Team made Airship

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

We are going to be building 1/2 of the airship. We want to have 1 or 2 lifts and atleast one rope assembly. It will be built almost entirely out of wood. Once our mentor finishes building the other field elements he will work out a design although I'm hoping by then someone else designed one.

Not really sure why first didn't design a team version. We don't have any problem at all designing one and our mentor would probably be thrilled to do it, but it does almost feel like we are doing their work.

FIRST gives out a team version of the airship that is supposed to hold 2 high school students. Kid get hurt when airship breaks, sues FIRST. This was a CYA move by FIRST.

[BenGuy]

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

FIRST gives out a team version of the airship that is supposed to hold 2 high school students. Kid get hurt when airship breaks, sues FIRST. This was a CYA move by FIRST.

I guess, it seems like a lot of teams are going to be making their own though. Some paperwork explaining liabilities and still releasing team versions would be useful. A lot of teams have to go through time in build season to make their own it looks like.

[ForeShadow00]

[BenGuy]

Wow. That's a field. I assume you guys are going to do the whole airship and everything? If so, how did you plan for it / CAD draw it? Thanks. That's really impressive actually both how grand the field is and how fast you guys have built it.

[Foster]

Nice, the airship will make a cool playhouse in someone's back yard.

[ForeShadow00]

We will be building the smoke stack and dividers still. Not the rotors though. We just used the field components that was released along side the manual on kickoff.

I just had a daughter 6 months ago, and i'm making a plan for her play house now.

[StAxis]

Has anyone constructed a wooden airship that would be willing to share dimensions? We are working on our own now but any help/advice would be appreciated.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by StAxis

Has anyone constructed a wooden airship that would be willing to share dimensions? We are working on our own now but any help/advice would be appreciated.

3620 built a wooden version of the LIFT. Video here.

[BenGuy]

Originally Posted by ForeShadow00

We will be building the smoke stack and dividers still. Not the rotors though. We just used the field components that was released along side the manual on kickoff.

I just had a daughter 6 months ago, and i'm making a plan for her play house now.

What about the davits and lifts and stuff?

[Bob Steele]

Great looking practice field.... We are struggling to find plans for the pieces.
Any help will be appreciated. You are well on your way.

[GreyingJay]

5406 seems to have built one too:

https://mobile.twitter.com/celtxrobo...87679574982656

[frcguy]

We (along with 5026 and 4904) are in the process of building two metal airships to go with the practice field we've set up for local teams. If you are a local team (Northern California area pretty much) check out this if you're interested in using the field: https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/s...d.php?t=152778. We're always looking to share this with more teams!

[Koko Ed]

I saw Code Orange is making one.

[Greg Needel]

here is ours

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...b0&oe=5921C8D4

[BenGuy]

Does anyone have any drawings for their airships?