Drone Designs For Communications Grid

[josh]

When a helium balloon is filled, the gaseous pressure inflates the balloon shell while the resulting density of the helium fill is less weighty than atmosphere per cubic inch, generating lift at normal atmospheric pressure. Following those principles, a vaccuum shell held rigid by strong but very light polymers, would generate even more lift per cubic inch.

Other propellers would be added for navigation of the drone, designed for mostly stationary flight. Lighter weigh heli-devices should be possible with a glider like profile that would okay as an antennae facing earth.

[josh]

Another potentially interesting design feature for various applications:

towing drones, more similar to conventional designs, but with gear only needed for navigation, can tow the levitation/stationary drone into position using a kind of hook tether on the front underside of levitation drone.

[josh]

Another possible econ design could be based around a ring of drones that connect directly to cable rising up from a platform like a flag pole. The pole plus wire would be cheaper & have a smaller site footprint for a Tower.

[josh]

Current day IEEE/physics research focuses on the advanced properties of antennae that collect signals in space at multiple points & convey the samples to some sort of differencing engine without electrical mixing. For competing cell tower like designs involving floating drones, it would be helpful to ask where there might be competitive advantages sample on the drone body or even the connecting cables.

[josh]

Consider also the possibility that a given site might have general theoretical properties that are more finely examined & calibrated using testing/ML exercise optimizations.

[Josh SternModerator]

The idea of isolating the signal from different spots on a complex antenna, in different wires, is good for both phase/frequency & directionality of the signal. It should be helpful to explore designs that include various panels, sensitive in a particular direction & masked in the other directions, so that the overall directionality of a signal at any given point in time can be specified with fast internal switching.

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