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Fancy! Loving the interior woodwork!

love the idea and the sculptural form of the ballons, but question the fractal nature of the living pod… shouldn’t it be more aerodynamic?

Fancy home in future! very good idea

Fascinating!

Very nice work. I really like it!

Very cool idea. Perhaps for some billionaire…

the whale shape zeppelin concept is not new…i forgot the name but it was a famous designer. difference is that this design put two zeppelin whales

btw, i am guessing that using two balloons is not efficient nor safe.

Cool idea, and nice images. Two questions

(a) Are those air bags large enough to lift the house? They seem way too small compared to other zeppelin-to-payload examples.

(b) The props looks like they MIGHT turn sideways, but its the all-important vertical vectoring that seems to be missing.

Title could read: Flying home for tomorrow’s millionaire. But I like the idea and shape….I wish it were steampunk, then I would want one bad.

Well….I don’t want to be below it when someone flushes the toilet.

Looks great. I can’t really imagine living in one but would be great for holidays.

Needs solar panels….

Can’t help but wonder about UV degradation to the containment spheres. Otherwise it would at some point require deflation and/or a hangar

Why not an orbitting space satellite home while we are at it? No, seriously. Is there really a substantial and realistic market for hot-air balloon homes? This is like the boat-home ideas. How much of the population do you know actually lives on a boat and call it their home? My uncle does that and everyone thinks he is crazy. We need air cities and ocean cities before mobile homes like these can really be expected, I think.

Zeppelins aren’t aerodynamic at all.

A few things cropped up… One, I agree Solar would be a Great Idea… little is given to the Engine/utilities/fuel portion, which I’d rather like to know…
Secondly, The sort of shut-in aerodynamics you would see in most aircraft are not required as Dirigibles do not travel at high speeds, nor do they have to… I bet this one would do well enough, but the idea is to go slower and thus standing on the balcony while at speed is less of an issue…
Thirdly, the potential for energy savings and efficiency are pretty high here, and with all Zeppelins as the machine expends No Energy to Stay aloft… hence the slower speeds are possible, and (this is not a HOT air balloon but a gas filled version) simply hovering, with a stable anchor point, would essentially use No Energy at all… (hence Solar could be used to great effect!)
No, my main concern is with Landing… the ‘docking’ of a blimp usually requires a fair number of people on the ground, and I’d rather see a secondary method of boarding and unloading that does Not Require full touchdown… Then, the anchors required to keep it down, especially in winds, become important to have Well Attached!

Depends on what country you live in. There quite a few places where “boat” or “floating” housing in the new big thing, and really the only place to continue residential construction.

Agreed. Personally I’ve always fancied the idea of living in an airship, but had questions banging around. Such as what survivability would you have in a wind storm, what climates would best suit staying airborne, and how large of a craft would you need overall to house a comfortable living area?