Small balloon re-export

Boeing is working with a Canadian company to create a new balloon that can carry heavy cargo in remote areas.

These mammoth-sized balloons can do more than they hope. Boeing, along with SkyHook International, is building a 92-meter balloon (with rotor), which can carry twice the capacity of today's largest helicopter, cross remote areas with consumption Low fuel and less polluting the environment.

Named Jess Heavy Lifter 40 after the inventor's name, the balloon has a helium-filled air cavity enough to support its weight. 4 rotors provide enough energy so that it can carry 40 tons of cargo across 200 miles without additional fuel.

Airship model Jess Heavy Lifter 40. (Photo: PopularScience)

In fact, such a hybrid balloon is not a new idea, there were many balloons ending with previous deaths, such as the Piasecki Heli-Stat in the 1980s. time for Jess Heavy Lifter 40, when people consider fuel prices and environmentally friendly activities.

Boeing is responsible for developing and manufacturing, and SkyHook will maintain, operate and operate. Both are expected to commercialize products in 2012.