Ben CoxworthMarch 14, 2013Nanoblimp is definitely no Hindenburg

Two Nanoblimps, engaging in aerial warfare in an office

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Instead of shelling out for a complete radio-controlled plane, why not just add a powered propeller and steerable rudder to a paper plane of your own? That’s the thinking behind PowerUp Toys’ PowerUp 3.0 kit. Now, Canada’s Plantraco MicroFlight has applied that same sort of thinking to blimps. The resulting Nanoblimp, billed as “the world’s smallest RC blimp,” uses a plain ol’ party-variety helium balloon as its gas envelope.

The Nanoblimp gondola incorporates three propellers (each driven by its own electric motor) that allow the blimp to move up or down, forward or backward, or to pivot left or right. That gondola is simply stuck onto the underside of a balloon using double-sided foam tape. Tiny magnetic ballast weights are then added to the gondola, until the blimp has reached neutral buoyancy – it neither rises nor falls on its own.

Users control the blimp via two joysticks on the included 3-channel Nano-X controller, which doubles as the charger for the gondola motors. It can be set to any of four different radio frequencies, which allows multiple Nanoblimps to be flown in the same room without interference. As can be seen in the video below, this makes it possible to engage in aerial dogfights, in which thumbtack-equipped blimps attempt to pop one another.

The complete kit sells for US$49.99, which includes one gondola, one controller, and ten latex balloons (just to get things started). Users are responsible for supplying their own helium tank, and four AA batteries for the controller. A reusable Mylar balloon is also available for $9.

Source: Plantraco via The GreenHead

Nanoblimp绝非Hindenburg

nanoblimp绝对没有hindenburg
两nanoblimps，从事在办公室< / P >图像画廊空战（2幅）
而保持了一个完整的无线电控制的飞机，为什么不加一个驱动的螺旋桨和舵纸操纵自己的飞机吗？这背后的想法加电玩具的能力3套件。现在，加拿大的Plantraco microflight应用这种思维的飞艇。由此产生的nanoblimp，号称“世界上最小的飞艇，“用一个普通的人的各种氦气球为气膜。

的nanoblimp吊篮采用三螺旋桨（每个由它自己的驱动电机），让飞艇向下或向上，向前或向后转动，或左或右。那船只是贴一个气球用双面泡棉胶带底面。微小的磁性镇流器的重量再加上货车，直到飞艇已达到中性浮力–既不上升也不属于自己。

用户控制飞艇的操纵杆通过两对包括三Nano-X控制器，可兼作吊篮电机充电器。它可以设置为任何四个不同的无线电频率，它允许多个nanoblimps将飞行在同一个房间里没有干扰。可以在下面的视频中看到的，这使得它可以进行空中格斗，在配备飞艇试图弹出一个图钉。

完整的套件售价为49.99美元，其中包括一个缆车，一个控制器，十乳胶气球（刚开始）。用户负责提供他们自己的氦罐，和四个用于控制器的电池组。一个可重复使用的聚酯薄膜气球也可用9美元。