The geodetic construction offered a light and strong airframe ( compared to conventional designs ), with clearly defined space within for fuel tanks, payload and so on.
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Barnes Wallis, inspired by his earlier experience with light alloy structures and the use of geodesically-arranged wiring to distribute the lifting loads of the gasbags in the design of the " R100 " airship, evolved the geodetic construction method ( although it is commonly stated, there was no geodetic " structure " in " R100 " ).