I would like an airship with a hanging gondola that resembles a boat. Riding over the desert sands under a full moon. Somebody break out the champagne.
Theoretically it is very much possible. The boat it self would need to be made out of a light weight wood, maybe bamboo, something durable but light. The inner structure would be aluminum and steal wires, and the engine would also need to be made of the same light weight material. Here is the fun part. It’s an air ship so you could put sails on the sides of the balloon, have them open up like fins, maybe even get really creative and have a few of them be solar sails. My one question is could we make the engine fuel source steam?
This is really the best configuration, with the simple altitude control of a plane with no need of pumps, ballast or venting gas and the low stall speed of a blimp. hybrid airships are beautiful wonderful things that sadly never saw service anywhere. a good fictional example is the tiger moth from castle in the sky.
Thanks for your message Starpilot. We also tried to combine wing and envelope as the tiger moth airship, ( as Dynalifter Project in US), but the best configuration is really to have an hybrid envelope with high aerodynamic lift.
@@cateyesaerial7703 Sorry to say, but it really is a hybrid airship. Go google what that means. It takes advantage of both aerodynamic and aerostatic lift, so it's a hybrid airship, that's the definition of it. You don't know what you're talking about.
@@urquanseven2332 and yes I described it as a hybrid airship! An inflatable paramotor wing is how you would describe one. And I do know what I am talking about, I have been studying to be a pilot for years.
This doesn't qualify as an airship, the vessel is heavier than air. The balloon is lighter than air but it only serves as a wing, on its own it only produces (estimated) 20-40 kg of lift.
Man, I grew up with Guinness, and loved reading their world record books. It was not til I was an adult that I found out they were a scam. You have to pay them for record "recognition". You could have handily and unarguably beaten the current record holder, but if you do not pay them for "certification" you will not get the award. They lost all respect from me when I found out how they operate. This is a really neat craft, but i really have to wonder how much the award cost. . .
@@HangTimeDeluxe It's a hybrid paramotor at that rate. Calling this thing a hybrid is no different than adding an electric motor to any standard internal combustion car and calling it a hybrid electric vehicle despite the electric motor contributing almost nothing to the propulsion. I bet the hydrogen in that envelope could be replaced with regular air, and it would still be able to fly.
@@Eidolon1andOnly It doesn't use hydrogen as the lifting gas, it uses helium, and no it wouldn't. Aerostatic lift accounts for a major proportion of lift in a hybrid airship, without the lifting gas, it wouldn't fly at those airspeeds, or probably at all.
very cool. looks like it could get airborne with very little thrust, maybe even human power. maybe about 10 lbs of rc electric motors and lipos. looks perfectly stable, no bobbing up and down like the good year blimp.
It's likely BS, but there was someone on the early internet that claimed to have smuggled massive amounts of MJ across the Canadian border back in the 70s using a camouflaged airship. If true, I'm sure it would've spawned a couple UFO sightings from stoned campers.
As a pilot I must say, that was awesomely cool, simple, per video excellent maneuverability and looks to be very safe. WELL DONE GUYS! Where can I buy one?
I’m gonna pitch you an idea I have had for a while. I’m sure you have heard of steam punk and their airships being boats that hang balloons, people say it’s in realistic but the Hindenburg’s main compartment where the storage, crew, and passengers was around the same size as a Sloop. (A type of ship) So it’s not so ridiculous to assume that if you were to make a boar out of lightweight durable wood, use aluminum and steal wires for the structure, and rely on sails and solar/steam power/Sails for propellant. It is possible to creat an actual air SHIP. Yes?
Is it really a airship? Seems more like wing filled with helium. Normally airships are neutrally buoyant and change that with ballast and dump valves. The hallmark of airships is that they stay at the same altitude even when the motors are shut off seems like this one would just glide down.
Very nice but its more like a hybrid paramotor-airship not a true airship that can take of using only aerostatic lift. You should also try to get the heat from the motors into the gas chamber to get an extra boost of lift. And also go for unmanned versions using hydrogen ;) good luck and I hope you launch it as It would be safer than a paramotor for sure.
Thanks Ciobulus. Every airship take off with speed or thrust by their engines because they are never lighter than air. We can say that it is a heavy airship or a ultra light plane. You 're right, for us it is the safest aircraft in the world.
