
SkyLifter Solar power Is Far More Than 150 Tonnes
While hoping to go beyond the modern day helicopters limited load-bearing capacity, Australian firmSkyLifter is busy evolving a solar-powered airship for carrying up to 150-ton loads more than 1,200 miles. Just the perfect machine to support disaster relief operations, the solar blimp could ship payloads of equipment, freight, pre-constructed buildings and other loads at a speed of 45 knots (50 mph).
Disk size vehicles like the immunity against different conditions provides specially designed Voith Schneider propellers (measuring 500ft long) and placed...