Challenge
As early as the 1930s, airship travel was successfully introduced by Ferdinand Count Zeppelin. However, the Nazis deemed it to have no strategic importance and put an abrupt end to this development by wrecking the Graf Zeppelin 2 airship and blowing up the airship yards in 1940. What would a contemporary airship look like that could continue the legendary tradition of air travel?
Invention
The RES-Airship's volume is divided by a central, tapering air duct that extends from the bow to the stern. The airship therefore glides on a central airstream, which stabilises its course through the air. The propulsion machinery is located within this central air duct. The airship's nozzle body shields noise emissions and smoothly accelerates internal airflow to direct compressed air to the propellers.
Advantages
- The hollow body has reduced air resistance compared to a full body
- New landing technique
- High manoeuvrability is achieved with bow and stern thrusters
- Helium is the safest lifting gas
Applications
- The design of an airship intended to carry hundreds of passengers
- Long-distance load-carrying airship
- A flying platform for administering first aid in the event of a catastrophe