AN AIRSHIP AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE AIRSHIP

摘要

An airship is disclosed that includes a plurality of connected segments and a controller that is adapted to dynamically control the movement of each of the plurality of segments relative to one another during flight of the airship. According to another aspect of the present invention a method of operating an airship. The method includes the steps of receiving attitude information from each of the plurality of segments and adjusting the pressure inside each segment and the stiffness of the coupling between adjacent segments during flight of the airship in response to the attitude information.