Talk:Buoyancy compensator (aviation)

Follow up, 4 parts to translate, and a rewrite of the lead to match the title. Mion (talk) 03:25, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Name of the article
Should not the name of this article be "Buoyancy compensation in airships" or something similar? It can't be named "Buoyancy compensator" because that would describe a device not a technique; this article describes factors and techniques not a device or type of device. It can't be "Buoyancy compensation" because the article seems to limit itself to airships; it does not mention divers, submarines, hot air balloons and other buoyant systems. Mark.murphy (talk) 19:17, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Point is, it is a device, like the device to collect the water from the exhaust in the Zeppelin and the use of vacuum/air buoyancy compensator tanks on the Walrus, and there is another article Buoyancy compensator (diving), maybe the intro needs a rewrite first. Mion (talk) 21:39, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with the first point that the article is about various methods of compensating for bouyancy changes in airships, and that there is no such thing as a 'bouyancy compensator'. Throwing stuff over-board is not a 'device', it is a method. If nobody objects in the near future I'll correct the article. Gehyra Australis (talk) 13:35, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

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Broken ref links + dubious statement in Section 3.2.2 Water from ground
Neither of the two cites in this section link to a working document, the URL (Chapter VI THE NORTH SEA PATROL -- THE ZEPPELINS AT JUTLAND) returns server not found; the Wiki file, File:Zeppelin6_htm_webpage.pdf is not found. Plus, the concept of loading ballast from bodies of water seems dubious on its face—unless the water is lifted to a significant altitude by some method that allows the airship to remain at altitude, buoyancy gas would have to be vented to descend near the surface of the water. — Neonorange (talk) 00:52, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * archived link works now—I reworded dubious statement to conform to source. Water was used at the sea surface to counterweight lift (evidently craft was winched down to surface to allow taking on and returning a naval observer). Neonorange (talk) 23:13, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

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