The practical business and operational characteristics required of hybrid airships for industrial and commercial heavy lift operations are summarized. Experience from Skycrane applications in logging, construction and the movement of heavy machinery by the Erickson Air-Crane Company has been used to develop these requirements. Three main business factors are considered: economics, performance in a job, and practicability. Capital and operational costs are related to the basic design characteristics of heavy lift aircraft to illustrate the requirements imposed from commercial considerations. Observations about possible development directions for a commercially-relevant hybrid program conclude the paper.


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    Title :

    A commercial view of hybrid airships


    Additional title:

    Kommerzielle Gesichtspunkte bei Hybridluftschiffen


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA-Papers ; Okt ; 1-3


    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    3 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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