Not Just a Propeller: Digital flight controls bring high tech to the Hybrid Airship

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Published on March 7, 2017 5:00:14 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLxRkjjT6Bg

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Traditional airships use a cable and pulley system for directional movement, which is finicky at best, and leaves tremendous opportunity for error. When the Skunk Works® team began developing the next generation airship – the Hybrid Airship – for remote cargo transport nearly 20 years ago, they pulled knowledge from their Lockheed Martin fixed-wing brethren and built digital flight controls, or a fly-by-wire system, into the airship’s standard systems.

Learn more about the Hybrid Airship: http://lmt.co/29yhcY9