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Helium-filled aerostats can be lifted by the traditional hot-air balloon (SKYLAB), in the compact form, and then, after reaching some starting level \({H}_{1}\), helium can be pumped into the aerostat (using storage tank with a compressed gas), starting its autonomous mission. Optimal design process of aerostats dedicated to perform determined mission (between the altitudes \({H}_{1}\) and \({H}_{2}\)) will be discussed with preliminary experimental verification process, based on scaling procedure of aerostat mini-model, so-called CANDY, and fly-tests on SKYLAB will be proposed.
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The authors acknowledge the support of the National Centre for Research and Development and the National Science Centre, Poland, granted in the framework of the TANGO 4 programme (project TANGO-IV-C/0001/2019-00).
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Holnicki-Szulc, J., Knap, L., Świercz, A., Mikułowski, G., Graczykowski, C. (2023). Designing Helium-Filled Aerostats Applying Scaling Procedure, Mini-Models CANDY and Fly-Tests on SKYLAB. In: Shukla, D. (eds) Lighter Than Air Systems . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6049-9_13
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