Why Helikites

Helikites are neither just a kite or just a balloon, they are a unique combination of both.

Helikites are neither just a kite or just a balloon, they are a unique combination of both. As such, they employ the advantages of both without incurring much of their disadvantages. This creates the most effective and economical method of persistently lifting payload into the sky ever devised. Low cost, high lift.
Helikites patented aerostat design is the World’s first aerodynamic, lighter-than-air aircraft. It has combined a high altitude tethered balloon with a kite that is pushed up by both helium and wind giving stable and permanent flight. Flying high over land or sea, Helikites thrive in the high winds that force lesser aerostats and drones to the ground. Robustly designed using military grade materials. Uses substantially less helium with more weight lifted than other aerostats, blimps and tethered helium kites. Proven worldwide in all weather and environmental conditions. Helium costs for filling Helikites are a fraction of other aerostats, blimps and helium kites. Helikites are strong but also very light, so helium lift is much greater than other aerostat designs.

Benefits

All Weather

Safe

quick

simple

inexpensive

Steady flight

fly almost anywhere

excellent perspective

no legal problems

no need for permissions

longer flight time

flies itself

doesn't crash

cost effective

Features

Power

Harnessing both the pure, reliable lift of helium and the raw power of wind, the Helikite has unrivalled payload performance.
Twice the load bearing ability of similar sized blimps.

Stability

Even the smallest Helikites fly superbly in high winds.
Stability is ensured by the aerodynamic design, the stiff carbon-fiber spar and the relatively high gas pressure.

Altitude

How high do you wish to go? Helikites love to fly at high altitude. They get pushed up by both gravity and wind.
Tether weight and drag is very low. All Helikites will fly to thousands of feet. Few Helikites are ever pushed to their altitude limit.

endurance

From the very start Helikites were designed to fly unattended for extreme lengths of time in all weather.
Helikites are essentially aerial in habit and with their excellent helium holding ability they have great endurance.

Uses

Skyshot Helikites for Photography and Film Production

Skyshot Helikites fly themselves & take superb aerial photographs, automatically. Fly the world’s best digital cameras anywhere, anytime, anyplace. Very low cost to buy and fly. Pictures and video from 150ft. up to thousands of feet high are attainable with a stable, safe, tethered Helikite.

Who could use Skyshot Helikites?

SECURITY,SURVEILLANCE,PHOTOGRAPHY,CINEMATOGRAPHY, LIVE-STREAM EVENTS,REALTORS,INSURANCE SURVEYS,VANITY
PHOTOS SPORTING EVENTS,AQUATIC EVENTS,EQUESTRIANS, MOTOCROSS,SURFERS AND MORE…

Skyhook Helikites for Marketing, Surveying, Surveillance and Science

These are the workhorses of the Helikite aerostat range. Designed to lift considerable payloads to higher altitudes than is possible with
any other similar sized aerostats. A cost effective way of displaying a banner or logo for hours , days or weeks over a large area. This can also be coupled with adding Wi-Fi coverage. Compact Helikites steadily lift aerial cameras for photographers and much equipment for scientists.

Who could use Skyhook Helikites?

SURVEYORS,CONSTRUCTION,MINING,DEFENSE,COMMUNICATIONS,SECURITY,SURVEILLANCE,PHOTOGRAPHY,CINEMATOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, ADVERTISING,SCIENTISTS,ARCHEAOLOGY,BIRD-SCARING AND MORE…

Marker Helikites for Remote Location Survival and Sea-Rescue

Helikites can move up through the branches of jungles and woods and fly in the strong winds above the canopy to mark the position of people to aid exact location from aircraft. Special Forces troops can take a Jungle Marker Helikite from their back pocket, inflate it with 0.4m3 of helium in seconds and then fly it hundreds of feet above the jungle canopy for emergency position location.

Who could use Marker Helikites?

POLICE, FIRE & AMBULANCE SERVICES,DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE & NATIONAL GUARD,MOUNTAIN RESCUE,FOREST SERVICES,
DISASTER RELIEF,EVENT ORGANIZERS,HIKERS,CAMPERS,OUTDOOR GROUPS,SCIENTISTS,STATE PARKS, BOATERS AND MORE…

Hotspot Helikites for Remote Wi-Fi Connectivity

Have you ever been frustrated by lack of mobile phone signal in the countryside? This can now be solved by the new airborne Helikite Hotspot. You will need a small, inexpensive, 4G Mi-Fi device. This receives 4G from distant masts and re-broadcasts it as a strong Wi-Fi signal that can be received by any smartphone/tablet or laptop.
The Helikite lifts the Mi-Fi device hundreds of feet into the air where it can intercept numerous clear and powerful 4G signals that are not available to phones near the ground due to terrain shading, buildings or vegetation. You get very fast, affordable internet Wi-Fi direct to your devices despite your remote location. Helikite Hotspots may double the effective range of cell phone masts. The Helikite Hotspot is a simple and effective way of getting excellent 4G where there was none before. Helikite Hotspots offer Emergency Internet Connection when you need it most.

Who could use Hotspot Helikites?

Helibases & Winches for Ease of Access and Retrieval of all Helikite Products

The Helibase makes Helikite deployment fast, easy, stress-free and safe. Keeps Helikite off the ground and away from sharp objects. Self-cleaning. Wind and rain constantly washes it clean. Set-up in a couple of minutes. Stays inflated for months unattended. Tough. Withstands extremes of heat, humidity and cold. Lightweight. Easily carried by one or two people. Packs into a compact bag for storage. Muted colors suitable for military or civilian use. Versatile. Allows Helikites to be safely operated from land, roofs, trailers, boats or trucks. Electric or Gas winches to enable fast Helikite retrieval.

Accessories for Retrieval, Deflation, Securing, Storing and Maintaining Helikites

Allsopp Helikites provide a large range of support products from hand-winches to trailers.
Everything needed to fly, maintain and store Helikites.