Air Pallet Contraint Construct

Utilizing the constraints set about the pallet jacking points, as a means for support structure and modulation within the constraints as using these a primary building medium.

Air Freight Container Sizes

Following attachments are images of the Air Freight Containers in service today.

A Move Away From Convention

When utilizing the shipping container platform, possibly a move away form the generic "look" of existing units would be preferential.

Effective distribution still needed.

Air Deployment

As a basis for rapid deployment of services to remote or isolated ares, air transport offers a viable solution to these issues.  The ability to transport large weights of cargo with short takeoff and landing distances is something that must be addressed.

A helicopter has the advantage of being able to move and deploy cargo to the most isolated of areas, yet conventional aircraft offer a higher cargo capacity at the cost of greater takeoff and landing spaces.

Attached are specifications of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft available for utilization in Australia at this current time.

Specifications (CH-47D) Chinook
Data from Boeing CH-47D/F, Army Chinook file

General characteristics
    Crew: 3 (pilot, copilot, flight engineer)
    Capacity:
        33–55 troops or
        24 litters and 3 attendants or
        28,000 lb (12,700 kg) cargo
    Length: 98 ft 10 in (30.1 m)
    Rotor diameter: 60 ft 0 in (18.3 m)
    Height: 18 ft 11 in (5.7 m)
    Disc area: 5,600 ft2 (2,800 ft2 per rotor disc) (260 m2)
    Empty weight: 23,400 lb (10,185 kg)
    Loaded weight: 26,680 lb (12,100 kg)
    Max takeoff weight: 50,000 lb (22,680 kg)
    Powerplant: 2 × Lycoming T55-GA-712 turboshaft, 3,750 hp (2,796 kW) each

Performance
    Maximum speed: 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h)
    Cruise speed: 130 kt (137 mph, 220 km/h)
    Range: 400 nmi (450 mi, 741 km)
    Ferry range: 1,216 nmi (1,400 mi, 2,252 km[89])
    Service ceiling: 18,500 ft (5,640 m)
    Rate of climb: 1,522 ft/min (10.1 m/s)
    Disc loading: 9.5 lb/ft2 (47 kg/m2)
    Power/mass: 0.28 hp/lb (460 W/kg)

Avionics
    Rockwell CAAS (MH-47G/CH-47F)


Specifications (S-64E) Elvis
Data from The International Directory of Civil Aircraft

General characteristics
    Crew: 2 (pilot, co-pilot), plus room for one rear-facing observer
    Capacity: up to 5 total persons
    Payload: 20,000 lb (9,072 kg)
    Length: 70 ft 3 in (21.41 m (fuselage))
    Rotor diameter: 72 ft 0 in (21.95 m)
    Height: 18 ft 7 in (5.67 m)
    Disc area: 4070 ft² (378.1 m²)
    Empty weight: 19,234 lb (8,724 kg)
    Max takeoff weight: 42,000 lb (19,050 kg)
    Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney JFTD12-4A (T73-P-1) turboshaft engines, 4,500 shp (3,555 kW)
each

Performance
    Maximum speed: 109 knots (126 mph, 203 km/h)
    Cruise speed: 91 knots (105 mph, 169 km/h)
    Range: 200 nmi (230 mi, 370 km) max fuel and reserves
    Service ceiling: 9,000 ft (2,743 m)
    Rate of climb: 1,330 ft/min (6.75 m/s)



Specifications (C-130H) Hercules
Data from USAF C-130 Hercules fact sheet, International Directory of Military Aircraft, Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft

General characteristics
    Crew: 5 (two pilots, navigator, flight engineer and loadmaster)
    Capacity:
        92 passengers or
        64 airborne troops or
        74 litter patients with 2 medical personnel or
        6 pallets or
        2–3 Humvees or
        2 M113 armored personnel carriers
    Payload: 45,000 lb (20,000 kg)
    Length: 97 ft 9 in (29.8 m)
    Wingspan: 132 ft 7 in (40.4 m)
    Height: 38 ft 3 in (11.6 m)
    Wing area: 1,745 ft² (162.1 m²)
    Empty weight: 75,800 lb (34,400 kg)
    Useful load: 72,000 lb (33,000 kg)
    Max takeoff weight: 155,000 lb (70,300 kg)
    Powerplant: 4 × Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, 4,590 shp (3,430 kW) each

Performance
    Maximum speed: 320 knots (366 mph, 592 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,060 m)
    Cruise speed: 292 kn (336 mph, 540 km/h)
    Range: 2,050 nmi (2,360 mi, 3,800 km)
    Service ceiling: 33,000 ft (10,060 m) empty;[52] 23,000 ft (7,077 m) with 42,000 pounds (19,090 kilograms) payload ()
    Rate of climb: 1,830 ft/min (9.3 m/s)
    Takeoff distance: 3,586 ft (1,093 m) at 155,000 lb (70,300 kg) max gross weight;[51] 1,400 ft (427 m) at 80,000 lb (36,300 kg) gross weight[53]

