Airship

Details Airship Airship

1991-09-09

1993-08-31

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft, lighter-than-air

Airships with sustaining wings

244 26, 244 96, B64B 134, B64B 138

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052402061

ABSTRACT:
An acrobatic airship capable of making a perfect somersault, and a 360 degree roll in a limited small air space, without utilizing high-powered thrusters or sophisticated automatic control mechanisms. The airship has a rather thick and round axi-symmetrically shaped hull equipped with a pair of reversible thrusters on each side of the hull's nose area. Each thruster is also equipped with a tilting mechanism, which enables the thrust vector orientation to be changed independently. The airship has a set of tail fins as attitude stabilizers which do not have movable control surfaces. This acrobatic airship can be designed as a manned or unmanned craft, and is ideal for use in advertising and also as a camera platform, an observation vehicle for hazardous environments, and in various other industrial applications.

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