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Cameron Balloons Cameron Balloons is a company established in 1971 in Bristol, England, by Don Cameron to manufacture hot air balloons. Cameron had previously, with others, constructed ten hot air balloons under the name Omega. Production was in the basemen ...

for recreational and advertising use. The first DP series airship flew in 1986. In the 1990 World Hot-air airships the DP series won 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.

Design and development

The airship has an aluminium gondola with room for a pilot and a passenger, except the smaller DP-50 which only has room for a pilot. The four variants (DP60, DP70, DP80 and DP90) have envelope sizes from 1700m³ to 2548m³. The DP-50, DP-60 and DP-70 use a 570cc Konig Model SD engine, with a Konig 3-bladed propeller in a shroud as standard. The DP80 and DP90 use a Rotax 582UL piston engine with a three-bladed pusher propeller in a shroud. The Konig can also be used on the larger airships and the Rotax on the DP-60 and DP-70 as an option. Each airship is also fitted with two propane tanks for the buoyancy burners.

Variants

;Cameron DP-50 :The DP-50 has a 50000 cu ft envelope. ;Cameron DP-60 :The DP-60 has a 60000 cu ft envelope and is 30.48m (100ft) long. ;Cameron DP-70 :The DP-70 has a 70000 cu ft envelope and is 32.31m (106ft) long. ;Cameron DP-80 :The DP-80 has an 80000 cu ft envelope and is 33.838m (111ft) long. ;Cameron DP-90 :The DP-90 has a 90000 cu ft envelope and is 35.05m (115ft) long.

Design and development

Variants

Specification (DP-90)

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