[balloon-makers] Update

[Don Piccard]

Van Orman had nice air bags on his Gordon Bennett basket which evolved into
the modern day life raft and even the Zodiac speed boats.

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Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 9:53 AM
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Subject: RE: [balloon-makers] Update

Mark,

Talk to Alan Blount,  he designed something very close to what you are 
describing back in the mid-80's, after being involved in a mid-air incident 
that lead to him riding a streamer into the ground.  It also was part of 
what led to Barnes developing the blount window in parachutes, and a very 
unique bit of artwork on his subsequent parachutes.

Robert Kerr

At 09:59 AM 10/1/2006, K. Mark Caviezel wrote:
>http://www.rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid/product/product.jhtml?prodId=HPProd100
7
> > 03#
> >>>>>>>>>>this one gets my vote, with the black one
>and a suitable envelope your balloon could become the
>military's "Stealth Balloon", although heat seeking
>missles would find it in a snap and the burner flame
>is a pretty big telegrapher of your position.    Just
>smal details that a multi-billion military aircraft
>development contract could solve for sure.
>
>
>On a more serious note, every hard landing I make
>makes me want to look into inflatable landing bags
>and/or styrofoam panels to make slam-bam landings more
>comfortable.
>
>I think a trash can solo basket would be a great test
>bed for adapting something like a paraglider pilot's
>"air protector (#7 in the drawing)
>http://www.bigairparagliding.com/supair.htm
>to the needs of hot air ballooning.  I think that the
>air protector is completely passive- it inflates just
>by hanging on the bottom, and vents while slowing down
>a ground impact.  For ballooning, maybe some type of
>modification to this concept, with a way to retract it
>for cream puff standup landings.
>
>- Mark Caviezel
><beautiful, stand up cream puff landing after flight
>to 13,900 MSL last night>
>
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