Radio Controlled Blimp is an aerial vehicle, a type of an airship without internal structure in which case the balloon envelope, when filled with lighter-than-air gas (such as helium or hydrogen) lifts the complete system in air. A control box called the gondola carrying drives and wireless electronic controller fitted underneath the envelope controls the movement of the complete system in air.
RC blimp had been tested and demonstrated in the campus of IIEST Shibpur in the month of May 2012. It can be used for local weather forecast, aerial forest security, remote aerial surveillance, disaster management, brand promotion, film shooting etc. Blimp of size 35ft, 40ft and 45ft length are being planned for larger payload capability with high endurance capability with customized specifications.