US 8,439,294 B2 · High speed airship structure

Abstract

The structure provided multi-Levels of the center fuselage, two front wings, Extended mid-two wings and two rear wings with two vertical winglets. The fuselage has a cross section of half circle shaped fuselage. The first level comprises multi-fuel tanks, water tanks, Helium gas tanks, hydraulic, Pneumatic systems and plurality of the multi-landing gear bays and multi-cargo Compartments. The first level comprises a top cockpit and the plurality of the multi-passenger Cabins. The second level is comprises multi-central posts, multi-guy wires on the top center Beams, mid level, lower level center beams, leak proof sealed floor gates for the Multi-gas envelopes structure, under belly multi-pontoon air bags. The first level further comprises multi-jet power plants with multi-chute flaps. The second level may comprises, carbon fiber honey comb sandwich composite Multi-envelopes and multi-level soft gas envelopes.

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Dependent claims

An airship comprising:

A lifting fuselage having a rigid flat bottom most surface;
a curved outer peripheral surface forming the top of the lifting fuselage and is attached to said rigid flat bottom most surface;
a plurality of vertical center posts positioned within and on the longitudinal axis of said lifting fuselage;
each post having a lower position, intermediate position, and uppermost position wherein
a first level soft envelop attaches the lower position on each of the vertical center posts;
a second level soft envelops attaches to the intermediate position on each of the vertical center posts;
a third level soft envelopes attached to uppermost position on each of the vertical center posts;
air bag pontoons anchor to the flat bottom surface of said lifting fuselage;
and a plurality of wings attached to said lifting fuselage.

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High speed airship structure

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