Use of cycloidal rotors for airships

\nA scheme for using cycloidal rotors to ensure high maneuverability of airships has been developed. High maneuverability indicators (turn on the spot, side slip, forward/backward movement, wind load parrying, operational change of flight altitude without the use of ballasting) of the airship with two cycloidal propellers was confirmed experimentally. A design of an airship with cycloidal propellers without a tail unit, providing a lifting capacity of the airship of 3 tons and the possibility of loading and unloading without mooring devices was proposed.\n