Mlle Louise
Mlle Louise is the first flying construction of Stephane: his pride. The name of the blimp, is a wink at Santos Dumont and its plane “La Demoiselle” (first genuine flying plane), and especially at Louise, who shared Stephane’s life during 5 years and patiently accompanied him in this project.
The blimp was built in two steps: the envelope initially, and then the gondola that was made with the collaboration of Benoît Lenne and the complicity of the IUT of Amiens (The team received therefore the OSEO award of the Innovation).
Dimensions
– Single seater blimp of 160 m3
– Lenght : 16 m
– Enveloppe diameter: 5 m
Weight
– engine unladen weight: 80 kg
– pilot : 75 Kg
– ballast / water : 5 kg
Performances
– Maximum speed: 20 km/h
– Cruising speed: 15 km/h
Propulsion
muscular, through pedaling
Piloting
by
orientation of 2 independant propellers of 3m diameter
INTO THE BLIMP BELLY
© dppi/julien girardot
