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Structural details of the
Thermoplane ALA-600:

1. Front vertical and horizontal stabilisers
2. Internal hull construction
3. Hot air /natural gas volume
4. Hydrogen or helium spheres
5. Rear stabilisier
6. Fuselage module
7. Cargo platform
8. Engines
9. Hull skin

Weather Parameters:

Air temperature
C
-55...+40
Wind Headwind
m/c
50
Tailwind
m/c
20
Crosswind
m/c
20

 

TDB ALA-100 TDB ALA-300 TDB ALA-600 TDB ALA-2000
ACCOMODATION Crew of 12 and 50
passengers
Crew of 16 and 80
passengers
Crew of 16, plus 150
passengers
Crew of 24, plus 150
passengers
DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:
Length overall, m
160
205
235
345
Envelope diameter, m
140
190
220
320
Envelope max height, m
56
70
88
125
Cargo platform diameter, m
25
30
40
40
PERFOMANCE(estimated):
Max. cargo / max number of passengers, m
100 / 650
300 / 1200
600 / 4000
2 000 / 10 000
(in two level)
Weight of fuel, t
40
80
190
450
Take off weight, t
270
700
1 340
5 600
Esfimated production, t / km/h
7 000
22 500
48 000
180 000
Cruising speed, km/h
70
75
80
90
Range, km
5 000
5 000
5 000
5 000
Max level speed (H=0,5/7 km), km/h
120 / 180
120 / 180
120 / 220
135 / 250
Pressure ceiling, m
7 000
7 000
7 000
8 500

Main technical and economic parameters of ALA

1. The economic efficiency of 600 t. loads thermoplan is in 5 tone higher, than for the Boieng-747 "Cargo" and in 22 t. more economic than for the helicopter "Mi-26 (20 t) or it's equivalent to the railway of BAM (it's about 3 cent of USA for 1 f/km).


2. Thermoplan's working doesn't require the big airdromes and advanced VPP, it's quite enough the land cargo platform with the radius of about 2 diameters of aircraft for the bulk carriage or 2 diameters of cargo-hold for sometime's carriage.


3. Thermoplan's utilization doesn't require sheds what isn't necessary for the cigar-shaped airships, thermoplan's it's running can be effected on the open anchor platform, what decrease for technical maintenance of aircraft.


4. The technical construction of thermoplan exceeds in 20 and more times the similar parameters of the hard cigar-aircraft, because the power torus and envelope are made from same unification elements. Each øïàíãîóò of cigar-aircraft it's a new special rigging manufacturing and montage. So the cost of thermoplan's construction is in 2-2,5 times less expensive than the same for the herd cigar-aircraft.


5. The hot air's utilization in thermo-volume permits to resolve the problem of the ballast (to decrease the weight of liquid or bulk cargo ballast on 70-75 % compared with the ordinary aircraft).


6. Aerodynamic quality of disc (K ad) is in 7-10 times higher in comparison with the cigar-aircraft with the same volume, what permits to lift about 20 h of take off weight on the disk's aerodynamic, for example all mass of fuel.


7. It's only the model of disk permits to produce the real flying constructions for yhe aircraft with a large load (250t and more), because the cigar aircraft for the load in 600 t. has 700 m. of a length of body, what makes it's.

 

PERFOMANCE CONTENT PAYLOAD, t
100 t 300 t 600 t 2000 t
Cost of the LTA head specimen, (USD)
Size of fleet, (units) The data
Amortization service life, (years)
Annual average hour's flying time, (flying hours per 1 year) are afforded
Expences on research and development work per 1 LTA,
(USD/unit)
Price of LTA, (USD/unit) by the
Prime cost of flying hour (USD/hour), including:
                                                            - depreciation official
                                                            - salary of flight crew
                                                            - filling gas expences inquiry:
                                                            - fuel expences
                                                            - ground expences thermoplane@donet.ru
Specific capital investment to ground complex,
(USD/LTA)
Total capital investment per 1 LTA, (USD/LTA)
Prime cost of 1 t-km, (USD/t-km) (k3=1)
Expences on 1 flying hour (USD/f. hour).