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To: Krowbar who wrote (7541)	2/1/2004 3:25:46 PM
From: alfranco	Read Replies (1) of 8393

Del, I agree that the blimp will use GPS to maintain geostationary position. What I am curious about is if I am right about a 'shortest day' problem where the blimp may need to aerially maintain a relatively steady attitude towards the sun to increase gain, maybe and maybe not. I don't think blimps were known for easy maneuverability (here's a picture of a Navy Airship Pilot's Wing navlog.org ) to maintain a fixed attitude in higher winter winds may be a challenge. Anyway, thanks to your post a while back, I've finally done the obvious... I emailed Cary Dell at Lockheed asking how many kilowatts of PV are planned in the design and if they are hoping to orient the blimp as a tracker on short days. Why didn't I just do that in the first place <g> Al

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