A vacuum airship includes an envelope and means for creating and controlling vacuum pressure within the envelope. The envelope includes skin and a frame for supporting the skin such that the frame is under compression and the skin is in tension during operation of the airship. The frame includes a plurality of rigid tube-like frame elements.
VACUUM AIRSHIP
2024-01-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64B LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT , Luftfahrzeuge leichter als Luft |
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