]

so- where do you mount the bomb racks?

[@motkoloko]

I just love the relaxing and easy going mood on these episodes! Just keep on doing this exactly the same way!

[@FPVIreland]

One of the the best episodes so far,must say that was amazing.

[@strixnebulosa1046]

I also noticed that Spit. Looks awesome!

[@jshaw6600]

Wow, this really was a top notch episode guys. It was really easy to understand everything explained. Great questions by Josh, and great responses from the pilot. I learned a lot. This channel deserves some type of KZbin award for best productions or something of the like. I remember I first came here and thought these were Discovery network TV shows being uploaded on someone's KZbin channel. Keep up the great work.

[@OzParkPilot]

You guys just get better n better !! What a Goodyear !!

[@luckygamer9983]

You guys inspired me to get more in to Rc thx so much😀

[@philg311]

Great show guys.

[@dangolfs8670]

Looks like a spitfire with the elliptical wing! Great video guys!

[@asol39]

I love it.. i'm getting my son into rc and the power of flight and flitetest makes it wonderful for both of us.. keep it up guys..

[@timoulete76]

Nice trip ! thanks for sharing rare thing like that, nice RC model

[@chixterchicarillo4372]

Another excellent vid guys. Dave you amaze me.

[@ryalman21]

First class episode guys and great tips on model mods too.

[@TheiMetz]

Awsome episode !

[@khellil2]

It's funny because the physics behind airships is exactly the same as behind submarines.

[@benalderton3627]

similar not exactly the same.

[@FlyLeah]

Submarines. The blimps of the ocean

[@PhoenixTwoFiftySix]

submarines have been around longer than airships, however.

[@trollimusprime8521]

Fluid dynamics boi

[@nealsausen4651]

Фокстрот Униформ Чарли Кило : Not Blimpshop but Lighter-Than-Air started around the same time as submarines the 1700s!

[@Forcemaster2000]

Great show guys! I always loved blimps and dirigibles, I just wish the big dirigibles like the Hindenburg were still around. It was amazing how much room and amenities they had in those big airships.

[@bigginsmcsauce]

awesome stuff!

[@Znybar]

Very cool insight! Awesome!

[@edwinzea]

Thank you guy for all your work and videos, really inspired me to build again :D

[@mkempf60]

Thanks guys that was an excellent show... keep up the great work love it.

[@victorrisk6098]

Great stuff guys! Thanks

[@PATROLMAN2056]

Well worth watching, very interesting....well done guys.

[@emerychandler]

so cool I was looking at making a large scale blimp, and yall just gave me some ideas. love yalls stuff keep it up.

[@k6tf]

Another GREAT video!

[@machia0705]

Style that is.....keep up the good work guys!

[@WiltedSnausage207]

Love flitetest, its entertaining and extremely informative

[@JesusChrist42o]

Great content, thanks guys!

[@ghost122gun]

it just so good love the entrance always

[@themotorcycleguy5980]

love yalls vids! greetings from northwest Georgia!

[@ProjektONE]

You have to do a build video of the blimp!! Great work!!

[@TimWhittakerphoto]

same old same old...... BRILLIANT videos.. thanks guys, just love watching..Lovely quality, well edited and presented... KEEP IT UP! :-)

[@ThePartyDudes]

I love this channel. I just got my first rc plane, the hawk sky and its because of you guys motivated me to get thanks guys. just subscribed!.

[@MrReint16]

this is awesome guys good work. something totally different.

[@jillkounkel]

Dude that awesome!!!

[@WorivpuqloDMogh]

you guys are awesome. including the Swedish guy Dave

[@dwade_fpv]

Very cool and different type of episode.

[@NaughtyShepherd]

Very informative, thanks!

[@33themax33]

The warbird in the background is just wonderfull. Can't wait for more information on this one :-)

[@whirlybirdrc]

''And one is made of lead'' *Spits coffee everywhere*

[@tiqosc1809]

um is a lead bloon

[@AntBangBang]

David has got mad skills.

[@veronly2]

"You don't do that in a plane." haha

[@81Stevem]

What a great show!! Thanks guys I know you made this one for me LOL

[@Lamat771]

Very good!

