Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft – lighter-than-air
Patent
1999-04-28
2000-01-04
Eldred, J. Woodrow
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft, lighter-than-air
244 30, B64B 150
Patent
active
060100931
ABSTRACT:
An inflatable airship of predetermined volume is filled with gas to lift a predetermined weight to a predetermined high altitude. An elevator module is releasably secured to a gondola attached to the airship. A cable of a length at least equal to the deployment altitude of the airship has a first end attached to the elevator module and a second end attached to a winch mounted on the gondola. The airship is raised with the elevator module anchored to the ground and the cable is unwound from the winch as the airship rises. Once the desired operating altitude is reached, the winch is reversed to wind the cable onto the winch and raise the elevator module to the gondola.
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