Ballooncopter – A new prospective type of UAV

Abstract

It has been shown that an increasing demand for cheap and useful UAVs in recent years. At the same time, the requirement to reduce emissions (applying “green” technology) is also an increasingly urgent. The paper introduces a ballooncopter which combines the advantages of multi-rotor aircraft (drone) and balloon to meet the above requirements, and proposes solutions to overcome mechanical problems arising when coupling the balloon body and drone, citing examples of forest protection and some other application possibilities.