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In later flights, another problem emerged: surging of the gasbags caused sudden and unpredictable movement of the ship's centre of lift, thereby causing instability.
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A further consequence of the new rules for airframe stress design was that a new way of harnessing the lifting force of the gasbags had to be found.
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An attempt was made to reinflate her in 1921, revealing that the original gasbags had deteriorated too much for this to be possible.
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The hull contained 14 gasbags.
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Especially with airships, the gasbags are often protected by an outer envelope.
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By summer 1929 the ship's structure was nearly complete and her gasbags were inflated.
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However, this resulted in the structure extending further into the envelope, thereby limiting the size of the gasbags.
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The cause of ignition was later ascribed to a static charge being produced when the rubberised cotton of the gasbags was torn.
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Unfortunately the ship came into contact with some trees while landing, which presumably damaged some of the gasbags, since it immediately caught fire.
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These problems were addressed by initially increasing the gas capacity by letting out the gasbag wiring system, followed by the insertion of an extra bay.
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