The British airship Airlander 10 is ready for mass production

Render Airlander 10 in serial form

The British promising hybrid airship Airlander 10 is ready for mass production. As transmits "Warspot", the British company Hybrid Air Vehicles introduced the serial version of the airship.

Initially, Airlander 10 was developed by order of the American government. The project was opened in 2009. It was planned that the vessel will perform observational functions. However, the project was frozen amid cuts in the US defense budget, and in 2013, the British company Hybrid Air Vehicles, which led all development from the very beginning, bought out its project.

In 2016, the first prototype of the airship crashed during a landing, the cockpit was particularly affected, so it was decided not to restore it, but to make a number of changes to the design of the giant aircraft, after which to try an already improved version.

As developers previously stated, Airlander 10 is a hybrid aircraft that combines three principles of aeronautics: a balloon, a helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft. The length of the flying hybrid is 92 meters. It can fly at an altitude of 4,9 kilometers at a speed of up to 148 kilometers per hour and carry up to 10 tons of cargo. In manned flight mode, a ship can stay in the air for five days and three days in remote control. According to the developers, the airship can perform the functions of observation, communication, provide assistance and even transport passengers.

In the new version, the Airlander 10 received an enlarged gondola, and the fuel tanks were moved inside the case. The engines in the front are removed, and a single thruster module is now used instead. The shape of the case has been improved, now it has the best indicators of resistance to air flow. In addition, Airlander 10 can be produced in a fully electric form, without diesel generators.

Hybrid Air Vehicles noted that they already have a contract for 10 airships from a commercial customer, but intend to focus on military orders in the future.

Comments

[Mountain shooter]

Wonderful are your deeds ... The spiral of history made another round, 100 years after the German "Zeppelin" bombed London ...

[Starover_Z]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Wonderful are your deeds ... The spiral of history made another round, 100 years after the German "Zeppelin" bombed London ...

So the historical spiral decided to give the British a chance

[Svarog51]

So the historical spiral decided to give the British a chance

Not everything is as tragic as with the Zeppelins, but roughness along the way is found.

[Kleber]

It's time for Britain to take up the development of catapults and crossbows.

[1959ain]

The United States has long been putting RADARS on airships and patching them along the US border. This is both air defense and protection against the penetration of various evil spirits

[orionvitt]

Airships are good where they calmly and do not shoot. I don’t know how to apply it in the military sphere, in our technological time. It hurts a good target.

[Aviator_]

It can be used only in good weather. In a cyclone with such windage, it will instantly take it to hell and break it. Again, the problem with icing there also needs to be addressed.

[Souchastnik]

No better than a Mi-26 type transport helicopter

[Brturin]

Quote: orionvitt

Airships are good where they calmly and do not shoot. I don’t know how to apply it in the military sphere, in our technological time. It hurts a good target.

Back in 2015 - In China, the tests of the new helium stratospheric airship Yuanmeng, capable of rising to a height of 100 kilometers, took place https://topwar.ru/85061-kitay-ispytal-dirizhabl-ohotnik-za-avianoscami.html. What kind of air defense does anyone have ...

[mitrich]

Cleverly do. But why can't we, say, hang C-radars on C 400s? Maybe then in Syria, Jews can’t hobble like this, hiding behind mountains and folds of terrain?

[Gray brother]

Quote: 1959ain

USA for a long time on airships

By the way, evil tongues say in Iraq on the basis of "Ain al-Assad" there was such a thing, with a radar. And the Patriots were.

[voyaka uh]

The British are a people with "jokes". They will invent a loom, then a tank, or a special vacuum cleaner ...

[AUL]

Quote: voyaka uh

The British are a people with "jokes".

And why does the apparatus look like an ass? Is it on purpose?

[tomket]

Quote from AUL

why does the apparatus look like an ass? Is it on purpose?

In my opinion, it should be called "Kim Kardashian", or "JLO", or whoever is currently listed as a pop diva ...

[DRM]

Quote from AUL

Quote: voyaka uh

The British are a people with "jokes".

And why does the apparatus look like an ass? Is it on purpose?

Not on purpose. There are simply people who look everywhere only see their ass.

[Sergey Averchenkov]

Yes ... with jokes ... India was divided into Pakistan and India. The slave trade is all of them. Cool jokes. I do not want to list their jambs anymore, but there are more than enough of them. As in principle with any nationality. Are you a Jew? You do not have jambs?

[DRM]

Quote: Sergey Averchenkov

The slave trade is all of them.

In fairness, it should be noted that in England slavery was abolished earlier than in Russia.

