Non-rigid
Non-rigid in this context refers to an airship with flexible exterior, in contrast to a rigid airship like a Zeppelin.
The envelope of the non-rigid airship is, unlike the rigid, a single gas container, and its shape is kept by internal pressure. For this reason non-rigids are sometimes referred to as pressure airships. They are equipped with one or more ballonets. These are internal air bags made of fabric and have a capacity equal to from one-quarter to one-third of the envelope. Their purpose is to prevent the envelope from losing its shape as the airbag ascends or descends. When the airship is in flight the air enters the ballonets through ducts from a scoop in the propeller stream, or by the action of a blower. As the airship rises, the expansion of the gas drives some of the air out of the ballonets; when the ship descends, contraction of the gas is made good by the expansion of the ballonets. A pressure-gauge records these movements for the pilot.[1]
References
- ↑ Hartcup, 1974, p. 22.
This wiki has 11 patents in category "Non-rigid". Other techtypes related to Non-rigid: Blimp
Patents in category Non-rigid
- Patent DE-1908-239989 (English title: Apparatus for changing the elevation of rigid balloons, Inventors: Paul Lehmann, Filing date: 1908-01-18)
- Patent GB-1910-2302 (English title: Air-ships with Aerostats, Inventors: Paul Lehmann, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1908-239989, Filing date: 1910-01-29)
- Patent AT-1913-76965 (English title: Lateral reinforcement for the lifting body of non-rigid airships, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1912-276716, Filing date: 1913-02-20, Applicant firm: Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft m. b. H.)
- Patent DE-1913-304047 (English title: Non-rigid airship body divided into cells, with ballonnet, Inventors: Albert Simon, Filing date: 1913-06-05)
- Patent ES-1914-57622 (English title: Reshapable fusiform balloons, Inventors: Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Filing date: 1914-03-02)
- Patent BE-1914-266055 (English title: Gas holder for dirigible, flexible and rigid balloons, Inventors: Georges Juchmès, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1913-456298, Filing date: 1914-03-25)
- Patent DE-1915-372928 (English title: Sustaining body for blimp, Inventors: Nikolaus Basenach, Filing date: 1915-05-05)
- Patent HU-1916-75564 (English title: Transom wall for soft-bodied airships, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1915-04-19 Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Filing date: 1916-04-12, Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1916-78471 (English title: Carrying strap for soft-hull airships, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1915-04-13 Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Filing date: 1916-04-12, Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1916-78314 (English title: Climbing zone for soft-body airships, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1915-04-13-Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Filing date: 1916-04-12, Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent GB-1918-125893 (English title: Improvements to non-rigid and semi-rigid airships, Inventors: Thomas Mill Ritchie, Filing date: 1918-11-13)
Publications referring to Non-rigid
- Hartcup, 1974 (Simple title: The achievement of the airship)
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