Comments on: New Hybrid Army Aircraft Will Fly Surveillance Missions Over Afghanistan http://inhabitat.com/new-hybrid-army-aircraft-will-fly-surveillance-missions-over-afghanistan/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: trev http://inhabitat.com/new-hybrid-army-aircraft-will-fly-surveillance-missions-over-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-237229 trev Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:58:19 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=129439#comment-237229 it is based on the British HAV skycat model, www.hybridairvehicles.com there is a video clip of the skykitten test model flying, this is a Hybrid airship, it is a lot flatter and wider than a standard airship, the test model skykitten has been flying at Cardington, Bedfordshire, England for quite a few years now. it is based on the British HAV skycat model, http://www.hybridairvehicles.com there is a video clip of the skykitten test model flying, this is a Hybrid airship, it is a lot flatter and wider than a standard airship, the test model skykitten has been flying at Cardington, Bedfordshire, England for quite a few years now.

]]> By: istandforthetrees http://inhabitat.com/new-hybrid-army-aircraft-will-fly-surveillance-missions-over-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-237150 istandforthetrees Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:10:18 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=129439#comment-237150 It may not be the speediest aircraft but it makes up for it in aesthetics. So cool and kudos to the hybrid! It may not be the speediest aircraft but it makes up for it in aesthetics. So cool and kudos to the hybrid!

]]> By: ah100m http://inhabitat.com/new-hybrid-army-aircraft-will-fly-surveillance-missions-over-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-235831 ah100m Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:23:27 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=129439#comment-235831 The tri-hulled design was Lockheed-Martin Skunk Works' concept. The tri-hulled design was Lockheed-Martin Skunk Works’ concept.

]]> By: Zeppflyer http://inhabitat.com/new-hybrid-army-aircraft-will-fly-surveillance-missions-over-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-235786 Zeppflyer Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:31:42 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=129439#comment-235786 Also, why are there pictures of two different ships? The dual-hulled one is the actual ship being delivered to the military. I don't know where the tri-hulled one with what appear to be vertical thrusters came from. Also, why are there pictures of two different ships? The dual-hulled one is the actual ship being delivered to the military. I don’t know where the tri-hulled one with what appear to be vertical thrusters came from.

]]> By: Zeppflyer http://inhabitat.com/new-hybrid-army-aircraft-will-fly-surveillance-missions-over-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-235785 Zeppflyer Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:26:42 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=129439#comment-235785 I saw this article last week and was annoyed by an error in it then, which has been emphasized even more in this writing. When talking about airships, the word \'hybrid\' has a different meaning from usual. A hybrid airship is one which gets part of its lift from LTA gas and part from dynamic lift generated by moving an airfoil-shaped hull through the air. I\'m assuming that, in this case, \'hybrid\' means that it has a central gas engine powering electric thrusters. This makes sense based on the size of the engine nacelles. I could be wrong, but I don\'t think that this is a hybrid ship in the proper sense as the envelope certainly doesn\'t appear to be airfoil shaped and a loiter time of 3 weeks would be nearly impossible if the engines have to be run continuously. Final point is that this means that either Inhabitat is posting this with no idea of what a word in their title means or is doing so based on their usual propensity for gushing over anything that has the words \'green\' or \'hybrid\' in the title, no matter how ecofriendly or practicable it might be. I saw this article last week and was annoyed by an error in it then, which has been emphasized even more in this writing.

When talking about airships, the word \’hybrid\’ has a different meaning from usual. A hybrid airship is one which gets part of its lift from LTA gas and part from dynamic lift generated by moving an airfoil-shaped hull through the air.

I\’m assuming that, in this case, \’hybrid\’ means that it has a central gas engine powering electric thrusters. This makes sense based on the size of the engine nacelles. I could be wrong, but I don\’t think that this is a hybrid ship in the proper sense as the envelope certainly doesn\’t appear to be airfoil shaped and a loiter time of 3 weeks would be nearly impossible if the engines have to be run continuously.

Final point is that this means that either Inhabitat is posting this with no idea of what a word in their title means or is doing so based on their usual propensity for gushing over anything that has the words \’green\’ or \’hybrid\’ in the title, no matter how ecofriendly or practicable it might be.

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