Challenge
So-called hybrid aircraft make use of both aerodynamic and aerostatic lift, combining the advantages of these two principles. In the future, air transport by drone will play a major role.
However, the rotors of drones are dangerous for users. Could a hybrid aircraft eliminate this disadvantage?
Invention
Mantled propellers surrounded by a ring-shaped airfoil could solve this problem. The RES-Hybrid-Aircraft therefore has a ring-shaped airfoil that is filled with lifting gas to create aerodynamic uplift in the upper and lower segments of the ring.
Advantages
- Design for a maximum of safety with internal propulsion
- Using aerostatic uplift for transport
- Take advantage of aerodynamic uplift during take-off and flight
- Introducing new landing techniques
- Silent operation
- Movements on the ground are similar to those of a hovercraft
Applications
- Drone for transporting goods
- Small aircraft for special tasks