Re: Getting started with balloon steering

From: Randall Black <reblacklaf_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 07:41:11 -0500

Welding supply stores would be my recommendation to purchase a tank. You
then trade it in whenever you get a refill. It's usually cheaper to just
rent.

Randy

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 7:26 AM, mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net
<mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net>wrote:

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> So I did a bit of steering at USIC this year using a balloon purchased
> from Ray Harlan. There are USIC, helium tanks had been brought in - rented
> I understood.
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> For other gases, i.e. CO2, you can purchase a tank and get it filled
> relatively easily. Is this also true for Helium? Can you purchase your own
> tank and keep getting it refilled?
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> Most links I am finding so far are for disposable tanks with balloon gas.
> Any suggestions on where to start looking for a refillable tank? I assume a
> regulator and balloon filler could be purchased too.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
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Received on Sun Jul 01 2012 - 05:41:13 CEST