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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video)
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message dakotatelephone... Don't you you just hate it when this happens?: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/04/29/2885724.htm Ouch! It looked to me like the balloon was too small for the payload. Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon |
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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video)
In sci.space.history Jeff Findley wrote:
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message dakotatelephone... Don't you you just hate it when this happens?: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/04/29/2885724.htm Crikey! Ouch! It looked to me like the balloon was too small for the payload. Those things expand considerably at altitude don't they? rick jones -- oxymoron n, Hummer H2 with California Save Our Coasts and Oceans plates these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video)
Jeff Findley wrote:
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message dakotatelephone... Don't you you just hate it when this happens?: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/04/29/2885724.htm Ouch! It looked to me like the balloon was too small for the payload. Too much wind. When released, the payload swung like a pendulum into the ground, faster than the balloon could raise it. -- Mvh./Regards, Niels Jørgen Kruse, Vanløse, Denmark |
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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video)
Don't you you just hate it when this happens?:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/04/29/2885724.htm Pat |
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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video)
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone... On 4/29/2010 12:15 PM, Jeff Findley wrote: "Pat wrote in message dakotatelephone... Don't you you just hate it when this happens?: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/04/29/2885724.htm Ouch! It looked to me like the balloon was too small for the payload. That's what it looked like to me also...it didn't look like there was much helium in the balloon at all when they released the payload. Did the payload detach from the launcher prematurely, or did the balloon have a leak? Pat From what I've heard (I'm live in Aus) on the news, the release let go too early when a gust of wind picked up and pushed the balloon. Pretty nasty though, doesn't look like much of that gear is salvagable... Cheers Dre |
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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video)
On 4/29/2010 12:15 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:
"Pat wrote in message dakotatelephone... Don't you you just hate it when this happens?: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/04/29/2885724.htm Ouch! It looked to me like the balloon was too small for the payload. That's what it looked like to me also...it didn't look like there was much helium in the balloon at all when they released the payload. Did the payload detach from the launcher prematurely, or did the balloon have a leak? Pat |
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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video)
""Niels Jørgen Kruse"" wrote in message ... Too much wind. Yep it looks like the crane was being pulled more to the side, than up. Go-fever I suppose. When released, the payload swung like a pendulum into the ground, faster than the balloon could raise it. -- Mvh./Regards, Niels Jørgen Kruse, Vanløse, Denmark |
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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video)
On 4/29/2010 12:19 PM, Rick Jones wrote:
Those things expand considerably at altitude don't they? Yeah, they get huge at full altitude: http://www.aerostar.com/aerospace/images They were responsible for a lot of UFO sightings back when they were a classified program, including the famous (and fatal) Mantell P-51 case. Having seen one going over Jamestown many years ago, I can tell you they are spectacular looking, particularly before sunrise or after sunset, when their altitude means they are illuminated by the Sun while it is under the horizon. Then they glow like a ball of fire that is brighter than Venus. They were originally developed to fly cameras over the USSR: http://www.designation-systems.net/d...4/ws-119l.html The end results of that program were vast numbers of photos of Siberian forests, and one of the camera pods parachuting itself into Poland. Pat |
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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video)
"Pat Flannery" skrev i meddelelsen
dakotatelephone... Don't you you just hate it when this happens?: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/04/29/2885724.htm Seems to have been gusty winds. First the balloon tore the payload strongly sideways, then the deflated cloth of the balloon fell gently nearly straight down. Oh well. **** happens. :-( Jon Lennart Beck. |
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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video)
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone... On 4/29/2010 3:59 PM, Dre wrote: From what I've heard (I'm live in Aus) on the news, the release let go too early when a gust of wind picked up and pushed the balloon. Pretty nasty though, doesn't look like much of that gear is salvagable... Yeah, the frame and scientific equipment would be built as lightly as possible, so that probably ruined most of it. Must have broken the hearts of everyone who worked on it. Here's some info on what it was apparently carrying: http://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/gamma/nct.html Another Australian balloon flight earlier this month worked fine: http://stratocat.com.ar/fichas-e/2010/ASP-20100416.htm Pat Did you manage to see the footage?? The equipement hit a sizable 4WD and *knocked it over* completely before launching off again and hitting the ground where it smashed into lots and lots of pieces Cheers Dre |
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