V0iris, what you have done is exactly what i have been thinking about for some time now. Sorry the airbag has to be so large, it does change my theory of a sport aircraft. How much would diverting heat from the engine, and adding heat to start out help the lift? Not enough to be worth the trouble? Good luck getting r&d money, I know from experience that it is hard. if you ever want to put a parabolic dish mirror in it for energy production, give me a call in the USA, at 703-764-9563, I worked on that project for years.
@@sambolino44 They are French it is likely a translation error Their airship was never designed to be lighter than air so that it can take advantage of traditional heavy aircraft effects IE less subject to the wind and no need to tether it and shift ballast around for loading and unloading cargo.
I'd love to know how's the fuel ecconomy while going about electric scooter speeds (30km/h). This could be an interesting way to move aroun in rural areas with dense forests and no roads.
Nice achievement, but for something of this magnitude be even better to have narration explaining some things about the aircraft. For example the length, airspeed, amount of lifting gas, etc. I would prefer that much more than basically a music video.
The question is, will it stay in the air without any forward propulsion. Based on the fact that it has to build up speed to take off, I would think the answer is no. If that is the case, it's not an airship, it's a paraglider.
FAI defines Sub-class BA: Airships which obtain at least 75% of their static lift from a lighter-than-air gas. Does this qualify? Not that Voliris seems that interested in setting obscure FAI records. It looks like you are focused on developing a practical, cost effective transportation system. Right-On !
Thanks for your remark Kelly. It 's a Guinness World Record, with the ULM certification in France. This norm allows us a very high aerodynamic lift, without limit. Indeed, we want to design an efficient tool for logistical operators
This is beautiful! It could be perfect alternative for us blimp lovers who cant afford million dollar blimps.. One question, do you know how much would cost to create envelope for about 16m blimp which whould hold 2 people max? Thank you!
Thanks for your nice comment Mason. It's very difficult to answer to your question. We are a Research & Development company and it depends on the number of purchase. The cost for a unique purchase will be more expensive than several purchases. What do you mean by 16m blimp ? 16 meter length ?
Thanks! This prototype was to make our proof of concept for our project NATAC: An Automatic Air Shuttle to Transport Container in desert. This one can fly 15 minutes by 100% electric engines, but much more if you add batteries or change the power system. For our NATAC scale 1, we could fly over 1000km. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yt0HVg9Pky4.html
what voltage is your electric system running? I'd imagine using something like salvaged Nissan Leaf 64AH 2S packs stacked to your cell count could give it a massive range boost.
why you dont use hydrogen as lifting gas and fuel cells instead batteries with some solar panels on the top? This would give you like 10 to 20 times more range.
+Baskor1 -It seems like a SCAM- First.. even the tesla was able to travel 1078 km, but it did this at a speed of 30 or 40 kmh, of course a small, aerodynamic and lighter car can do 1448 km using normal batteries. But if it is range want you want, then batteries are NEVER the way to go.. fuel cells are the answer to that, no future technology will change that, due physics and definitions of how a fuel cell and battery work, fuel cells would be ALWAYS more cost efficient than batteries to deliver power for longer than 5 hours, and even this taking into account that fuel cells still are not mass produce yet and most breakthroughs will start to come out to the market in the next 5 years, in that moment, the 5 hours cost efficient limit to choice between one technology or the other will be 3.5 hours.
+AngelLestat2 Do some research on the product rather than make ignorant assertions ru-vid.com/show-UC4AkVj-qnJxNtKuz3rkq16A Indigogo does not do scams. Never say Never and there is Always exceptions.
One time in my hot air balloon in colorado. The forecast was no wind all day. Well I went 86 miles in 44 minutes, up and down in the jet. Finally it eased off and had a fair landing. October.
Now that you got it what do you do with it? You can only fly it in still air and you can’t fly it or operate it to much above sea level. So what good is it?
Looks to me like you have to run the engine's full time for Lift, it's basically a weightless wing,you would have to be able to hover without engine power to classify as a airship so I don't know what's going on at Guinness they used to be real tight asses about technicalities but I digress, it's still about the coolest thing I've seen in a long time I would like to have one, one of the strong points I figure is it's almost 100% stall proof
This is actually *not* an airship. Airships, by definition, use "lighter than air" gas to float, which can be hydrogen, helium or even hot air. They are able to float stationary. This contraption shown here is a large inflatable wing which creates lift aerodynamically when being pushed forward by its engines or gliding towards the ground from an altitude. It can not float stationary.
