The
Airship America Blimp is suitable for children 8 years of age
and older. No previous R/C experience is necessary. The 4 ft size
is ideal for use at home, the office, at birthdays and at school
for science projects in the classroom or gymnasium. The scale
appearance gondola looks like the full size passenger airships.
This mini blimp has a hand-held transmitter with 2 control sticks
that direct the blimp. The motors and propellers on the left
and right of the gondola move the blimp forward/backward and
right/left. The third motor and propeller beneath the gondola
move the blimp up/down.
The blimp bag is traditional mylar party balloon with a filler
valve. The blimp bag and gondola are shipped completely assembled
and ready-to-fly. The blimp requires a 3-volt lithium battery
which will provide over an hour of flying time or longer, depending
on how fast you fly. The radio transmitter requires a 9-volt transistor
battery which will provide many hours of fun. The blimp is designed
to be a toy, but it can carry paper signs for making announcements
or other personal messages such as at birthday parties or other
social gathering. Signs are simply a 8.5" x 11" hand
drawn paper sign, a computer generated sign, or color photocopy
taped onto both sides of the blimp bag. Just fill the bag with helium, stick on the fins and gondola, add batteries and ballast and go. Helium and
batteries are not included.
The blimp is ready-to-fly with only a few minutes of assembly time. It uses on/off tractor style steering. It do not have proportional control.
ALL
YOU ADD IS HELIUM
Helium
is available in the form of a "Party Balloon Canister"
which can be purchased at K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Target, SAMS, PriceCostco,
or similar discount store. You will need approximately 4 cubic
ft of helium for the first fill.
We're
sorry, but at this time we can only accept orders shipped to the
50 United States. International customers e-mail us for the closest
distributor.
Additional
lift at sea level with blimp bag shown is approximately 1 ounce.
The Airship America gondola weighs 2.5 ounces (including battery).
The Airship America Blimp is available on two different channels.
Included in Kit:
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| Airship America | $49.95 | |
| Airship America with Batteries | $54.95 |
| Shape | Volume | Lift | Price | Item # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52" Silver Blimp Bag | 4 oz. | 3.5 | $12.95 | #0986 |
| 48" White Blimp Bag | 4 cu. ft. | 3 oz | $10.95 | #0972 |
| 38" Silver Round Bag | 3.75 cu. ft. | 3 oz. | $9.95 | #0971 |
| 38" Red Round Bag | 3.75 cu. ft. | 3 oz. | $9.95 | #0989 |
| 38" White Round Bag | 3.75 cu. ft. | 3 oz. | $9.95 | #0978 |
U.S.S.
ENTERPRISE
The U.S.S. Enterprise balloon measures approximately 4 feet long. It is a very close replica of the actual Star Ship.
Tethered
only -- there is not enough lift available to support any additional
payload.
| OPEN: | JANUARY - JULY | |
| OPEN: | OCTOBER - DECEMBER | |
| CLOSED: | AUGUST - SEPTEMBER |
John
and Carol Piri WCBlimps@mchsi.com
Last updated: July, 2006