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08-24-2012, 10:31 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenley
Are rules different for balloons, does 10 gallons of propane qualify an an ultralight, for airplane ultralights there is a max 5 gallons gas?
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FAA Advisory Circular 103-7 says the following: http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAdvisoryCircular.nsf/list/AC%20103-7/$FILE/Signature.pdf
(2) Free Balloons... The weight of the fuel, in the case of a hot-air balloon, ...is not included in the weight specified in § 103.1(d).
d. Free Balloons are Considered "Unpowered." A balloon, for Part 103 eligibility, is considered an unpowered ultralight...
So basically, there is no limit to the amount of fuel that you carry, as long as your empty weight stays below 155 Lbs.
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08-24-2012, 10:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David Paule
How do you get back to the airport?
Dave
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08-24-2012, 10:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David Paule
How do you get back to the airport?
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Balloons always use a chase vehicle and chase crew to pick you up when you land. Sometimes if that is not an option I try to land near another balloon (if at a festival) and bum a ride back with them. But that is pretty unusual.
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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men? for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. -T.E. Lawrence
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08-24-2012, 10:50 AM
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Noah,
I would love to see you fly at the annual Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic held each Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, AL. The number of balloons is usually limited to about 60 due to the physical size of the open field at the city park where it's held.
We have several unusual balloons each year, but yours would certainly be unique in its own way.
I know it's a long trip from RI, but if you attend, let me know and we'll make provisions for you. 
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?Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights;
it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." Miriam Beard
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08-24-2012, 02:50 PM
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Another approach, which I used for a few years, is to get a paraglider. Not the motorized craft but the true glider. Mine weighed about 40 pounds in its pack, and was the size of a large backpack.
It fit easily into the back of my non-RV airplane. It ought to fit an RV, too.
Fly somewhere, hike up to the launch point, make your flight and pack it up.
Not as cool as a balloon but it was fun.
Dave
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08-24-2012, 03:50 PM
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Location: Pensacola, FL
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Quick heat
How quickly, once inflated, does it begin to produce lift?
I am thinking you could design this as a bailout system! Jettison the canopy, the airstream inflates it and you let the aircraft fall away from you while you hit the burner...no?  
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08-24-2012, 04:15 PM
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try this in your RV? hmmmm.
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08-24-2012, 04:18 PM
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TURBO YES =VAF= Payed Jan2019
Ed D'Arcy
RV6-A 5,200+ hrs, R-44 1,600 hrs, Helicycle 320 hrs, gyro sold,35,000 miles flown in 2015 
Stuart, Fl / S WINDSOR,Ct / Virgin Gorda, BVI - under major repair from hurricane damage
VAF #840 EAA AOPA FAC FABA QB SPA
addicted pickle ball player
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08-25-2012, 02:21 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lake City, FL
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Noah, I hope you can make the XLTA festival here in Bethlehem, CT. I live on the airport (CT01) and have a 7A. I also have a balloon but it won't fit in the 7, it's a Lindstrand 77.
Dan Decker
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08-26-2012, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Greeley, Colorado
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Propane bomb
You fly that tank empty both ways right?
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