A portable launch rig (PLR) is disclosed which may include a support structure (300) including two side supports (310, 320) defining an interior space (302) for lifting and filling a balloon envelope of a balloon. Wheels (390, 392, 394, 396) on each of the side supports (310, 320) enable the PLR to be moved in various directions in order to prepare the PLR for launching the balloon. The side supports (310, 320) are connected by a lateral support beam (350) having a pair of cranes (382, 384) arranged thereon. Each crane (382, 384) has an arm arranged over the interior space that is connected to a spreader beam. The spreader beam includes a lift assembly configured to lift and inflate the balloon envelope within the interior space (302). The PLR includes a platform and perch for supporting and moving the balloon envelope. A door assembly of the PLR includes a plurality of hangar doors configured to block wind from a respective direction of each hangar door entering the interior space.


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    Title :

    Portable balloon launch rig


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2017-05-11


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64B LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT , Luftfahrzeuge leichter als Luft



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