There was a description of someone who built his own burner mainly based on a Balloon Works T-3 burner in the issue 10 of the Balloon Builders' Journal (BBJ). For more information about getting i...
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And I can STILL remember watching Doug Mills, at Duluth MN in 1976, warn his propane tanks by taking his burner, and blasting the tank with the fire from his burner. he other 10 balloonists on the la...
...sphere is 2428 sq. ft., so your balloon would collect up to 1.072E6 BTU/hr, a factor of 10 less than your burner puts out. How much of the time is your burner on? If a double envelope were used, how m...
FAR part 31 was changed over three years ago to simplify burner certification. It no longer takes 50,000 gals of propane to make it certified. Here is amendment seven to FAR part 31:
(1) The test ...
...l statistic It suggests burning 3 or 4 tablespoons of 'methylated spirits' in a large tin can burner. Can anyone translate methylated spirits into American, or suggest some other heat sour...
In rec.aviation.balloon,
Most horses shy from the sound of the burner & pilot light.
Some will panic and run.
That being said - the guy that taught me to fly taught me that the ONLY re...
So, if I take a child's toy helium balloon and a bunsen burner with me on a 747, then I can claim I flew with a hot air balloon? My point is that the supposed last great airborne adventure isn...
...pot for us. Sometimes, however, a neighbor, trying to be helpful, sees the large flame emanating from the burner and calls the fire department to report a balloon 'emergency' or a balloon ...
...ce that balloons with scoops tend to turn more than those with skirts. Releasing the scoop snaps from the burner frame reduces that tendency.
One friend has 2 Thunder & Colt balloons - one wit...
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by terryswift
... the UK.
If you really want to fly the whole time with nitrogen spiked tanks then think about using a burner with liquid pilot lights....
...e air next to the balloon's external surface /does/ heat up, as you would expect. The reason for the burner in flight is essentially to replace the heat lost through the fabric.
The balloon e...
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