Topic for open discussion: PMS (pressure maintenance systems)
Maintaining
Pressure in Inflatables
- Kite
hang gliders having inflatable beams invite pressure maintenance
systems; pressure changes from gas losses and from changes of flight
altitudes.
- Kited wings having inflatable members invite PMS.
- Kited LTA wings invite :PMS.
- AWES that employ inflated members invite PMS.
- Pressure Maintenance of High-Altitude Inflatable Kite Systems
Kathleen M. McNamara, William Carroll, Taro Tsukada, Ben Loh and Jamey D. Jacob
AIAA 2020-2933
Session: Innovative and Conceptual Designs in Aviation
Published Online:8 Jun 2020 https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-2933
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- Inflatoplane, Goodyear Aircraft Corporation (GAC) wiki/Goodyear_Inflatoplane
"An engine-driven air compressor maintained the low air pressure needed
to keep the airplane inflated and rigid even if pierced by several . 30
cal. bullets. ... A larger engine was adopted giving the newest model,
the GA-468, more takeoff power."
Quote source: stonehengeairmuseum.org/inflatoplane
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- AirborneWindEnergy/ToyotaAndOKstateHighFlyProject
- Inflatable (wiki)
- Sense, release, pump
- Wind power for recharging bladders?
- Involve batteries for recharging bladders?
- Sensors and servos?
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July 22, 2020, post by Joe Faust
William Carroll
williamhcarroll.com/
"Temporary Researcher - Toyota MOTHERSHIP
Oklahoma State University (OSU)
May 2018 – Present for 2 years 3 months
Stillwater Oklahoma
For this position, I am the design lead for the pressure maintenance
system needed to maintain the pressure in an inflatable kite for high
altitude flights (5000m+ above sea level). I also assist the team with
large-scale kite design, kite dynamics and modeling, designing
experiments to determine material properties of inflatable structures
and data acquisition systems."
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