Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft control – Airship control
Patent
1997-04-10
1999-05-25
Jordan, Charles T.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft control
Airship control
244 92, 244 51, 244 24, 446225, 446426, B69B 102
Patent
active
059063351
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for controlling the flight direction of a blimp. The blimp includes an elongate fuselage for containing a lighter-than-air gas, a movable rudder located toward a tail end of the fuselage, and at least one propeller mounted on a side of the fuselage. The propeller is attached to the blimp by a connection that provides two axes of movement. The propeller connection can be rotated or pivoted (1) about a first axis which is a horizontal axis that is perpendicular to a direction of the longitudinal axis of the elongate fuselage, and/or (2) about a second axis which is a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the direction of the longitudinal axis of the fuselage.
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Jordan Charles T.
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