The cockpit is a very light structure consisting the seat, interface and the turbine engine. It is attached to a vertical structure which will hold the vertical gas bag in place. The ship transforms in mid air by pulling cables on one side of the gas bag, with the center of axis in the middel it will flip horizontal for gliding motion. The cables are supporting structures to hold the gas bag inplace. The gas will come externally to save weight and space. Then there will be infrastructure needed to inflate and deflate the gas bag.
Unresolved problem 1 - How to deflate and store the gas bag in relation to the gas bag structure. Since it need to be in the right shape of wings it will probable need a rigit structure. Solution in mind "1" is semirigit material that can be folded back, "2" profiles in between the gas bag that devide the gas bag in different section but the tension will hold the gas bag in shape. These profiles can be fabric aswell.
Unresolved problem 2 - How to colleps the vertical structure. Fold and colleps down? Is that going to compramize the rigidity of the structure?
Unresolved problem 3 - the rotation motion. It will need a axis to rotate. How to provide this axis. The rotational motion will be effected by wind and air friction. But the rotation can be utilized to navigate the airship while gliding.
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