RE: Re: USIC / Nats Helium

From: <bgrass2_at_cox.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:01:32 +0000 (GMT)

As an interested observer what purpose do the balloons serve?

Fred




On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:10 AM, mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net wrote:

    That was Bob Warmann - He admitted to me later that it was a dumb
idea as the drag of two balloons up top was really bad.

I never said we wouldn't need a tank on-site in order to do top-offs.
But if I can get the bulk of the helium at $2 and we have 300cft
on-site, that is enough to top off a hell of a lot of balloons and would
be cheaper for all.

Regards.
Mike Kirda

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, William Gowen <wdgowen_at_...> wrote:
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> Mike This is not important to me since I can't steer anyway but the
> balloons at the last Urbana contest were not filled enough to suit
> some people. I think a few wound up hooking 2 balloons together to get
> enough lift.

 
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