Blimp drone

blimps drones are too slow ya than comparing to tri copters and quad copters such as DJI or any other drone manufactures

I'm thinking about making a drone like this but more agile with more speed I like the idea that if it runs out of batteries it'll just float down instead of falling out of the sky

Just wait... Some state legislator will be dreaming up a law to make this thing a threat and then pass laws to insure no consumer ever sees it out in the marketplace.

Why just 3 hours? It is so damm hard to place 1 solar cell in the top? increase a bit the volume (or reduce the weiight) to make it completely buoyant with a helium release valve in case it rise too much?
Nobody has even the brain to understand these benefits?
Or even better, use the reversible fuel cell from horizon, use hydrogen (way cheaper) instead helium and you can reduce a lot the size of your heavy battery and just use it for peak power requirements, now this thing can fly even day and night.
DUhh!

So if it runs out of battery it never comes down? I really hope it's weighted to slowly descend. Also how do you get it into buildings, considering how big it is?

I love it.
You have the wrong title on this.
Title - "Aerial Photography Blimp" would have attracted more of the market you are looking for a little better :)

What the gas is used in?

Ja das ist ein Linienbus; und ich bin ein Omnibus.

I would love to make my own version of this

¿¿¡¡¡Helium!!!?? That´s for cowards, i will fill it with Hidrogen, like a pro.

Student kits.
Where do I find student kits for this project?

What is the weight of the module attached under the blimp?

Fake this Can t fly un the Sky

Good tools for area surveilance, will be perfect combination with sollar cell for longer operation

Best for recording arial timelapses.. balloon should to be attached with regular drone. It will increase flight duration

great idea but just one question... what if there is a sudden gust of wind... will it still stay in control after a whip or will it go crazy?

ok but whats the music tho?

I've been working on something simmilar.

What an irresponsible use of finite and precious helium. Perhaps there is an alternative?

Best of all it’s quiet.

Not when Biden keeps shooting them down.

I am working on a similar design that incorporates solar cells and fins for aerodynamics. I plan on 2 layers for the balloon, an inner helium balloon, and an outer atmospheric balloon that, controlled by a ballast and ardupilot, wil maintain a neutral pressure gradient on the inner helium balloon to keep it from leaking over time. using two barometers for parity in the atmospheric balloon and a one way valve with air compressor for monitoring and maintaining neutral pressure, and dual barometers with ardupilot offer hull failure detection with parity (if barometer 1 is out of acceptable range, and barometer 2 reports nominal, assume barometer 1 failure and vice versa. if both barometers report critical pressure, or one is, and the other barometer is assumed fault, then it assumes hull failure and returns to base and lands as a sort of "panic mode." Other triggers for panic mode are if 2 out of 4 rotors report failure, if the solar array is putting out zero volts "(there should be a detectable voltage under moonlight, not enough to charge, but enough to determine the array is still functional), and also if signal is lost. base location will be programmable thanks to ardupilot, and I even plan on giving it a "sunbathe mode" where it rises above the clouds during low battery, and return to baser mode when cells are full. I think my idea can be used to charge an internal lifepo4 battery, as well as carry an external bay for charging 18560 standard cells. For my personal use, this guy's gonna be going out to charge batteries, and returning home when they're full so I can swap out for depleted cells. I also plan on having an idle mode, so if i don't grab the batteries, the drone will idle until batteries are low again, then goes back into sunbathe mode. If signal is lost, i plan on using gps to return to base last known location, where it idles and returns to while looking for the signal from base, where it then leaves a log of losing signal and returning to normal duties. I plan on a mylar membrane for both balloons, the pixhawk 4, and pla+ composite for a 3d printed frame to latch onto the balloon, and toroidal propellors for each rotor. It's just a concept for now, but this could be capable of indefinitely hovering and carrying all sorts of payloads be it telemetry or mesh networking. I call this concept Bumblebee, because it reminds me of how various bee species slowly fly around gathering resources to bring back home. Any thoughts or suggestions for improvement are welcome. I am still in the conceptual phase.

Good for indoor arena, but wind will make it go far away.

This drone isn't built for speed, it's built to find weed.

Do you think i have seen a blimp.
It was a sphere around 5 meters and no cord or any moving part on it.

Just a smooth and clean sphere going in a straight line....