[@SteenPedersen]

VERY interesting - thanks.

[@j3steven]

Great episode! is that a swappable spitfire in the background?! You guys are amazing!

[@Azor1Xx]

I got the opportunity to fly in the Goodyear Blimp, it really is an amazing experience.

[@samuelpincay5561]

super cool

[@sulemanalishah3579]

Excellentest

[@Propbreaker2000]

Flight test you guys are amazing ! I have been watching you guys from day one i am waiting for the tri copter to come out in the shop . David is super Awsome and when he has to go back to sweedian did you guys ever think of going over with him to do some cool fpv like the space mission that David did . Keep the good work up guys

[@WirlWind494]

I laughed heartily at the back and forth about the toilet.

[@pagedm]

Cool episode, it's great to see you guys doing something with a real aircraft and then doing an r/c version, I hope you do more episodes like this :) Josh Scott is looking a bit tired in this one, I hope you aren't working him too hard!

[@borisdamole]

I flew on it for my 10th birthday! one of the coolest birthdays!

[@WiperTF2]

Damn, Daniel is just a genius! :)

[@youronlycow]

awesome, you guys are educational!! :D

[@lookeflite]

nice, I learned more today. Will be great if your guys post this on my birthday which is yesterday. :(

[@adlabyrinth]

Blown away by this episode. Amazing achievement ! Best bits were 'beta' answer and 'horrible ' . Think this is a milestone ep

[@dappa4608]

So cool

[@franciscojavierrodriguezba891]

whoooow thats amazing a megalike for this video :)

[@motonoelke]

looks like a swappable spitfire in the background, cool!

[@molldenn]

Very nice video! u guys rocks!!

[@hectiky]

I'm guessing the ride was pretty smooth? Always wondered what being in a blimp is like. Fantastic footage.

[@bono3d]

Nice!

[@AnibalSRX]

...aaand now I'm hooked.

[@Tha0x]

First I love your editing that is done in all of the video's Second, Something i would love to see a video on. The basics to R/C, not the controls etc, all the tech language. And maybe a general tutorial on construction on r/c airplanes, just a thought.

[@machia0705]

Lighter than air Mythbuster's stile ! Good work...people need to understand LTA designs and uses , because this type of flight is far from obsolete, as most think. No, in fact it will become a very important commercial and military tool again in the very near future.

[@Andrei5656]

Haha, i just paused Led Zep to watch the video and Josh S makes a joke about them. =D Great vid, guys. You are lucky dudes. Greetings from France

[@Kuutiomedia]

I just started to fly 2.5m long blimp. Wight and helium is balanced so that you need motors to keep it in the air. So in case of motor breakdown, battery failure etc. the blimp slowly lands.

[@toyhobbyreview]

Awww you lucky dogs. I would love to cruise around in a blimp! Blimp paaaartaaaay!

[@jjovereats]

MV Spirit of Goodyear.

[@Skydive4ever]

That was very cool :-)

[@mackmcd8725]

now we need an episode dealing with rigid airships, you should contact the Aeroscraft guys!!

[@jshaw6600]

Only great for filming on calm non-windy days. If you watch American football, baseball or soccer games that are played in roofless venues, you'll occasionally see footage of the venue from a blimp. But this only happens when the weather is calm.

[@wadecrabtree7051]

Blimps are basically a giant balloon with a cabin on the bottom and propellers, while a zepllin has a metal outside with tons of small airsacs.

[@garethfuller2700]

That weight shifting thing.... That is actually what was used on the LZ-1 (first Zepplin ever made) to go up and down

[@HigherFlyer420]

Sooo cool! i wanna fly a blimp.

[@carbonfibershield]

Wow that's nice! Technically, eppelins are slightly heavier-than-air and they climb by using the control surfaces or a tilting engine pod.

[@keithfreeman5204]

Cool Stuff, thanks great info. Here's something to think about.... A long time ago I saw a picture of a "Balloon" connected to a small building made out of "Wicker", actually it was a Two Story Small Building. This thing was built for the "rich", a Luxury type of thing, for those who had money and wanted to look at the world from above. This back in time before airplanes and the boon of the Balloon Era.

