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XLTA Amherst 2005
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I'm just starting to assemble this library. Below is one particularly useful and hard to find resource. Scientific/Technical Background InformationThe Scientific Ballooning Handbook is a very useful work published by NOAA/NCAR. While focused primarily on high altitude helium designs, this treasure trove contains some excellent, highly detailed technical analysis of the design of balloon envelopes. The average home-builder doesn't need to refer to this work. However, folks who really like to delve into the details of design and engineering will find lots of good stuff here. This books is a product of the US Government and as such is in the public domain.Each of these two PDF files is over a megabyte in size. So if you don't have a high-speed connection, click with care. |
