Formation Flight Transport System for Atmospheric Payload Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current space transportation methods are costly and inefficient, particularly due to high gravitational forces and fuel consumption, which hinder the transportation of materials and vehicles to interplanetary space, and existing systems face challenges in varying environmental conditions such as wind, temperature, and air density.
Innovation Solution
A formation flight system of at least three connected flying vehicles that use a combination of fuel types and energy sources, including liquid fuels, solar power, and high-capacity light-emitting diodes, to transport materials and liquids through the atmosphere, reducing gravitational effects and fuel consumption by leveraging the Coanda effect and efficient acceleration at high altitudes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If traditional rocket systems with chemical combustion engines are used for space transport, then payloads can be delivered to orbit, but the transport costs are extremely high and fuel consumption is excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The transport system is divided into multiple stages: ground-based launch vehicles deliver payloads to atmospheric platforms, which then serve as intermediate staging points. This segmentation allows payloads to be transported in batches through the atmosphere to orbital insertion points, reducing the energy required by single-stage rockets and lowering overall transport costs.
Solution Approach 2:
Payloads are pre-positioned in the atmosphere on floating platforms before final orbital insertion. This preliminary action in the atmosphere allows gravitational assistance and reduces the delta-v requirement for orbital insertion, significantly decreasing fuel consumption compared to direct rocket launches from ground level.
2Use of energy by moving object
If atmospheric flight is used to transport materials to high altitude, then fuel consumption is reduced, but environmental factors such as wind, temperature, and air density create stability challenges
Solution Approach 1:
Atmospheric platforms are equipped with sensors and control systems that continuously monitor wind conditions, temperature, and air density. Real-time feedback allows automated adjustments to platform position and orientation, maintaining stability despite varying environmental conditions during the transport process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses buoyant atmospheric platforms that counteract gravitational forces and provide stable floating positions. These platforms serve as counterweights and stable bases for payload transfer operations, reducing the impact of environmental disturbances compared to traditional rocket systems.
3Productivity
If gravitational effects are reduced by accelerating at high altitude, then transport efficiency improves, but the system complexity increases with multiple connected flying vehicles
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple atmospheric platforms are merged into a coordinated network that operates together to transport payloads. By combining the capabilities of multiple platforms in formation flight, the system achieves high-altitude gravitational assistance while distributing the complexity across modular, standardized units rather than a single complex vehicle.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This system significantly reduces space transportation costs, enables efficient fuel use, and maintains stability against environmental challenges, allowing for the transport of water and other materials to interplanetary space while avoiding the limitations of traditional rocket systems and inflatable towers.
Implementation Method 1
reducing gravitational effects and fuel consumption by leveraging the Coanda effect and efficient acceleration at high altitudes
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AI summary
The invention relates to an aerial transport device by means of connections with supply lines and cables for the transport of electricity, liquids and goods, at the limit of the atmospheres of the planets, in areas with low gravitational attraction, so that the flight can take place in the formation. The aerial transport device by means of flight devices (A, A1n, B, Bn, A4) that are in motion and connected between them, characterized in that the system can supply (P1) and simultaneously transport physical objects, liquids, and energy (P) to and from the outer space of dense atmospheres (D) and to reach the maximum limit of the environment density suitable for space flight devices (A3) with aerodynamic load as well as for horizontal air transport (A4, A2, P, An, A3). The invention is technical device for transporting in space with flying devices and move in formation flight of at least three forming connections.