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Our trip around the World, World Kite Picture, with the theme aerial photography requires some specific equipments. A large box in the vehicle is reserved for rigs, cameras and radio controls. The lines of the kites will be stored in an other box with the shoes and we have a box outside for our kites. |
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Our Solar Balloon for KAP |
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On 4 March, we just got our solar balloon. It will travel at my feet in its bag.
The parcel sent to us by our partner and friend, Christophe Parturlon includes: (pictured below)
a solar balloon, 60 m3 enveloppe and pauload about 2.5 kg - a fan to inflate the balloon - a rig to receive the camera or video camera. All in a transport bag. This balloon is suitable for our trip, it is a mobile product. |
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Christophe, enthusiast about ballooning and picture, created the LLC Solis Nebula. He designs and manufactures solar balloons, intended for remote sensing or aerial photography.
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Under these balloons can be installed the camera equipment, video, a thermal camera, sensors for pollution at high altitudes, making various measures ....
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Christophe built his first solar balloon from existing plans found on Internet. But it was not very happy: flight with very small weather windows and as the ball was small, there was very little payload. After searching solutions to make them fly even with little wind, he drew another balloon, and profile of relatively efficient use of materials for their resistance with a value for money interesting of HDPE (high density polyethylene) of 30 microns and 3 m wide.
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Today, he can fly in conditions a bit "extreme" compared to more conventional solar balloons and use up to 5 to 6 km / h winds. These balloons also have a greater volume of about 100 m3, so a larger payload, almost 4 kg of lift. For information, the french regulatory of the DGAC, the balloons can fly in France up to 150m altitude.
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Our first solar balloon
During the winter of 2006, Binas, we participated in a workshop production of solar balloons with some of our friends. We made 8 during the weekend. With a volume of 119m3, our first solar balloon could lift a load of 7 Kg
From its shape it could not stand any wind stress. We were able to fly during the weekend "Envol à Meudon" we have organized and attended by a large number of solar balloons.
It ended his life in 2009 at St. Die, where he flew for the last time at the show Adventure Days for a weekend of solidarity, all donations collected for the occasion is entirely donated to the Nature Area (for disabled)
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