DIY Blimp! Scylla Believed to be in Hiding

[Tuckerfan]

It’ll set you back a mere $500K or so.

Dan Nachbar is piloting a 100-foot experimental blimp.

The yellow and black striped blimp has a playful look to it — like the Yellow Submarine fused with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. But why invent a new kind of blimp?

“I wanted to come up with a way to get the view without the noise,” Nachbar says.

The pilot is strapped into an old Toyota Camry seat bolted to a slab of wood. This “cabin” is suspended by steel cables beneath the blimp.

“There are no walls, there’s no windshield, so you’re very much out in the open,” Nachbar says. “We wanted flying in this aircraft to feel unlike any other aircraft.”

Lawnchair Larry, eat your heart out.

[Omegaman]

Thanks for reminding me. That one was a classic.

[E-Sabbath]

Where is Scylla these days? Let his sub expire, or?

[Askance]

@E-Sabbath

Where is Scylla these days? Let his sub expire, or?

Sub? I thought it was a blimp?

[Captain_C]

Shit, run! It’s evil!

[2nd_Law]

Dan Nachbar has a webpage for the blimp, for more info:

http://www.personalblimp.com/index.html

[Hilarity_N.Suze]

Personally, for the same amount of money, I like this thing and can envision myself in it at rush hour, flying over the traffic, freaking people out.

[Mangetout]

But what’s really different is the blimp’s structure. Long, flexible, aluminum tubes run the length of the ship, and open and fold like an umbrella. Tents use the same technology.

That means it’s not a blimp - it’s a rigid airship.

[Hilarity_N.Suze]

@Hilarity N. Suze

Personally, for the same amount of money, I like this thing and can envision myself in it at rush hour, flying over the traffic, freaking people out.

Another link: with video