Adaptive harness to stabilize airships in high winds and method

An airship dynamic adaptive harness is provided to stabilize airships and particularly a tethered aerostat in high winds and atmospheric changes. A novel adaptive device accommodates the supply of a lift gas and simultaneously controls opposing cables in a tethered harness with a cascade control sys...

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Main Author Lee, Yee Chun
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 08.02.2022
Subjects
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An airship dynamic adaptive harness is provided to stabilize airships and particularly a tethered aerostat in high winds and atmospheric changes. A novel adaptive device accommodates the supply of a lift gas and simultaneously controls opposing cables in a tethered harness with a cascade control system that provides an immediate and particularly the dynamic control of roll, yaw and particularly the pitch of the aerostat in response to real time environmental flight conditions and impart stability to the airship in high winds using a stability zone geometric suspension control system and enhance the duration of in flight missions. A lifting gas replenishment system and particularly a ground based lifting gas replenishment system adds long duration deployment to the dynamic adaptability to high wind conditions for long term deployment.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201816155852