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Burn all the way through stand up?
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How many of you burn all the way through stand up? How many "puff" through stand-up? Back in the day we always burned all the way up
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mike Hernandez Mar 26, 2011.
Preflight, do you test your burners?
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Justin got me thinking. Preflight, do you test your burners? I have always done it. I dont see many people do it these days. Its always been in my preflight checklist.Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Brian Ball Mar 20, 2011.
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Eric Wasson left a comment for JP Quinn"It was a good time. If you look at the scores you can see that I did horribly. But...Maury gave us 15 baggies and I managed to throw 11 of them. More baggies=more fun. He did a good job planning the tasks so that they were very fliable. Only one…"
JP Quinn replied to Skip Durham's discussion dropping skydivers"I have done many. start the balloon in a slight descent before releasing passengers. it doesnt do anything to the balloon as long as you stay within the limits. a 800 fpm is an 800 fpm ascent your balloon deoesent know you just dropped a skydiver.…"
"Haha, they actually did have someone on the crown line, but he was worse than useless :)"
Tony Goodnow replied to JP Quinn's discussion Burn all the way through stand up?"Awful? Wow.
Power windows on my vehicle aren't 'needed' but they come in handy from time to time. Same way with my children. And just about everything else.
From the safety factor, yeah, I…"
JP Quinn replied to JP Quinn's discussion Burn all the way through stand up?"that inflation wasnt even close to perfect if you ask Jeff. According to him that guy is an idiot"
"I always use puff infltion even when i have stood up the 350s and 240s, and on my 77 i also do puff in flation.
I like to put a short burn in then watch the air bubbles go to top off balloon then keep putting the small burns in watching…"
"I remember the old burners in the 80s and the single burn technique. I remember it because there's a certain smell to just smoldering nomex. But this was when they were still doing flap inflations too so it was a lot of burning for a long…"
Jeff Gilles replied to JP Quinn's discussion Burn all the way through stand up?"Don't forget to wear gloves!"
JP Quinn replied to JP Quinn's discussion Burn all the way through stand up?"oh that sounds like the best idea ive heard. really cool. i'll be sure to try that next time. thanks for taking the time to respond a really good response."
Jeff Gilles replied to JP Quinn's discussion Burn all the way through stand up?"oh you will need a pretty big knife...some of those hoses have steel in them...can you believe that crap!
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Jeff Gilles replied to JP Quinn's discussion Burn all the way through stand up?"Okay..I'll tell you guys how I do it...I take a knife and cut the main feed to the burner...NOT THE PILOT FEED...light the pilot light and point the severed main feed toward the mouth of the balloon...no NEED to be precise, the unsuspecting…"
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- At 9:37am on July 27, 2011, Eric Wasson said…
- It was a good time. If you look at the scores you can see that I did horribly. But...Maury gave us 15 baggies and I managed to throw 11 of them. More baggies=more fun. He did a good job planning the tasks so that they were very fliable. Only one target was unobtainable.
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