"Hi. I am an airship designer. I primarly work with manned thermal dirigibles (Hot air airships), but also have some traditionally lifted designs that I am working on as well.
You are correct about the dirigible frame being a more…"
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Sailblimp concept (battling the wind)
Started this discussion. Last reply by Wes Collins Sep 20, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes
After reading a few pages of comments on some of the UAV blimp techniques here, the general consensus appears to be that a bigger blimp will not be knocked around as much by wind, making them…Continue
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ken wood replied to Elijah Pemberton's discussion Sailblimp concept (battling the wind)"Elijah,
Yes sailing is the correct metaphor. What if you devised a blimp that could change its shape based upon wind direction?
The issue of course is how do you counteract the force of the wind. Going into the wind one would need to reduce the…"
Nicholas Budd replied to Elijah Pemberton's discussion Sailblimp concept (battling the wind)"If you put another sail below to balance it then you could avoid the roll... as for moving downwind, with some cunning use of sail you could bend airflow about to steer, but your speed would decrease as you got further off the wind and you'd…"
Joshua Kegode replied to Elijah Pemberton's discussion Sailblimp concept (battling the wind)"wouldent your blimp always move downwind? theres no denser medium to apply resisting force on the keel like in a sailboat. you would have no controll over direction."
Elijah Pemberton posted a discussionSailblimp concept (battling the wind)
After reading a few pages of comments on some of the UAV blimp techniques here, the general consensus appears to be that a bigger blimp will not be knocked around as much by wind, making them (somewhat) impractical for UAV.I was wondering what other stabilization techniques you guys know of. For example, have there ever been sails (like sailboat sails) attached to a LTA dirigible? In my mind it seems possible that if you maintain tack on a few lightweight (and collapsible) sails, a blimp could…See More
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