[Nychego]

Quote: voyaka uh

The British are a people with "jokes". Either they invent a loom, or a tank, or a special vacuum cleaner ... laughing

Either a time machine will be invented, then a beam weapon and military aviation, and at once and by the method of application, spaced apart (reconnaissance, bombing, interception in "When the sleeping man wakes up"), many other different things ...
Oh, no wonder the Chinese were puzzled by the education of their own science fiction writers.

[Thrifty]

It is best to make unmanned cargo airships. They will cost less, and in case of loss the crew will not suffer.

[Sergey39]

We should also develop this industry. With our open spaces

[Scoun]

Quote: Sergey39

We should also develop this industry. With our open spaces

Our heels hit our heels in the chest, spoke loudly and descended to mooing and bleating.
Article 2013 of the year.

In Russia, the presentation of the country's first “airshipledrom” took place. It was held on August 8, 2013 in the city of Kirzhach, located in the Vladimir region. Here, the Avgur Aeronautical Center presented the Russian-made airship AU-30. It is planned to use modern Russian airships for the transportation of goods, the solution of technical work, with tourist purposes

https://topwar.ru/31935-v-rossiyu-vernulis-dirizhabli.html
I can still throw a bunch of links, but to see there is a lack of modern technology.

[orionvitt]

I can send you even further. Take a binder of the "Technology of Youth" magazine for the 80s. And in almost every issue, articles about promising transport in the form of airships. So necessary, in view of the vast expanses of our Motherland. But, probably, the game is not worth the candle yet. Something I do not see an airship boom in the west (except for the entertainment of tourists), there are only plans.

[Demon_is_ada]

The game is worth the candle, but there are a number of incompatibilities in the concept, although in truth no one tried to combine them seriously Everything is at the project level of stations for young technicians, maximum SKB. The main reason is strong wind dependence and in our climate puts an end to this concept, although if you think about it, the different direction of the winds at different levels allows you not to burn fuel, but only in an unmanned version ...

[Sergey39]

Yes, it’s not a lack of modern technology, but a banal lack of money. Until the president obliges one of the tame oligarchs, no one will scratch themselves.

[Gray brother]

Quote: Thrifty

They will cost less, and in case of loss the crew will not suffer.

I suggest robbery - to wet them with drones and rob koranov.

[Souchastnik]

The spiral of history made another round

History always evolves in a spiral. Technique too. Previously advanced solutions that have not been developed, after the advent of new technologies, they often get a second life. At least Toyota with machine guns is essentially a cart from the beginning of the 20th century.

[Kerensky]

Finally!! I have long been waiting. At one time, who looked and how many airships he built and wondered - where did they all go ?!
Nowadays, with modern materials and technologies, it is the most "pumpyri" to fence.

[Saxahorse]

"Serial" is it someone already ordered a series? The last time, in 2016, these guys managed to prove that the main problems of airships remained unresolved over the past 100 years. And then suddenly everything magically changed?

[John22]

Having new operating experience and accidents, given the experience of past designs, hybrids should be beneficial. It’s a pity that not with us.

[tol100v]

Quote: John22

With new operating experience and accidents,

There are more problems than good! Everyone who faced this problem each time found more and more minuses in this field of aeronautics: starting from huge sailing and ending with carrying capacity (as a result of economic efficiency!) There are more pitfalls than we can imagine!

[donavi49]

In the meantime, the Falcon exploded in the Mask! Shock sensation ...

The booster flew 4 times.

Dragon nominally separated in a crisis situation and sat down.

Last pre-flight test - completed. The next manned flight. SpX-DM2 - Commander Douglas Harvey (two shuttle flights) and Robert Behken (two shuttle flights). Two weeks on the ISS.

[voyaka uh]

And NASA graciously allowed a similar test not to be conducted. :)))

[Vadim237]

This rocket explosion was part of the test program for the emergency rescue system of the manned Dragon - a new branch of the American manned space program will now be the first to open SpaceX.

[donavi49]

So, I wrote that. They turned off his engines and self-destructed. By the way, something went wrong. A large piece did not fragment and exploded already from the fall. They expected to completely fragment the rocket and minimize any risks in the event of a fall.
Missile problems - shooting capsule

Rocket explosion

Most of them survived.

Explosion upon the fall of this part

As for the rest. Well, Musk said - that we are working, will be soon. The head of NASA is more careful. NASA will drag out so that Boeing does not lag too far. Again - Boeing didn’t do this test at all, for example. Fail with Starliner’s conclusion was considered partial success and thanks to the tests + investigation (which did not reveal any serious problems), an additional Demo flight in unmanned mode is not required.

[rocket757]

Cool, you can say a romantic retro! Only a vidok from him, from the rear
Imagine how the pilots of this ... they will tease miracles! No wonder the Yankees abandoned him!

