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risk_it_us

09/07/06 6:48 PM

#40728 RE: orlander_file #40725

Actually the 1/5th scale is 125 feet long and the production model is supposed to be 500+ feet long. Supposedly close to a football field length and width. However, according to the tech. section on the sanswire website the composite frame has allowed them to only reach the 1/5th scale size and they are not yet capable of producing a unit at full size with the current configuration and technology.
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crashtestsuperstar

09/08/06 1:56 AM

#40761 RE: orlander_file #40725

37 meters is roughly 122 feet in length, stem to stern.:

"The prototype is a little smaller than an advertising blimp, at 37 meters stem to stern. Made with modern materials such as carbon composites, it is incredibly light, weighing only 340 kilograms. The prototype is one-fifth the size of the final version."