WO2006024842A3 - Improvements in or relating to airships - Google Patents

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WO2006024842A3
WO2006024842A3 PCT/GB2005/003356 GB2005003356W WO2006024842A3 WO 2006024842 A3 WO2006024842 A3 WO 2006024842A3 GB 2005003356 W GB2005003356 W GB 2005003356W WO 2006024842 A3 WO2006024842 A3 WO 2006024842A3
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Christopher George Hey
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/58—Arrangements or construction of gas-bags; Filling arrangements
    • B64B1/60—Gas-bags surrounded by separate containers of inert gas
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/06—Rigid airships; Semi-rigid airships
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/06—Rigid airships; Semi-rigid airships
    • B64B1/08—Framework construction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/06—Rigid airships; Semi-rigid airships
    • B64B1/22—Arrangement of cabins or gondolas
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/58—Arrangements or construction of gas-bags; Filling arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/70—Ballasting arrangements

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An airship (1) having a rigid plastics hull (2) generally of ovoid shape and filled with a lifting gas such as helium so that the airship of pressurized monocoque construction. The airship has four expandable ballast air bags/containers (3, 4, 5, 6) and air can be introduced into and released from the bags/containers through apertures (not shown) in undercarriage (8). Four angularly spaced tail fins (7) are provided for aerodynamic trim control in forward motion (but not at low airspeeds). If air is pumped out of bags, by pump means operated by control means in the undercarriage, a controlled ascent of airship can be achieved, control being maintained by controlling the amount of air ejected from the bags. When descent is desired, ballast (air) is pumped into the bags from the ambient air, thus increasing the load carried, again under control, without gas loss, and enabling the airship to achieve and maintain a desired height, without recourse to forward speed or aerodynamic forces.
PCT/GB2005/003356 2004-08-28 2005-08-30 Improvements in or relating to airships WO2006024842A2 (en)

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JPH02185894A (en) * 1989-01-12 1990-07-20 Agency Of Ind Science & Technol Control mechanism for airship
US5285986A (en) * 1991-04-18 1994-02-15 Luftschiffbau Zeppelin Gmbh Rigid airship with a carrier frame of ribs and beams enclosed by skin sections forming an envelope
US20020130220A1 (en) * 2001-03-13 2002-09-19 Bob Sparks Airships having simplied construction and improved maneuverability
US20030146345A1 (en) * 2001-05-11 2003-08-07 Daihachi Ogawa Airship

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