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HAV Airlander 10

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Carbon fibre and glass fibre composite structures are used for the rigid elements of the 45.5 m long aircraft, including the fins and payload module.

The hull is made of a laminated fabric consisting of multi-layered Vectran weave, Tedlar, Mylar and polyurethane, and fills with helium.

The landing gear is fully retractable in flight, and the air-cushion landing system comprises of hover skirts on the underside of the outer hulls that also provide amphibious capability.

A wheeled, casting ground cradle supports the fuel tank and there is a stowable mooring mast.

Fibre optic control systems are used throughout. The low-pressure pneumatic system powers the flight control actuators and provides low susceptibility to lightning strike and electromagnetic interference. There is a dual-channel, optically signalled flight control system, plus pressure control by multiple airbags fore and aft in each of the two outer hulls.

Photo: Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd.

Lift type

Lighter than air

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston, Diesel, Electric, Hybrid

Application

Cargo, Surveillance

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Minimum crew

Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
HAV Airlander 10	2012 / 2012		Hybrid airship, originally built for US Army's Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) programme.
HAV E-HAV1	2019 /		Electric variant, to develop technologies for Airlander 10's electrification.

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