Title:
AIRBORNE PLATFORM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/125052
Kind Code:
A4
Abstract:
The invention pertains to aeronautical engineering and consists of an airborne platform that can be built to large sizes without requiring a rigid structure of comparable dimensions and which uses both buoyancy and the aerodynamic Magnus effect for lift. The aerodynamic lift is generated in lifting bodies (1), which also contain buoyant gas. The" lifting bodies (1) are stacked in a column, at the bottom of which there is a structural anchoring module (2) which also contains buoyant gas. ^The lifting bodies (1) and anchoring modules (2) are connected by slender structural elements which, when taken together as a whole form a non-rigid assembly. The platform may be tethered or configured as an aircraft, for which purpose other features may be added, such as a propulsion system (11), a crew gondola (6), cables to (7) and from (8) a swivel (12) and a payload (10) connected to said cables.
Inventors:
COSTA DUARTE PARDAL TIAGO (PT)
MARQUES DOS SANTOS SILVA PEDRO MIGUEL (PT)
MARQUES DOS SANTOS SILVA PEDRO MIGUEL (PT)
Application Number:
PCT/PT2012/000007
Publication Date:
February 21, 2013
Filing Date:
March 15, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OMNIDEA LDA (PT)
COSTA DUARTE PARDAL TIAGO (PT)
MARQUES DOS SANTOS SILVA PEDRO MIGUEL (PT)
COSTA DUARTE PARDAL TIAGO (PT)
MARQUES DOS SANTOS SILVA PEDRO MIGUEL (PT)
International Classes:
B64B1/02; B64C39/00; B64C39/02
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