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		devenson on Aug 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Launch HN: Buoyant (YC S21) – Blimp drones for air... Can you control boyancy by compressing and decompressing the helium slightly?

perilunar on Aug 24, 2021 [–]

Airships do this already using ballonets. see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballonet

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