Avionics
Westinghouse Electronic Systems (now Northrop Grumman) AN/APN-241 weather and navigational radar


Specifications (C-17) Globemaster
Data from USAF fact sheet, Boeing, and AerospaceWeb

General characteristics
    Crew: 3: 2 pilots, 1 loadmaster
    Capacity: ** 134 troops with palletized seats or
        102 troops with standard centerline seats or
        36 litter and 54 ambulatory patients or
        Cargo, such as an M1 Abrams tank,[N 1][159] three Strykers, or 6 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles
    Payload: 170,900 lb (77,519 kg) of cargo distributed at max over 18 463L master pallets or a mix of palletized cargo and vehicles
    Length: 174 ft (53 m)
    Wingspan: 169.8 ft (51.75 m)
    Height: 55.1 ft (16.8 m)
    Wing area: 3,800 ft² (353 m²)
    Empty weight: 282,500 lb (128,100 kg)
    Max takeoff weight: 585,000 lb (265,350 kg)
    Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofans, 40,440 lbf (180 kN) each
    Fuel capacity: 35,546 US gal (134,556 L)

Performance
    Cruise speed: Mach 0.76 (450 knots, 515 mph, 830 km/h)
    Range: 2,420 nmi[155] (2,785 mi, 4,482 km)
    Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,716 m)
    Max wing loading: 150 lb/ft² (750 kg/m²)
    Minimum thrust/weight: 0.277
    Takeoff run at MTOW: 7,600 ft (2,316 m)[155]
    Landing distance: 3,500 ft (1,060 m)

Initial Orientation

Toying with notions of orientation using shipping container base structures.
Drawing back ties to the existing parliment in canberra.

Air Transportation

Initial Orientation 3

The following renders are detailed from the above diagram, suggesting a basic entry structure and form.

Initial Orientation 2

Utility Layer

Attached is a concept for a services/utility "layer" for shipping container ideas.

Tactile Board Development

Experimenting with various ideas for the final presentation boards, i thought that i would play with differing levels within the board itself for the final presentation.

Initial Presentation Board Development

The following are documentation of the development of ideas for my final presentation boards.  Finding an effective method to help shape the proposal of ideas for the final crit.

Assignment 1_Statement

Mobile Strategy Statement 
Mobile| Distributed | Flexible | Virtual
Author | Joshua Dallas (2011)

In the current political climate there seems to be a disposition between the average Australian household or individual, and their equal involvement in the “democratic” process.

The aim of this project is to draw the focus back onto the local community to embrace the engrained culture that makes the idea of the "Iconic Australian" so appealing.  This gives the government more of a local front, and identity, to which the greater community can relate with, and embrace.  As they see political, social and humanitarian action at work.

In order to have an effective mobile strategy, there must be effective and concise distribution channels set in place, to which the device is to evolve within.  These constraints must be guided, yet able to adapt to the ever shaping environment.  As Australia is a wide and vast land, with great variations in landscape and climate.  The ability to transport goods and services is one which has often caused concern for various parties.  Thus the implications of transporting a political vehicle or entity to any location in Australia is one that is not only of large scale geographically, but also physically.

The effective utilization of existing infrastructure networks shall be key in creating an effective means of distribution.  Whether that be sea, air, land, or even some other means, all these issues that will need addressing in order to cover the issue of mobility concisely.  The Combination of these ideas, coupled with that of a shift into the future will have the architectural vehicle at the forefront of technology in terms of utilization, optimisation, planning and strategy.  This architecture can be flexible, and mobile, while still effectively engaging with its surrounding environment and peoples.

Moving away from the traditional notion of Australian politics being based solely out of Canberra or state capitals for major decision making.  Bringing the focus back into that of the community, giving the local identity and spirit the control of many of the aspects of its governance is a factor which is key in the operation and integration of this nomadic and mobile concept. 

In summary our goal could be put as such.

"To Create a nomadic parliamentary services model, working in conjunction with existing local government and nationwide infrastructure, to create a seamlessly integrated and effective means to bring the government and political process closer to home."

Assignment 1_Boards

Attached are the boards for our assignment 1 presentation.

  

Board 1

Board 2

 Board 3

Board 4

Collaborated: 

Clint Keizer - N5448786

Kieren Robinson - N7125224
Joshua Dallas - N5724252

Compiled:

Joshua Dallas - N5724252