# ballonet

> air bag inside the outer envelope of an airship which, when inflated, reduces the volume available for the lifting gas, making it more dense; inflating the ballonet reduces the overall lift, while deflating it increases lift

**Wikidata**: [Q805324](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q805324)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballonet)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/ballonet


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013