Scotty et al... As an example of the difference between mylar and ordinary
balloons:
One of my favorite tricks with ordinary, small, mylar balloons is to make a
sort of blimp with one. That is: you can apply weights (pennies, paper
clips/etc.) until the balloon is literally suspended ghost-like several
feet off the ground. It DOES slowly alter its height, but VERY slowly.
'Ordinary' rubber balloons cannot be done. They will never reach such an
equilibrium, their helium leakage (THROUGH the rubber) is so high.
Deason's Greetings.
72/73
Ed Tanton N4XY EMAIL: n4xy@avana.net TEL: (770)579-3933 V/MBX/FAX
189 Pioneer Trail, Marietta, GA 30068-3466
QRP-ARCI#7663 G-QRP#6779 OK-QRP#172 QRP-L#758 AdvRC#140
NORCAL#1779 NCDXF SEDXC
Life Member: ARRL AMSAT IDRA INDEXA QCWA URL: Coming Soon
"Think you can, think you can't: either way you're right!" Henry Ford
--
FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/topband.html
Submissions: topband@contesting.com
Administrative requests: topband-REQUEST@contesting.com
Sponsored by Akorn Access, Inc & KM9P
|