Windtunnel models

Some pictures from the models Maximillian and I have been testing in the new windtunnel.

The models were assembled from lasercut slices in balsawood and then sanded to a smooth shape.

Model 04 with tilted up nose.

Series of models, showing the hollowed-out structure, intended to manipulate the center of gravity of the model.

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Brussels 2010

Windtunnel Design & Construction – part 1: design brief

Introduction

The Aeromodeller2 is a design for a zero-emission, autonomous, nomad hydrogen-based airship that will never land.

The ship regenerates its fuel, creating hydrogen from wind power and the rain on its skin.
When it depletes its energy reserves, the ship drops anchor and rests, in order to replenish its energy in a renewable way.

INTERVIEWS

“Aeromodeller2, a work as poetical as it is ambitious and thought-provoking. ”
Regine from we-make-money-not-art published an interview with me. You can find it here:

http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2011/07/aeromodeller2.php

Lowtechmagazine did a feature on the airship way back in 2009. I met Kris later after a lecture. He is a great technology writer and I really love his site:

http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/02/gipsy-zeppelin-baseship.html

CONTACT INFO

EMAIL lieven@aeromodeller2.be

TEL +32.486.945.529 (BELGIUM)

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