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Feasibility study of modern airships. phase 2: executive summary
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1977 |
| Description | A feasibility study of modern airships has been completed. Three promising modern airship systems' concepts and their associated missions were studied; (1) a heavy-lift airship, employing a non-rigid hull and a significant amount of rotor lift, used for short-range transport and positioning of heavy military and civil payloads, (2) a VTOL (vertical take-off and landing), metalclad, partially buoyant airship used as a short-haul commercial transport; and (3) a class of fully-buoyant airships used for long-endurance Navy missions. The heavy-lift airship concept offers a substantial increase in vertical lift capability over existing systems and is projected to have lower total operating costs per ton-mile. The VTOL airship transport concept appears to be economically competitive with other VTOL aircraft concepts but can attain significantly lower noise levels. The fully-buoyant airship concept can provide an airborne platform with long endurance that satisfies many Navy mission requirements. |
| File Size | 2568154 |
| Page Count | 69 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19780003055 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1tf4kz60 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1977-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aeronautics (general) Airships Buoyancy Feasibility Aircraft Design Aerodynamic Characteristics Rotor Lift Vertical Takeoff Aircraft Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
