pkevinb

I was watching NHRA Qualifying this morning and there was a r/c blimp that was carrying an aeiral camera. They gave a name but I forget what it was and that it was 60' long.

Anyone else happen to catch it?

dknovick

I didn't catch it, but there was a company that came to our balloon fiesta with R/C blimps about that size (see picture).

Goolgling, I did find [link=http://www.blimpcam.com/rcblimps/]blimpcam[/link] and [link=http://www.southernballoonworks.com/rcblimps.html?gclid=CLnd2K-63ZECFQcZYAod-EcjYg]Southern Balloon works[/link]

-Dave

pkevinb

I'm watching the finals now and they said it was 14' in diameter. They showed the guy flying it. He was sitting in a swivel office chair taking it easy.

dknovick

My kinda flying!

Galaxy 3D

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The blimp on ESPN is ours. It is 60ft long with a 14' diameter. We are going to be providing all of the areals for the NHRA this season. Here are some pics of the blimp. The camera on the blimp in the pictures is a FLIR system, but we used a CiniFlex camera for the ESPN job. I will post pictures from the event later.

pkevinb

Wow, thanks for posting, and posting the pictures. The ESPN coverage was great.

dknovick

Nice! Thanks!

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Here is a video clip from the race in AZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VfmTsyMVhk

dknovick

Very cool! Now that is a job!

misterfu02

lol that thing is huge

DA3

That poor guy has to sit in an office chair and fly a blimp all day. Man im in the wrong line of business.

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how do they handle wind when theyre outdoors? seems like theyd blow away like a balloon.