01.2 - Aircraft Design and Integrated System (Applications)
PRELIMINARY SIZING OF A LOW-ALTITUDE AIRSHIP INCLUDING ION PLASMA THRUSTERS
C.E.D. Riboldi¹, M. Belan¹, S. Cacciola¹, R. Terenzi¹, S. Trovato¹, D. Usuelli¹, G. Familiari¹; ¹Dept. of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
A new preliminary design and sizing technique for low altitude airships coping with the inclusion of ion plasma thrusters on board. Preliminary sizing results will be shown for a demonstrator airship, which will be actually built in project IPROP, showing comparisons with a baseline design with conventional electric motors, and showing trend lines and sensitivities of the design solution.