8/12/2023 0 Comments Cargolifter heute![]() Lighter-than-air transport considerably predates the aeroplane. Like a blimp it has no frame, but to allow it to carry heavy weights the airship has a fixed keel which also houses the cargo bay, the flight deck, crew's quarters and engines. The CargoLifter is of a modified semi-rigid design. The pilot, passengers, and engines are carried in a gondola mounted underneath. The much smaller 'blimps' currently in operation consist of a lighter aerodynamically shaped envelope that, like a balloon, is kept rigid by the pressure of the gas. It would have taken three Zeppelins the size of the CargoLifter to carry the same payload. ![]() To keep them rigid they had a strong metal frame. The large Zeppelins built early in the last century could carry big loads but they were themselves heavy. To enable the craft to carry heavy weights the manufacturers have come up with a new design. The CargoLifter is intended to carry payloads of up to 160 tonnes - about the weight of 27 full-grown African elephants - at a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) and a maximum height of 2,000 metres (6,500-feet) non-stop over several thousand kilometres.įilled with 500,000 cubic metres (17.6 million cubic feet) of non-flammable helium, the airship will be 260 metres (850-feet) long and is designed to carry large loads to remote locations.Īccording to the German company behind the airship the CargoLifter will not need a landing strip and will have more endurance than a conventional aircraft. ![]() A new breed of hi-tech giant airships planned by a German company could be the heavy lift aircraft of the future.
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