F.A. Gonzalez Redondo

On 5th May 1902, Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo applied for a Patent in France for "Improvements in dirigible aerostats", complemented, with a "Note on the calculus of a dirigible balloon with interior suspension and keel" presented together to Madrid and Paris Academies of Science. He had conceived a complex inner structure, all along the envelope of the aerostat: a longitudinal frame of triangular cross section made up of non-rigid ropes, permeable curtains and metal cables which "rigidify" altogether through the excess of pressure level of the gas. Again inside the envelope, vertically placed at its bottom and suspended from inside cables attached to the top of the envelope, an articulated plane metal keel, together with the triangular structure, would support the gondola, which was designed to be attached from outside to the bottom of the envelope. The number of possible solutions to the problem of aerial navigation through airships included in this Torresquevedian contribution, i.e. the number of different systems for manufacturing dirigible balloons, would almost cover the whole twentieth century in airship designs.

7th International Airship Convention 2008, Friedrichshafen

Conference Paper

englisch

21,0 x 29,7 cm, 12 Seiten

DGLR-Bericht, 2008, 2008-03, 7th International Airship Convention 2008 - Proceedings; S.1-12; 2008; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V., Bonn

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