[balloon-makers] Re: Suggestion (Boland) balloon kits Re: [Balloonmail] Growth of ballooning

[Robert Kerr]

You are correct, Smoke balloons were around at least as early as circa 
1900, where the Allen Brothers quietly reverse engineered the balloon used 
by Monsieur Gillette in the New York area, and I'm sure there were some 
prior to that, we know that hey were,'t around before 1783.


I'm not posing that Paul use the 30% reduction idea he originally posed, 
never have, I was just pointing out that if what he was wanting to do was 
reduce the size (volume?) of his balloon by 30%, then shrinking the 
individual panels by 30% wouldn't work, even if the other issues like 
unnecessary cutting weren't involved.


Robert Kerr

At 01:23 PM 10/5/2006, Don Piccard wrote:

The smoke balloons I have been familiar with are much later than 1857, but I
think you were speaking casually.

But in any case, the orthodox carnival smoke balloon had to be made of very
heavy fabric and heavy double lock seams to withstand the horrific stresses
and abuse inherent in that operation including the static and dynamic loads
from the flight procedure and loading system.

My postulation is: Don't use that technology.

Thirty per cent squared would be nine per cent.

"a 30% reduction" in what, Bob?

Don


Robert Kerr

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