Aeroscraft Flying Cruise Ship

The company envisions a cargo-carrying version that could deliver a stores worth of merchandise from a centralized distribution center straight to a Wal-Mart parking lot or because the helium-filled craft will float a.

Aeroscraft flying cruise ship. View inside Aeroscraft. OC Register January 29 2013. Cruise Boats Take to the Skies With Aeroscraft Hybrid Airship.

Aeroscraft ML866 The Aeroscraft ML866 is a heavier than air hybrid airship that is currently being worked on by the Worldwide Aeros Corporation. The Flying Cruise Ship. The Aeroscraft will be able to cruise past scenic landmarks to give passengers a stunning view even if the landmark is in the middle of a jungle.

The rigid and surprisingly aerodynamic body - driven by huge rearward propellers - generates enough additional lift to keep the behemoth and its 400-ton payload aloft while cruising. New Aircraft Concept Takes Flight. The vast skin could also have solar cells for power.

The planned 600-foot-long Moby Air flying cruise ship would carry a payload of 400 tons and be powered by electric motors. The first prototype of this two-football-fields-long concept airship is planned for completion by 2010. The Aeroscraft model ML866 is a planned 20-ton hybrid airship to be built by the Worldwide Aeros Corporation.

Two thirds of ML866s lift is provided by the helium while the remaining portion is supplemented by the forward thrust from its engine. After they are done with the testing they will build the full scale version. Long-range travel for passengers who are more concerned with the journey than the destination Dimensions feet.

A large Aeroscraft can be configured as a high volume passenger carrier or airborne cruise ship. With a range of several thousand miles and an estimated top speed of 174 mph the Aeroscraft Flying Luxury Hotel could traverse the continental US. Unlike its dirigible ancestors the Aeroscraft is not lighter than air.