Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for a super pressure balloon puffing propulsion system that provides for directional control of the balloon. In one example, a system includes a lift gas envelope and a ballonet coupled within the lift gas envelope. The system also includes a pump used to pump a ballast gas into the ballonet. The system further includes a plurality of exhaust ports disposed around a circumference of the lift gas envelop, where the exhaust ports discharge the ballast gas from the ballonet to provide a selective horizontal propulsive force.
PUFFING PROPULSION FOR SUPER PRESSURE BALLOONS
2018-04-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64B LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT , Luftfahrzeuge leichter als Luft |
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