The new generation of airships tend to be slightly heavier so that they are easier to handle, especially on the ground. They still get most of their lift from a gas, but use motors to actually lift.
@@macrumpton Thanks for the reply Michael, and though I understand the concept, I still think that in order to qualify as a true 'airship' it has to be lighter than air. The videos I have seen, I feel sure have demonstrated positive buoyancy, ie, not required the motors to be running in order to move on the ground (but may be wrong). If even slightly heavier than air, an engine failure destines you to land, albeit with longer to make plans :)
@@HangTimeDeluxe Well, I did take the trouble to check the UK CAA definition of an airship,which specifies a lighter than air craft. You have introduced the word 'hybrid', which immediately changes the legal classification. Of course, you might not consider what the governing body of aviation in the UK has to say on the matter, but as a pilot, I tend to credit them with some degree of knowledge.
I was hoping you could make something a lot smaller with a battery, bike pedals and directable fans. I think windy days would make it impossible, but otherwise float to where you want to go. I was thinking a natural positive buoyancy that fans have to point down to overcome may be good, but it is a tight balance.
I was about to make the same question. So count one more! If the weight of a human powered aircraft is lightened by helium it makes things easier to achieve flight capability without being athletes; but if you have to completely cancel the weight of the ship, the balloon size becomes quite big and more susceptible to the wind. Hence this design could possibly be the ideal compromise (also good for safety)!
The problem with pedals = too weak to fight even the weakest breeze. It will be blow away all over the place and there is nothing the pilot can do about it. You need at least 15 hp to power a manned vehicle in real conditions.
I've got the paramotor & trike. Maybe I'll fill a Wal-Mart king size air mattress with helium & give er a try. Think Gorilla Glue will hold the A & D lines securely to the mattress? Gotta have steerage ya know.
i was just wondering, could you increase the lift of a helium balloon by using hot helium? makes sense to me... hot air makes balloon go up, so hot helium should make balloon go up more... could you use smaller balloons if you get some kind of heater inside em?
I am interested in the wing you used, any idea where I could purchase one or have a custom shape designed. I am more interested in a Delta wing, and I want to use new light weight composite components such as industrial aerogel, and instead of this configuration, I would like to use a vertical take off system with two ducted fans on a pivot that are more spaced out in distance. Just a one man, vertical lift take off vehicle that is capable of doing basically the same thing. Instead of wider, I could go taller in dirigible dimensions, or thicker if you like, with a Delta wing or lifting body design, contact me if you have any information, as to where I could buy or have something fabricated.
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Doesnt seem like an airship cos it still needs a runway and it cannot float above one place. Heavier than air. Its probably more like an inflatable parasail rather than an airship. Or maybe the balloon is just small for it to float, i dont know.
I was about to write the same general comment... To me it’s a ballooned wing but with out propelling power it seem it would not float. And to prove it. No one is holding the air ship when it takes of or when it lands because the weight exceeds the lift capacity.
It has absolutely no practical purpose than just another way to make a big hole in the ground when you meet it. The biggest problem with any airship is the surface area that is acted on by the prevailing wind........the bigger the envelope the farther from home you are going to end up.
I would imagine thermals would be pretty rowdy but as long as you have ground speed it may not be too bad in some wind. I seen the good year blimp in 30-40mph winds
The question is " what is an airship" ? The common mistake is to say that it is an aircraft lighter than air. If it was lighter than air, it could never stay on the ground, it would go up... Every airships are heavier than air for safety, then they use all the time aerodynamic lift or vectorial thrust to fly. In our case, we are an airship because our envelope lift by its buoyancy and lift 50% of the total mass of the airship.
Very well put, thank you :-) I actually lost a 6m r/c blimp because of inadequate negative buoyancy reserve, coupled with my design failing to account for the pressure of the prop wash on the envelope. That was almost 20 years ago, and a very costly learning experience. I got a bit disappointed when I saw your video, because for a moment I thought you had realized my childhood dream of a personal airship that can glide smoothly and quietly across the landscape for days on end. You still created a wonderful flying machine, congratulations :-)
Very cool and I would love to take a ride, but I don't believe that is an airship since in needs forward propulsion to gain altitude...It's a very cool paraglider though....
Now I want to put the cockpit into the center or the airship and have it look just like a flying saucer and then use electric propulsion and beam power
