Josh Clark

Yeah, there's non-rigid, semi-rigid, and rigid.

Non-rigid is more like a hot air balloon.

That means there's no structure on the inside, and it's just the pressure of that gas keeping everything puffed out.

Agreed.

I had never heard of it.

So, of course, I had to look it up.

I'm sure you did, too.

That's an aluminum copper alloy, right?

That's as strong as soft steel, whatever that is.

It's a lot lighter than soft steel, obviously.

And in the case of the Hindenburg, and I learned this all from that YouTube video, it's pretty cool to see those pictures as well.

There are 15, as they described them, Ferris wheel like rings that gave this thing the shape.

And between those rings, and this is something I didn't know, there were 16 separate balloons between those rings.

And that whole thing was covered with Goodyear latex and then a cotton like canvas fabric outer shell.

Yeah, yeah.

I think 16 balloons.

We all should mention that that cotton canvas fabric was coated with a protective coating because that'll come into play.

I don't know.

Yeah, I did, because, like, where else would they be?

Because, I mean, once you find out that there are, like, 25 cabins and a bar and a restaurant and all that stuff, it's obviously not going to fit.