JPS5849440B2 - How to moor and store an airship using a floating platform - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention is a method of floating a simple floating launch pad on the water and using a tow device such as a winding rope or wire when there is no equipment for a mother ship for marine aviation ships or until the mother ship is completely emptied. The present invention relates to a mooring or mooring and storage method for an airship that is moved and used as a substitute for a mother ship, and is simpler and more economical than floating facilities.

The present invention floats a floating floating platform large enough to carry an airship on the water, and allows the airship to take off and land on the platform at a position suitable for taking off and landing, and in a direction suitable for taking off and landing. The aircraft takes off and lands, and the airship thus landed is moored or tethered to a floating landing pad, and in this state, the floating landing pad is controlled and moved by a traction device such as a winding rope while the airship is moored. In this way, the floating landing pad is pulled into a hangar built on the water's edge, or pulled into or pulled out of a hangar built on land near the water's edge using a moving device such as wheels attached to the floating landing pad. This is a method of mooring and storing an airship using a floating landing pad.

It is usually best for airships to take off and land while heading upwind.

On the ground, it is difficult to find a sufficiently large open space in the vicinity of a city that is free from high-rise buildings, steel towers, chimneys, forests, etc. that obstruct the surrounding area.

Because it is easily affected by wind direction, it is even more difficult to find suitable land in countries like Japan where local winds change frequently.

The economic efficiency and practicality of airships are severely hampered by the lack of a stable base for takeoff and landing, and by the large amount of manpower required for operation.

Even in countries such as Europe and the United States, which have vast amounts of open space, the need to prepare a large amount of moving equipment such as trailers and vehicles, and to always have highly skilled operating personnel, puts enormous pressure on business operations.

Hangars are used for long-term storage or for maintenance, so there are only a few and they are not used all the time.

In a country like Japan where storms occur frequently, it is necessary to constantly use a storage facility.

Furthermore, it is difficult to gather a large number of highly skilled operators.

The present invention provides a floating floating platform that can be easily controlled in a direction that adapts to the wind direction for the takeoff, landing, mooring, and loading and unloading of airships that are easily affected by wind. A traction device such as a rope is used to control the direction and provide the motive force for movement.

In this way, while the airship is moored or tethered to the floating landing pad, directional control and movement are performed by mechanical force in the same manner as above, and furthermore, the airship can be moved in and out of the hangar while being moored to the floating landing pad. Therefore, it can withstand wind forces and safely moor and moor an airship better than human power.

Next, the method of the present invention will be explained with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. As shown in FIG. Float the airship 1 on top of it.

4 is a mooring tower established at one end of the floating landing pad 3; 5 is a mooring point to which the neck end of the airship 1 is to be moored by a mooring cable 11;

In order to anchor the airship 1, as shown in Figures 1 and 2,
Tethers 51, 51', 52, 52', 53, 53' for tying the surrounding parts of the airship 1 to the top surface of the floating landing pad 3
, 54 , 54', and 55, and tethers 61 and 62 to which the cabin 10 of the airship 1 is to be tethered are also set approximately in the center of the upper surface, and the tethers 61 and 62 are provided to each of these tethers. The airship 1 can be connected to the airship 1 by mooring cables (not shown) that are appropriately hung or attached to the circumferential side of the cabin 10.
(Fig. 2).

Figure 3 shows the floating launch and landing platform 3 floating on the water surface 2, and wires 85 and 86 attached to anchors 71 and 72 thrown at appropriate positions at that time. This figure shows a state in which the aircraft 81 and 83 are appropriately hoisted so that the airship 1 is aligned with the wind direction indicated by the arrow, with the floating platform 3 floating on the water.

In addition, winding machines 82 are installed separately on both ends of the floating landing platform 3.
, 84 to the fixed point 73 provided deep inside the floating hangar 9.
．． After connecting the wires 87 and 88 to 74 so as to be pulled along the guide roll devices 91 and 92, and anchoring the airship 1 on the water landing platform 3, the above-mentioned roping machine 8
1, 82, 83, and 84, the floating landing platform 3 is moved on the water while the airship 1 is tethered, and is pulled into the floating hangar 9 and stored.

Further, in this case, if the winding machine is operated by a remote control panel, the retracting operation can be carried out smoothly with a small number of personnel.

If the hangar is not on the water but on land, by equipping the floating landing platform 3 with a moving device such as wheels, guide grooves etc. can be appropriately installed at the entrance and exit of the land hangar, thereby allowing the airship to be taken in and out of the hangar. It will be possible to do so with appropriate regulation.

When using the method of the present invention, it is possible to easily control the direction and position of an airship that is easily affected by wind, and also to moor the airship on a floating landing pad, and to take it in and out of a hangar while it is moored, and to store it in the hangar. This can be done more easily and reliably and safely by mechanical operation than by manual labor.Therefore, it is possible to save a large number of personnel and costs, including those with special skills, and the facilities are extremely simple. It is.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a schematic side view showing the state when the airship lands on the water landing pad, and Figure 2 is a schematic plan view showing the state in which the air ship is moored to the water landing pad. , FIG. 3 is an overhead view showing an example of the arrangement of each piece of equipment for explaining the operating procedure of the method of the present invention. 1...airship, 2...water surface, 3...
...Floating landing pad, 4...Mooring tower, 5...
・・Tethering point, 9・・Hangar, 10・・・・
Cabin, 11...Mooring cable, 51, 51', 5
2, 52', 53, 53', 54, 54', 55
・・・・・・Connector, 6L62・・・・・・Connector of cabin part, 71, 72・・・・Anchor 73,
74... Fixed point, 81, 82, 83, 84...
...Rowing machine, 85, 86, 87, 88...
Wire 91.92... Guide roll device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An airship shall take off and land on a floating floating platform that allows changes in direction and movement of position to be controlled by a towing device while floating on the water. The towing device is controlled to change the direction and position of the floating platform while it is moored, and the floating platform is then moved on the water or on land using a moving device such as wheels attached to the floating platform. A method for mooring and storing an airship using a floating landing pad, characterized in that the airship is moved in and out of a hangar while moored on the landing pad.