can a model Hot Air Balloon convert to an airship
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- Опубликовано: 14 апр 2023
- `IT CAN'T BE DONE` someone said to me, Challenge accepted, Turning a small HOT AIR BALLOON into a HOT AIR AIRSHIP !!!
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So I have this thing going on people say it can't be done (and while I don't envisage building a balloon to fly around the world) I do believe the story of balloon design is far from complete,
picture the scenario, you like hot air balloons and own one, but you want to steer it as well you need a part hot air balloon part airship, YOU NEED a CONVERT-A-BLIMP, you would be one of just a hand full of people I guess but this might just be the answer you have been looking for :-)
My imagination has run wild on this project for quite some time, and the balloon itself is not what it seams (pun intended) Where the fabric dips in (and red turns to white) the envelope of the balloon is held together only with VELCRO - again a challenge to the traditional thinking of how a balloon `can never be built that way'
I Love playing with these ideas, they take me a while to construct and assemble, and there is work still to be done on this aircraft, and then a project of two to follow fitting some form of propulsion system to truly test if it can be flown as an airship, - The greatest test of course will be to see if it can be steered perhaps round a figure of 8 track - so keep an eye out for all that coming in the future.
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Thanks for the drone footage goes to Louis Hartley
Thanks for the Test inflation #1 support Nathan
and Thanks to the Team on burners, tail fins and balancing at Llangollen model meet who helped as I scrambled around enjoying the view 
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UPDATE : IT FLYS - watch the first TEST FLIGHTS of the Airship HERE ruclips.net/video/Y-yYHqP5uks/видео.html
EXPERIMENTAL - Watch the development and the testing of the RC BALLOON here ruclips.net/video/PvohTxXOx7g/видео.html
Very cool.
Very creative! Did the velcro hold up well with the heat?
So far so good 👍 appears to be coping quite well, the parachute on a normal hot air balloon is held in place with velcro (for inflation) and it only tends to fail as the balloon gets old and the fluff gets pulled apart too much and the hooks can't hold. On the other extreme on my hopper the scoop down on the burner frame is held by velcro, and he heat from the burner has melted the hooks, had to do some repair work there 😆
@TheBigBalloonFestival thanks, I didn't know the parachute was initially held shut by velcro. When it is not being pulled down does it reseal each time?
@@makethingsfly yes only for the inflation while the balloon rotates from horizontal to vertical, we then 'pop the tabs' which are usually offset them horizontally or rotationally so they don't connect with each other again.
I thinkni reference it in this video ruclips.net/video/q22COysQ0Xo/видео.html but it's been a while since I watched it myself 😆
was it hard to build
So here is a link to the build video when it was a balloon ruclips.net/video/PvohTxXOx7g/видео.htmlsi=b_MSZzaVFj_NXuAK
I set out with this adaptation in mind and so built in to it some of the loops needed internally, I've still work to do to get the fins stable and and a motor of some kind to drive it forward, cutting the shape proved to be the hardest part, otherwise not too bad.