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L. E. A. D. ~ League of Empire Airship Designers
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League of Empire Airship Designers
ATTENTION: YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF YOURSELF AND ALL BYSTANDERS.
Location: Mother Earth
Members: 25
Latest Activity: on Monday
About L.E.A.D.
On 24 September 1852, Jules Henri Giffard flew 17 miles in the first passenger dirigible (steerable airship). LEAD is being founded on the 159th anniversary of this auspicious event.
The motivation for this group grew out of the Discussion Thread Building an actual Airship Prototype (thank you Dr. Ironbeard).
For starters, a few discussions will be set up to help with organization. They will be very general with the intent of keeping the number of discussion threads manageable.
Here are a few "suggestions" for behavior: (Sair Blades, please treat my plagiary as a high complement.)
1. BE SAFE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF YOURSELF AND ALL BYSTANDERS.
2. Be excellent to each other. Impractical ideas have a way of inspiring other ideas. Constructive comments are welcomed - personal attacks are not.
3. Try to contribute to the Group at least as much as you get from it.
4. The purpose of the Group is to facilitate widespread success.
5. Can we agree to post values in metric measures?
Discussion Forum
Aeronefs
Started by John Campbell. Last reply by John Campbell on Monday. 7 Replies 0 Likes
This Group is primarily for Airships, in the form of Dirigible Aerostats, but I would like to propose a subcategory of Aeronefs. The Albatros of Verne's Robur the Conqueror (1886) was an aeronef, a brute-force helicopter of massive size. …Continue
Tags: Models, Helicopters, Verne, Airships
Small RC Models
Started by A D Cruize. Last reply by John Campbell May 24. 13 Replies 0 Likes
The first step for anyone who is serious should be to build a working model that is as small as practical. The small size makes many of the buoyancy issues more difficult.Continue
Technical Challenges and Solutions
Started by A D Cruize. Last reply by Draco Feb 23. 18 Replies 0 Likes
Try to avoid business issues and decorative ideas.This is about getting a payload off the ground and keeping it there.Continue
The Gentleman Explorer´s Touring Air-Yacht (prototype)
Started by Dago. Last reply by Dago Nov 19, 2012. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Hello Gentlemen and Ladies of refined class and dinstinction.You may have read my initial comments concerning operational parameters in the L.E.A.D. forum (under the medium airship category) regarding the very real, and very serious undertaking of…Continue
Medium Sized Airships
Started by A D Cruize. Last reply by Dago Nov 18, 2012. 12 Replies 2 Likes
Something that might lift a payload of several hundred kilograms.
Big Ships
Started by A D Cruize. Last reply by Captain Jun 20, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
For the big dreamers amongst us.GO FOR IT!Continue
Business, Finance and Legal Issues
Started by A D Cruize. Last reply by Captain Jun 9, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Much of the original thread was focused on these.Continue
Advertising and Marketing
Started by John Kuczwara. Last reply by Jahred Tahara Sep 25, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Well it is true that we have been finding lots of people interested in this project we should consider doing some active recruiting at Steampunk Events. This has two obstacles to overcome. First I tend to find out about events when people post…Continue
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Comment by Captain on May 12, 2013 at 9:36pm
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Comment by Captain on January 28, 2013 at 7:39am
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Comment by Captain on January 27, 2013 at 10:55am
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Comment by Captain on January 25, 2013 at 1:18pm
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http://www.zebedeelist.co.uk/list/item.php?id=efd258945e8a15522a8c7...
EUR 9,000 in Spain.
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Comment by Captain on December 8, 2012 at 7:14pm
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Simply brilliant.
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Comment by Captain on September 25, 2012 at 6:27am
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Here is the slightly different Russian take on airships: http://www.facebook.com/groups/127250093979084/
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Comment by Captain on August 21, 2012 at 9:28am
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This is list of current hot air ship makers:
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Comment by Captain on August 20, 2012 at 3:24pm
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Comment by Captain on June 27, 2012 at 9:26am
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http://www.aerotube.com/html/skyboat_project.html
Although not an active project at this time, this project seems to have a lot of potential and would be a good example of where many shares of inexpensive stock might raise the funds they need to get flying.
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Comment by Captain on June 9, 2012 at 6:04pm
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Thank you for creating this forum. Are you all aware that there are a number of ongoing airship projects and that many are looking for investors? It might be interesting to see how many say +/- $5.00 share certificates could be sold at SteamCon. Apparently, Hindenburg sold many shares of low cost stock to get his zeppelins built. His German investors saw little return except pride but that seemed to make a lot of people happy enough.
http://www.airshipkothmann.com/investment-opportunities.php
http://www.millenniumairship.com/invest.htm
http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/2012/04/30/blimp-lofted-win... (This article brings up one other important reason to consider using H2 rather than He)
These are the standard instruments from a high performance German sailplane. Except for a few isolated countries, like France, aviation tends to use standard instruments. Even the OAT has both F/C. Ultralight and sailplane equipment is some of the lightest and most modern off-the-shelf gear available for LTA craft. Do you all have a copy of Robert J. Recks book "A Practical Guide to Building Small Gas Blimps" yet? If not, I highly recommend ordering one through inter-library loan. His opinion is a little harsh but it is the most practical book out there.
http://www.onsale-usa.com/hot-sales-14828-Free-shipping-100cm-Remot...
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