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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2016
Sonaca S.a., Gosselies, BE;
SONACA S.A., Gosselies, BE;
Abstract
A hybrid airship has both aerostatic and aerodynamic lift comprising: an engine, a flexible external envelope () and at least one primary enclosure Ep filled with lifting gas (G). The primary enclosure Ep having an elastic wall Pseparating this enclosure from compartment C, the latter having an elastic wall Pseparating compartment Cfrom compartment C, the latter having an elastic wall Pseparating the compartment Cfrom compartment C, and so on up until elastic wall Pseparating compartment Cfrom compartment Cwhere J corresponds to a whole number greater than or equal to 1, each compartment Cbeing equally delimited by the flexible exterior envelope. The hybrid airship includes a) a valve Vbetween each compartment Cand its adjacent compartment C, and b) a controller () for the valve V.