Richard Branson the British entrepreneur is sponsoring the design and construction of a specialised balloon for a round-the-world flight. He himself will travel with the designer Per Lindstrand and one other crew member. The requirements for and the actual design of the balloon and its capsule are outlined, together with the design principles first proposed by Rozier over 200 years ago. The balloon will travel in the jetstream, easterly winds in the upper atmosphere above 30000 feet. Since the intention is that the balloonists shall not land during the voyage, the capsule must carry all necessary food and life support facilities. The design draws on experience of previous successful transatlantic and transpacific flights; extensive use of computer-aided design and flight simulation on ICL computers allows many design and operational details to be tested in advance on the ground, though test flights are also planned.


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    Titel :

    The Virgin Global Challenger


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Der Virgin Global Challenger. Rechnerunterstützung für Design und Test eines Ballons


    Beteiligte:
    Forse, S. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Ingenuity ; 10 , 2 ; 287-299


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1995


    Format / Umfang :

    13 Seiten



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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