Air balloon gas ball can carry 60 tons of goods

French Flying Whales Company is developing a balloon air balloon called 60 tons of large aircraft (LCA60T) to transport goods to remote areas that are difficult to access in the world. Means can serve the project to build energy production facilities, provide humanitarian assistance, transport containers from the mainland or ships, even release the field hospital in places that are lacking in care. medical, New Atlas On 7/2 reported. Flying Whales estimates that LCA60T will cost only 1/5 of the current freight aircraft like Airbus’s Beluga.

According to the plan, LCA60T will be longer than the 10 (92 m) or Pathfinder 1 (124 m) model, with a size of 200 m from the nose to the tail and a diameter of 50 m. Its 96 m long cargo compartment will be used to carry up to 60,000 kg of goods per flight. The vehicle will use 180,000 m3 of helium gas to create lifting force, helping to reach a height of 3,000 m.

LCT60A will use the frame made from composite beams in the network, supported by metal joints. Flying Whales estimates that a LCT60A will use more than 80 km of composite beams. The frame will be clamped between 14 helium compartments without the inner and special development, aerodynamic support and solidity of the structure. Heli compartments will use a range of temperature, pressure and humidity sensors to maintain optimal lifting force in diverse non -stored conditions.

The giant cargo compartment will be built as a structural compartment in the vehicle’s abdomen, with a dual sliding door system to unload goods through hydraulic cables without aircraft. This function will eliminate the need for complex and expensive landing infrastructure.

Flying Whales targets a maximum speed of 100 km/h, using 32 push engines with a combination of 4,000 kW. The original prototype of the LCA60T will use both lithium – high voltage ions and turbine generators to help the engine push the power to operate, but the final plan is to produce electricity from hydrogen fuel batteries.

This week, the British Evolito Electric Motor Company announced the Motor Supply Contract for the LCA60T project. Evolito focuses on creating super light motor for the aerospace application and will provide the D250 motor for Flying Whales. Each LCA60T will use 32 Motor 308 horsepower to run the push engine cluster placed outside the shell.

Flying Wheels planned to start testing in 2027. At the end of January, the company started testing the wind tunnel with super light polyester fabric dialer dialer used as the outer shell of LCA60T.