Chilean Air Force

Traditionally, the Angarstroy hangar frames are anchored using ballast. This method was not going to work for fixing hangar on ice during the Chilean AF mission in Antarctica and this required intense research and development to come up with a solution to ground fastening.

We provided customers with three options for fastening an inflatable hangar, allowing fix the hangar at any surface: sand, ice, concrete, asphalt. In addition, customers have a choice between fixing a hangar on the surface using anchors or ballast.

Just within 33 days a 20 meters wide and 30 meters long (600 m²) hangar was ready for shipment. Exceeding industry standards, the entire facility was rapidly shipped on LATAM Air passenger aircraft flights, saving Chilean Air Force thousands of dollars in freight charges. The delivered facility includes energy efficient modular 200 Lux LED lighting and 17×7 meters gates operated by electrical winch system.

As a result of this research, Angarstroy engineering team was able to develop a new universal anchoring method. This unique solution provides to customers greater flexibility between three anchoring options, allowing their hangar to be fixed to any surface from ice to concrete and beyond. On top of that, the customers now have the choice of securing the hangar to the surface either by anchors or ballast.

Delivery volume includes standard additional options:

• A power back-up system, which ensures hangar remains inflated up to 16 hours during power outages.
• Telematic system, allowing remote access to hangar data via cellular network.