Structural Analysis of an Engine Chassis for a Disc-Shaped Airship with Thrust Vector Control

Madonia, Mauro; Furia, Antonio Di; Bonasia, Samantha; Vucinic, Dean

doi:10.4271/2014-01-9102

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“…A freight carrying vehicle based on the combination between quad-rotor and airship has been studied by Bestaoui to provide payload lift compensation [7]. A similar vehicle designed for transport is the discshaped airship with thrust vector control achieved with two engines on the lateral plane and one in front of the hull [8]. Theoretical designs have also been proposed such as an airship propelled by buoyancy forces alone [9].…”

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Unmanned airship design with sliding ballast: Modeling and experimental validation

Lanteigne

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Robillard

et al. 2016

2016 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)

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Abstract-Airships present many interesting opportunities for transport, surveillance and inspection but have seen little to no use in commercial or military unmanned applications. Generally underpowered, underactuated, and large in size, airships express difficulties in adverse atmospheric conditions or situations requiring rapid or precise maneuvers. In this paper, a miniature unmanned airship with a moving platform is presented to address the the limited altitude maneuverability of these vehicles. Simulated and experimental open-loop trajectories demonstrate that this architecture allows for large changes in vehicle pitch and, when combined with forward facing thrusters, rapid changes in altitude. Operational advantages such as increased hull rigidity and concentrated hardware inherent to the vehicle design are also discussed.

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confidence: 99%