Redundant blower drive for pressurized hot air airship

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1976-04-12

1977-04-19

Blix, Trygve M.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft control

Airship control

244 30, B64B 158

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040184064

ABSTRACT:
A thermal airship including an elongate gas envelope of a soft flexible material with tail members on the aft end of the airship, a gondola carried below the airship hull, a first motor driving a propeller for propelling the airship horizontally, a pressurizing inflation leading into the hull, an air pressure generating mechanism for pressurizing the envelope with heated air during flight including a blower driven by a second motor positioned for moving a flow of air through the opening with a controlled burner positioned in the path of the flowing air, a drive train connected between the first motor and blower and a drive train clutch in the drive train for connecting the blower to be driven by the first motor in the event of failure of the second motor.

REFERENCES:
patent: 7207 (1850-03-01), Bell

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