Airlander 10

andicole0 · 24 Aug 2016 at 14:10

Invested a few quid in this a while back, now they've gone and broken it ;-)

No one injured.

Andi.

bloodiedathame · 24 Aug 2016 at 14:11

Stupid design.

snips86x · 24 Aug 2016 at 14:23

Sliver · 24 Aug 2016 at 14:30

Well at least it wasn't full of hydrogen like the Hindenburg. Red faces all around for the engineers though. :cool:

The Funktopus · 24 Aug 2016 at 14:36

Oh, the huge Manatee!....

bloodiedathame · 24 Aug 2016 at 15:47

Moses said:
O'rly? Care to show us your improved one?

Concorde.

Cosimo · 24 Aug 2016 at 16:07

It will bounce back...

Rotty · 24 Aug 2016 at 16:08

never been a crash

scorza · 24 Aug 2016 at 16:08

The Funktopus said:
Oh, the huge Manatee!....

andicole0 · 24 Aug 2016 at 16:10

Cosimo said:
It will bounce back...

LoL.

Jokester · 18 Nov 2017 at 12:53

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-42037832

Crashed again.

Dis86 · 18 Nov 2017 at 12:58

Is brok.

Felon · 18 Nov 2017 at 13:11

Kinda feel sorry for it really, I mean it's not like it was a total failure - it did actually work, but maybe in the final analysis it is just a bad idea/design and isn't really mean to be, maybe in future with better/more advanced materials it'll be a better idea..

Kelt · 18 Nov 2017 at 14:53

Wouldn't catch me taking a ride in that there thing, no siree bob.

Glaucus · 18 Nov 2017 at 14:55

Kelt said:
Wouldn't catch me taking a ride in that there thing, no siree bob.

you wouldn't anyway, it's far to slow its meant to be an extremely cheap cargo transporter and is a great idea. the company seems a bit incompetent though.

Dis86 · 18 Nov 2017 at 15:02

Screeeech said:
I mean it's not like it was a total failure

It split in two...there's not much more of a complete failure than that. Well...it could have gone up in flames

Glaucus · 18 Nov 2017 at 15:03

Dis86 said:
It split in two...there's not much more of a complete failure than that. Well...it could have gone up in flames

so have many planes, that doesn't make planes, in general, a total failure.

the failures are incompetence, first one it got caught on power lines, and this time it was moored.

btph · 18 Nov 2017 at 15:30

Looks like it was actually a automatic controlled deflation, due to becoming detached from its tether...
https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/news-and-media/news/airlander-media-statement-18-november-2017
... a safely system working as intended, but looking like a complete disaster!

ZeroSight · 18 Nov 2017 at 20:45

I live half mile away from this and seems weird seeing it in pieces when it was only flying around our house Yesterday. I could be wrong but maybe somebody didn't attach it to its mast properly after Yesterday's flight. Time will tell I guess.

steve45 · 18 Nov 2017 at 21:02

btph said:
Looks like it was actually a automatic controlled deflation, due to becoming detached from its tether...
https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/news-and-media/news/airlander-media-statement-18-november-2017
... a safely system working as intended, but looking like a complete disaster!

If this is anything like the automatic deflation systems that we used on our big Aerostat's in Afghanistan, it would make sense, in our case it was a device attached to the top of the Aerostat with GPS/tracking/transponder with a programmed geofence, if for some reason it detatched and moved outwith that range of the geofence, the deflation device activates quickly retracting a large sharp blade across the entire top of the Aerostat, slicing a huge hole in it and bring it down before it ***** off.