Metin Kaplan
Product & Mobility Design Consultant
Airship Sunrise - Solar Powered Thermal Airship
Airship Sunrise is 2011 Graduation Project in "Advanced Product Design MA Programme" of "Umeå Institute of Design".
Generating lift & thrust only by solar irradiance; Sunrise is a thermal airship designed to accomplish aerial missions based on low speeds and long flight duration; such as, patrolling, filming, observations, expeditions, and recreational usage.
Gondola
Flight View
Construction of Ballonet, Collector and Solar Tracking System
Heat Engine and Power Transmission
Construction
Gondola
Collapsable Structure for Storage
Collapsable Structure for Transport
Agriculture Mission
Patrolling Mission
Research Mission
Floater Mission
Gondola Skeleton
Process Sketches
Working Principle