Prata Futurista · 2025
Skybridge Helicóptero non tripulado
by Chen Xu
- A' Design Award de Prata 2025 in Futurista
- CLIENT: Beihang University
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 200,214
- Verification code DC9F2670FF · Verify this award
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About Skybridge Helicóptero non tripulado
Skybridge é un helicóptero non tripulado deseñado para a entrega de carga desde barcos a illas sen portos. A estrutura da aeronave segue as formas aerodinámicas dos organismos mariños para reducir a resistencia e o consumo de enerxía. Os paneis da fuselaxe están moldeados nunha soa peza a partir de materiais compostos, e a estrutura interna emprega fibra de carbono para lograr unha redución de peso do 32 por cento. Un sistema de suspensión de múltiples ganchos e chigres no tren de aterraxe permiten unha carga útil de 260 quilogramos a altitudes de ata 6.000 metros e con ventos de 12 metros por segundo. Os operadores, desde un buque de apoio, controlan o helicóptero de forma remota, guiados por cámaras e sensores a bordo.
About the A' Design Award de Prata
Skybridge Helicóptero non tripulado gañou o A' Design Award de Prata, un recoñecemento enormemente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de gama alta, fermosos e impresionantes. Os gañadores Prata son obras tremendamente brillantes e sumamente creativas que ilustran a pericia, o talento e a agudeza sobresaíntes dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Skybridge Helicóptero non tripulado sexa unha obra marabillosa, escaparate de oficio, notablemente profesional e profundamente innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Prata é unha invención moi notable e admirada que beneficia e fai avanzar os límites da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía. Skybridge Helicóptero non tripulado é unha creación moi envexada que esperta desexos, achega sentimentos positivos e prende asombro e marabilla.
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- Unique Properties
- Designed for cargo delivery to portless islands, this helicopter overcomes geographical barriers. Its biomechanically optimized airframe, multi-hook suspension, and intelligent undercarriage winches achieve a 260kg payload capacity—operating reliably at 6,000m altitude and 12m/s winds, redefining aerial logistics for extreme environments.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- with rotor: 3786X3600X1330mm
without rotor:2660X1054X950mm - Tags
- Civil Drone, Product Design, Remotely Piloted Aircraft, Unmanned Helicopter, Maritime Transport
- Production Technology
- The manufacturing process integrates the modular assembly concept of the naval industry, and adopts composite materials to realize one-piece molding of the fuselage covering parts. The internal structure uses carbon fiber materials to achieve a 32% breakthrough in lightweight, which significantly improves the carrying efficiency. The streamlined aerodynamic design is modeled after marine life, which ensures the structural strength and effectively reduces the operational energy consumption.
- Design Challenge
- Balancing the societal need for efficient island resupply with minimizing environmental impact and complying with UAV regulations proved challenging. Developing a safe, reliable unmanned system with the required payload and capture capabilities required extensive research and design iterations.
- Research
- This design analyzes the efficient movement mechanism of marine organisms through bionic methods, focusing on the hydrodynamic curves and their energy transfer modes when fish swim. Combined with computational fluid dynamics simulation and 3D scanning modeling technology, the bio-evolutionary advantages of marine organisms, such as drag-reducing characteristics, are transformed into UAV engineering parameters.
- Inspiration
- This unmanned helicopter is designed for cargo transport from ships to portless islands. Maritime operational demands inspired its biomimetic approach, translating marine organisms' hydrodynamic efficiency into aerospace engineering. The streamlined fuselage curvature and rotor system synergy originate from analyzing oceanic lifeforms' drag-resistant structures.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2024 in Beijing and finished in February 2025 in Beijing.
- Operation Flow
- Operators on a support vessel remotely control the helicopter, using onboard cameras and sensors for real-time visual feedback. The operators identify and control helicopter to capture the cargo, providing a secure and damage-free delivery method compared to direct airdrops.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Creator sxdesign, 2025. Optional Image #1: Creator sxdesign, 2025. Optional Image #2: Creator sxdesign, 2025. Optional Image #3: Creator sxdesign, 2025. Optional Image #4: Creator sxdesign, 2025.
