Talk:Geodetic airframe

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Airships[edit]

Geodesic airships don't exist, this is merely a proposed construction method for airships of the future. The idea is worth consideration and may produce a cheap strong airframe which is easier to assemble than the "rings, ribs-and wire" type of dirigible construction seen in the early Zeppelins. No need to delete the topic. It is worthy of more talk.65.9.177.66 22:27, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Only the very earliest airships were not tapered. There exist today spherical airships that can navigate with high fuel consumption and low speed caused by their excessive air drag. I've never heard the term "geodesic" applied to tapered craft. Unless somebody wants to fix this, I'll propose that the article be deleted. Blimpguy 23:18, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Requested move 2012[edit]

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The result of the proposal was Rename. Timrollpickering (talk) 12:06, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Geodesic airframe → Geodetic airframe –

Geodesy is a mathematical principle. Barnes Wallis termed his construction technique geodetic. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:19, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support only ever heard the term Geodetic in relation to Wallis. MilborneOne (talk) 11:40, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 13 July 2014[edit]

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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:01, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Geodetic airframe → Geodesic airframe – first sentence in the lead mentions redirect first Relisted. Jenks24 (talk) 10:53, 28 July 2014 (UTC) --Relisted. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:42, 20 July 2014 (UTC) – Fgnievinski (talk) 02:37, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:25, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

From Speedy[edit]

Comment I think this should have a full discussion. -- 65.94.171.126 (talk) 04:11, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Survey[edit]

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Oppose per #Requested move 2012 -- 65.94.171.126 (talk) 09:17, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support: between geodesic and geodetic, his design principle seems closer to that of a geodesic dome than the Earth's shape (e.g., geodetic system), esp. with regard to the structural strength aspect. Fgnievinski (talk) 18:24, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- NOTE Fgnievinski is the proposer (nominator) of the move request. -- 65.94.171.126 (talk) 03:16, 14 July 2014 (UTC) [reply]

Discussion[edit]

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Geodesic or geodetic[edit]

Doing some research on Barnes Wallis here. This article uses the words "geodesic" and "geodetic" interchangeably, is there any difference? Thanks 137.50.148.80 (talk) 21:25, 17 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but WP disagrees and keeps getting it wrong. (Geodetic is right) Andy Dingley (talk) 22:02, 17 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The confusion has arisen from the fact that there are not many instances in English of Greek nouns in -s forming adjectives with -t-. E.g., the adjective eidetic comes from the Greek noun εἶδος (eidos). The error of using the noun geodesic as an adjective was apparently commenced or popularised by Barnes Wallis but does not need to be perpetuated in Wikipedia. The English adjective formed from the noun geodesic is geodetic. Bjenks (talk) 02:36, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]