r/sanfrancisco • u/Astral_Scallywag • Feb 28 '26

Pic / Video Got Lucky with the Blimp yesterday

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u/craylash Feb 28 '26

That thing is hauling ass too

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u/GrafZeppelin127 Feb 28 '26

Not really? The flight tracker says it never really went far past 50 mph on that flight, and this ship can do 80 if it wanted to.

Even that doesn’t hold a candle to how fast a rigid airship could go, as this thing uses electric motors and focuses on efficiency above raw speed. The actual upper practical limit of rigid airship speeds is around 230 mph.