Lightning induction system and method therefor
A lightning induction system includes a plurality of flight vehicles 3 that fly between a lightning originating point 1 in the sky where lightning is generated and a ground surface 2 . The flight vehicles 3 each include: a flight unit 10 that generates lift force and propulsion force; a conductor cable 20 that is engaged with the flight unit 10 , extends downward, and has a predetermined length; and a weight unit 30 connected to the lower end of the conductor cable 20 . The flight unit 10 is disposed in a Faraday cage 11 . The Faraday cage 11 has a sphere shape, and the flight unit 10 is fixed by a support pillar 12 extending downward from the inner side of the top of the sphere.
1. A lightning induction system comprising a plurality of flight vehicles that fly between a lightning originating point in the sky where lightning is generated and a ground surface,
wherein the flight vehicles each include:
a flight unit that generates lift force and propulsion force;
a conductor cable that is engaged with the flight unit, extends downward, and has a predetermined length; and
a weight unit connected to a lower end of the conductor cable, wherein a conductor cable of an upper flight vehicle is configured to induce an energy of the lightning that has struck a flight unit of the upper flight vehicle to a lower flight vehicle through the weight unit.
2. The lightning induction system according to claim 1 , wherein
the weight unit engaged with a first flight unit of flight units includes an altitude detection unit that measures an altitude and transmits the measured altitude to a second flight unit, and
wherein the second flight unit includes a flight control unit that receives the measured altitude and controls the lift force so as to maintain a predetermined altitude difference from the weight unit of the first flight unit,
wherein the first flight unit and the second flight unit form a relay of lightning induction path to the ground.
3. The lightning induction system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first conductor cable that is engaged with a first flight unit of flight units, extending in a horizontal direction; and
a second conductor cable that is engaged with a second flight unit of the flight units, extending in a horizontal direction,
wherein the first conductor cable and the second conductor cable are oriented in a substantially horizontal direction between the first flight unit and the second flight unit, wherein the first flight unit and the second flight unit form a horizontal relay of lightning induction path.
4. The lightning induction system according to claim 1 , wherein the flight unit is disposed in a Faraday cage.
5. The lightning induction system according to claim 4 , wherein
the Faraday cage has a sphere shape, and
the flight unit is fixed by a support pillar extending downward from an inner side of a top of the Faraday cage.
6. A lightning induction method for inducing energy of lightning striking a ground surface from a lightning originating point in the sky where lightning is generated, to the ground surface via a plurality of flight vehicles,
wherein the flight vehicles each include:
a flight unit that generates lift force and propulsion force;
a conductor cable that is engaged with the flight unit, extends downward, and has a predetermined length; and
a weight unit connected to a lower end of the conductor cable, wherein a conductor cable of an upper flight vehicle is configured to induce an energy of the lightning that has struck a flight unit of the upper flight vehicle to a lower flight vehicle through the weight unit.