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and we didn't know for example you figure that solid ballast is what holds us on the ground right we had 25 pound shop bags now we have to make kilograms we'll just make them 22 and a half pounds and they're 10 kilograms each and that should be fine no problem wrong because the ballast compartments on these were made for lead because that's what they use in europe and they're too small to fit our 25 pound shop bags so we we couldn't even get dead weight right we had to start over

and we didn't know for example you figure that solid ballast is what holds us on the ground right we had 25 pound shop bags now we have to make kilograms we'll just make them 22 and a half pounds and they're 10 kilograms each and that should be fine no problem wrong because the ballast compartments on these were made for lead because that's what they use in europe and they're too small to fit our 25 pound shop bags so we we couldn't even get dead weight right we had to start over

And here, because of the EPA rules and things like that, we had to find a safe form of doing that that wasn't stupidly expensive. So we were able to tackle these problems one at a time, but I mean, literally the helium inside is the only thing consistent between this blimp and the old school GZ style airships.

And here, because of the EPA rules and things like that, we had to find a safe form of doing that that wasn't stupidly expensive. So we were able to tackle these problems one at a time, but I mean, literally the helium inside is the only thing consistent between this blimp and the old school GZ style airships.

I always joke with people that flying the old GZ style airships was like driving like a late 1960s muscle car. And then hopping into this thing is like hopping into a 2020 BMW.

I always joke with people that flying the old GZ style airships was like driving like a late 1960s muscle car. And then hopping into this thing is like hopping into a 2020 BMW.