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 is an upward acting force,
caused by fluid pressure, that reduces
an object's weight. If the object is either
less dense than the liquid or is shaped
appropriately (as in a boat), the force
can keep the object afloat. In a
situation of fluid statics, the net upward
buoyancy force is equal to the
magnitude of the weight of fluid
displaced by the body.This is the force
that enables the object to float.


 use buoyancy to float in the air in much the same way
that ships float on the water. They are characterized by one or
more large gasbags or canopies, filled with a relatively low density
gas such as helium, hydrogen or hot air, which is less dense than
the surrounding air. When the weight of this is added to the weight
of the aircraft structure, it adds up to the same weight as the air
that the craft displaces.
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 „ powered, steerable aerostat is called a dirigible. Sometimes
this term is applied only to non-rigid balloons, and sometimes
dirigible balloon is regarded as the definition of an airship
(which may then be rigid or non-rigid). Non-rigid dirigibles are
characterized by a moderately aerodynamic gasbag with
stabilizing fins at the back. These soon became known as
blimps. During the Second World War, this shape was widely
adopted for tethered balloons; in windy weather, this both
reduces the strain on the tether and stabilizes the balloon. The
nickname blimp was adopted along with the shape. In modern
times any small dirigible or airship is called a blimp, though a
blimp may be unpowered as well as powered.
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4 alloons drift with the wind, though normally the pilot can
control the altitude, either by heating the air or by releasing
ballast, giving some directional control (since the wind direction
changes with altitude). „ wing-shaped hybrid balloon can glide
directionally when rising or falling; but a spherically shaped
balloon does not have such directional control.