[loki565]

And where did you get that this is the rear ??? In my opinion this is the head)))

[rocket757]

Quote: loki565

And where did you get that this is the rear ??? In my opinion this is the head)))

This is not the only image of this miracle, there is a picture from the rear! And there everything is very similar

[Freeman]

Quote: rocket757

Quote: loki565

And where did you get that this is the rear ??? In my opinion this is the head)))

This is not the only image of this miracle, there is a picture from the rear! And there everything is very similar

Well, if about the front view, even the wiki writes that because of him, the device received the nickname "Flying Ass" (Eng. Flying Bum)

That because of the rear view

- The only thing that comes to mind is a Three-Breasted woman named Mary, from the movie Total Recall (1990)
I give a link to the picture (to avoid ... )
https://i-a.d-cd.net/2bdc3e5s-960.jpg

[rocket757]

Futuristic view, sho front, sho back .... Zeppelin in the ... side is resting.

[Polymer]

Quote: Freeman

the device received the nickname "Flying Ass"

And very, oh, very big. Just huge

[Freeman]

Quote: Polymer

Quote: Freeman

the device received the nickname "Flying Ass"

And very, oh, very big. Just huge

And male (because of the gondola). Plus three more "breasts" (in the rear projection)
In short. I call this "pepelats" - "Conchita Wurst".

[brr1]

Quote: Freeman

Quote: Polymer

Quote: Freeman

the device received the nickname "Flying Ass"

And very, oh, very big. Just huge

And male (because of the gondola). Plus three more "breasts" (in the rear projection)
In short. I call this "pepelats" - "Conchita Wurst".

Impruved Conchita Wurst

[Vladimir Mashkov]

And I am skeptical of airships because of the large sail, increased explosive and fire hazard of the gas and the difficulties of mooring in strong and gale-force winds.

[1959ain]

Now they do not explode, now they use non-explosive inert gas, such as helium and not hydrogen, back in the 2nd world US airships, German submarines drowned, and now the USA has been putting RADARS on airships for a long time and they are patching them along the US border. Air defense and protection against the penetration of various evil spirits

[loki565]

Hydrogen has a better lift than helium, but it is explosive. But helium has a different problem, it is superfluid and will constantly leave the derezhab, it will have to be constantly replenished.

[loki565]

It can be seen as a carrier of a radar for air defense. It can hang and highlight low-flying targets for several days, usually with long-range air defense systems, this is a big problem.

[Souchastnik]

increased explosion and fire hazard of gas

Now the shells are filled mainly with helium. It does not explode and does not burn. But there are troubles.

[knn54]

The era of airships is returning.

[Rurikovich]

"- Vasil Ivanovich, what is the right thing - a sratostat or a stratostat?
- That's right, Petka, there will be a derizhopul "

[Tarasios]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Wonderful are your deeds ... The spiral of history made another round, 100 years after the German "Zeppelin" bombed London ...

well, everything is natural, why is there any surprise? Old ideas on a new technological base. For example, the era of "self-run wheelchairs" began, in fact, with steam, then - with electric vehicles. After that, both those and others were forgotten for a long time. This is now Tesla - mega-cool and super modern;)

[awg75]

when this pile of shit runs into victims, they will definitely say that Putin is to blame. Hiley Likely.

[Lord of the Sith]

The company Hybrid Air Vehicles with humor reacted to the peculiar appearance of its brainchild, eagerly mentioning on its own site the nickname "Flying Ass" (English Flying Bum)

[cost]

Do not look for adventures on your ass, even if you have it and flying

[Stalllker]

They don’t build, because they did not find an alternative to hydrogen. And it’s dangerous with him

[Vol4ara]

Quote: mitrich

Cleverly do. But why can't we, say, hang C-radars on C 400s? Maybe then in Syria, Jews can’t hobble like this, hiding behind mountains and folds of terrain?

For this, aircraft were invented long ago.

[Victor March 47]

Quote: orionvitt

I can send you even further. Take a binder of the "Technology of Youth" magazine for the 80s. And in almost every issue, articles about promising transport in the form of airships. So necessary, in view of the vast expanses of our Motherland. But, probably, the game is not worth the candle yet. Something I do not see an airship boom in the west (except for the entertainment of tourists), there are only plans.

For this type of transport, you need to create a trillion-dollar infrastructure. Airship airports (with traditional ones, they need to be heavily bred so as not to interfere with each other), land roads, terminals, ports, and warehouses with different inventory. Is it worth it, then, when we have already built a lot based on the existing cities, towns and villages? You cannot attach to the acting. These are very different things. "You can't harness a horse and a quivering doe in one cart ..."