Angus and Justin looking at Steve and Justin, looking at the Tumut Chicken
"Such an nice flight. One of the tightest landings I've made as well :)"
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Angus Peart
- 23, Male
- Mildura, Australia
- Australia
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Angus Peart's Discussions
The Lake '08
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Started this discussion. Last reply by kaiden john smith Jul 14, 2008.
Wind readers
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Angus Peart Jun 17, 2007.
Laptops in competition
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Korda Doubleburnballooning.com Sep 29, 2008.
Balloon Building Blog
A source for adhesive ripstop
Some things have been a bit hard to find in this whole process, so here’s a heads up on something that might help someone else out. After a fair bit of searching, Scobie managed to find a source for adhesive ripstop (by the meter, not on 50mm tape rolls) to use for the rego letters, but [...]First inflation
Last Saturday (9th August) we cold/hot inflated our brand new homebuilt balloon, VH-XUP. Everything went well and now we just need to get the Certificate of Airworthiness so we can start flying it. Big thanks to not only the guys who helped us out on the morning to attach all the ropes/lines, but those who have been [...]Todo
A bit of a update, now that we are nearly done I can put whats left into a short (or long?) list. Things to do before test inflation: Finish off turning vents (nearly done) Sew mouth and vent finishing tapes on Sew on 30 vent attachment points (10 x 3 positions for adjustability) Sew on the turning vent pulley attachment [...]Update #22
At last check in the progress was 17 gores of completed panels. Only 3 more to go. Nomex arrived mid-week so that is one less thing to worry about. Only think left that is integral to the sewing is the load tapes. Arnold’s don’t seem to want to talk to me over the phone or over [...]More forms, less sanity.
Just finished faxing off another round of forms to CASA late this week. Turns out a “Reservation of Rego Mark - Form0028″ needs to be submitted before you can register the aircraft, who would have thought! Also needed is an ARN (Aviataion Reference Number) as well, so that application form needs to be filled out. To [...]Angus' Page
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Renmark Balloon Fiesta 2011, ABC Open Riverland.
"That was very nicely done. Do you know what camera's they were using and the rate?"
Deano Pegg commented on Angus Peart's videoRenmark Balloon Fiesta 2011, ABC Open Riverland.
"Good stuff! Looks like a lot of fun. Maybe next year. :)"
Profile Information
- City, Country:
- Mildura/Melbourne, Australia
- About Me:
- I have been ballooning since I can remember, and probably before that...
I have had my license for a while now, got it as soon as I turned 17, but not getting many hours because *someone* doesn't like sharing :D
Currently at RMIT Uni in Melbourne studying Electrical Engineering.
Interested in duct taping geeky tech things to balloons. Like flying solo... Flying high is boring, low is much more fun eh Justin?
Currently building my own balloon with my dad, see http://balloonbuildingblog.com
Like trying new things out with ballooning, especially for competition, as in gadgets and gizmos, also like a bit of photography on the side (see the crop rings above?).
Oh and he who has the most toys wins...
- Website:
- http://balloonbuildingblog.com
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Angus Peart's Blog
Wireless comms and remote tracking of balloons
(Wireless comms/moving map ground test setup)
For a few years now I have been trying to find ways to make ballooning more geeky and ultimately better for the pilots and crews. Creating a wireless link between crew cars and balloons (crew<->balloon, crew<->crew and balloon<->balloon) is one of the things I have been working on.
I am throwing what I am doing out there to show others whats possible and also in the hope of finding others… Continue
Posted on March 31, 2009 at 10:00pm — 15 Comments
Model Balloon for sale in Sydney, AU
I am just reposting this from here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10771971&postcount=897 as I thought there may be some interest in it.
Post reads:
This is the real deal! The 2,500 cubic foot balloon and aluminium gondola were professionally made by www.modelballoon.com and imported by me from USA. The replacement price of the balloon and gondola is in excess of $A2500!
This is pretty spectacular, and the balloon is about 6 metres high… Continue
Post reads:
This is the real deal! The 2,500 cubic foot balloon and aluminium gondola were professionally made by www.modelballoon.com and imported by me from USA. The replacement price of the balloon and gondola is in excess of $A2500!
This is pretty spectacular, and the balloon is about 6 metres high… Continue
Posted on October 20, 2008 at 1:40pm
First inflation of 69k aussie homebuilt, VH-XUP
Last Saturday (9th) we cold/hot inflated our brand new homebuilt balloon, VH-XUP.
Everything went well and now we just need to get the Certificate of Airworthiness so we can start flying it.
Big thanks to not only the guys who helped us out on the morning to attach all the ropes/lines, but those who have been helping out through the whole process, special big thanks to Adam.
Not much more to say really, I will let the photos do the… Continue
Posted on August 11, 2008 at 3:00pm — 20 Comments
More pictures of balloon building
I have added some more pictures to the balloon building blog, one shows the colours of the balloon really well, and the other one below give you a bit of an idea about how we go about cutting.
The battery went flat in the camera today, but tomorow I will post up a short video of sewing in action… Continue
Posted on April 26, 2008 at 2:30am
Balloon Building Blog
Check it out: http://balloonbuildingblog.com/
Simply put its a web log (blog) of my go at building a balloon, being a hardcore geek I couldn't resist making a blog about it.
There is not much there at the moment but once things start moving it should get updated fairly regularly with my progress.
Simply put its a web log (blog) of my go at building a balloon, being a hardcore geek I couldn't resist making a blog about it.
There is not much there at the moment but once things start moving it should get updated fairly regularly with my progress.
Posted on December 7, 2007 at 5:31pm
Comment Wall (108 comments)
- At 2:41pm on June 12, 2007,
Andrew Robertson said… - Have you officially got you license now?
- At 3:09pm on June 13, 2007,
Adam said… - are you offering free hosting.....
- At 4:38am on June 21, 2007,
Daniel Liberti said… - These burners actually belong to a friend who has a brand new cameron, but never really flies it. He has 2 other systems he flies instead. So, the burners actually still look this way
- At 9:26am on July 8, 2007,
Jacob Vaillancourt said…
- Tjhe balloon on your picture, is it your own
- At 8:25pm on July 16, 2007,
ronald kent said… - gday angus
the week was great - although the first couple of
days were tough when i had no idea of the rules
looking forward to the next one
i will let you know of some bav events - i think we will
do a little practice in benalla as club events
- At 9:35pm on July 24, 2007,
Justin Galbraith said…
- funny you should mention the FG.
converted in to the Buggy 3 days ago. It now has a tuned pipe on it.
Still I think the Baja is better as it is an easier vehicle to drive after trying a couple.
This weekend I am going boat and car racing so have been getting them ready that.
The balloon fan still does not have a shroud on it but works very well. Blows it up nice and is easy to start and run.
I will get you to reprogram my board seeing as I have a spare there is no reason to give it a crack.
- At 9:46pm on July 24, 2007,
- Got the messages, haven't really looked into them yet.
Yes, going to cave hill creek.
Don't need another 1/5th scale. I never used mine very much, but now I have found a boat and car club I'm using it more than ever. racing other people is fun.
Still turbines are even cooler
- At 9:27am on August 15, 2007,
matt Hurst said… - yep matthollie@yahoo.com
- At 8:27pm on September 7, 2007,
mark mitchell said… - hey have you thought any more about getting more ballooning material in yet if so drop us a line mitchell_d_mark@hotmail.com
- At 8:33pm on September 7, 2007,
Angus Peart said… - Hey Mark,
I will probably put the order through the end of this month, I will let you know ;)
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