The hybrid airship

Hybrid airship is a special aircraft with aerostatic unloading. These airships are much heavier than air and are a combination of balloon and aircraft aerodynamic means. Presumably this type of airships for more optimal aerodynamic characteristics than others. Produced in Germany Zeppelin NT is considered to be a hybrid, as it is not much heavier than air.

Examples of apparatuses

A striking example is considered an engineered hybrid airship Filimonov, who spent most of the lift, which is more than 500 tons should reach by helium-filled balloon. The rate of the airship should be varied to 300 km / h thanks to the main engines.

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