[@Jedrokivich]

Great video guys, question about the thrust motors on the small-scale blimp: are those motors just a servo motor connected to its original board and plugged into the receiver, or is there some kind of ESC that you used?

[@Mikeleifheit]

this is really cool. l live 20 min away from the good year airdock

[@NeededFourOfficial]

Why don't we bring back zepplins back as passenger transport? Many of the problems seem to be able to be remedied by modern technology, and it would be much better than an airplane, to the point where they were even called "flying ocean liners" at one point.

[@SteveCrowe37]

Helium shortage seems to be the limiting factor. Helium on earth is an accumulation of alpha particles from radioactive decay of heavy elements. In the past it has been a scarce resource, but this has been largely negated by new technology which has allowed ever lower levels of helium to be extracted as a by-product in the natural gas production process. We have no way of producing "new" helium, but the ability to exploit less concentrated sources along with measures to conserve helium as it is "used" have made it unlikely that we will run out. As a product of nuclear decay, small quantities of helium would be made in all nuclear power plants, but at the moment, the capture of this helium isn't economically viable. And we already know about hydrogen and how that worked out. But I agree, and personally believe that the airship is going to become the aviation giant in the coming years. As it would make the best of solar panel power, as it does not require energy to generate lift. And could go way above the clouds and weather, meaning that it would avoid storms, which were a huge problem with the first airships, and would be in a less obstructed view of the sun, allowing the panels to soak up energy more efficiently. And they have indeed found success in the past! Imagine if the Hindenburg had be allowed to use helium...I almost wonder if the great airship era would have ever stopped.

[@radiantjet418]

Our military actually is using them again. Look up the LEMV. It uses a combination of gasses to get the same helium lighter than air affect. I have read that these things can fly autonomously and also stay up in the air indefinitely. You fly above the clouds and put some solar cells on the top and yes. It will never have to come down. It will be like a sky sub. You only have to dock when food stocks run low.

[@SteveCrowe37]

rAdiant Jet Last I heard, that project was cancelled due to military budget cuts.

[@afbennett3038]

Helium is rare as it is and they go very slow

[@wd9igy]

Talk about a dream job blimp pilot wow pretty cool

[@duvaintheodd5695]

That's a really cool pilot.

[@XSlown]

I've flown one of these on GTA great fun.

[@tqexplosion]

Seems like it bro! :D

[@GamePlayer14]

How much wear can you get out of a tyre? A goodyear.

[@guy_incognito7538]

Wow...

[@z-olanddd009]

Caleb Teague about a years worth of driving in the road bud I prefer Toyo tires

[@jonnyasprin]

It would have been a real treat to see the blimp go inverted or pull a loop.

[@massimogiardina9138]

You should put a mini fpv camera in the rc blimp

[@Rcbeacon]

Great show. Some questions that come to mind about the full size one. I'll have to Google. How much helium does it need? Does it leak much? Do they deflate it very often? I guess they save the helium when it is deflated. Is the helium in compartments to minimize the risk of a leak? Is there a helium tank on-board to keep it topped up in flight?

[@joshd84]

Well since you made the r/c blimp, I had a thought run through my head. Can you make a scale r/c hot air balloon? That would be interesting to see.

[@clemensdotson8645]

Josh Dods Yeah you could but it you would have to have multiple channels

[@typeOhh]

That is awesome haha

[@DaveBeach2010]

cool

[@GlenTanaka]

With the elevation for up and down what would happen if you made the props pivot up to go down and down to go up? and add some type of rudder for left and right?

[@RCHobbyist463]

I feel like remote controlled blimps are a little bit stressful to fly outside because of the many things that can go wrong. If the rc blimp is calibrated for really cold weather and is suddenly flown during a really hot day the motors might not be able to counteract the increase in buoyancy and the whole blimp could be lost. Another concern is that you have to really make sure that the gondola will not come off.

[@AlfredoArbe]

fantastic! what about some solar cells on it and a couple of electric motors?

[@shalakabooyaka1480]

I don't think the airship not having a bathroom is as big of a problem for the guys in the blimp as much as it is the guys on the ground who have to watch out.