Re: Venus Air****ps / by Brad Guth

BradGuth <bradguth@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I'm certainly not looking for absolute perfection, but would you like
> to help R&D this rigid air****p anyway?

I think I can offer some guidance.
(Followups set to the only newsgroup I believe this thread now belongs.)
There are two resources you should begin with:

This paper:
"HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS FOR VENUS BALLOON ENVELOPES"

Which you can find online here:
http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/30122/1/95-0417.pdf

And this book, which is the most "modern" text available on the subject
of air****p design: 

"Air****p Technology" Edited by Khoury and Gillett

Available here:
http://www.amazon.com/Air****p-Technology-Cambridge-Aerospace-Khoury/dp/0521607531/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212129796&sr=8-1


Other books and web sites worth adding to a research library on air****ps
include: 

"Air****p Design" by Burgess

Old but still useful and available here:
http://www.amazon.com/Air****p-Design-Charles-P-Burgess/dp/1410211738/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1


"Air****p Aerodynamics" By the U.S. War Department 

Originally intended for training of Navy air****p personnel but a short
yet effective guide to basic concepts. Available here: 
http://www.amazon.com/Air****p-Aerodynamics-Technical-War-Department/dp/1410206149/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b


The website of the Experimental Lighter than Air organization:

http://www.xlta.org/

There are a couple of PDF docs worth downloading in the LIBRARY page and
further links to other sites in the LINKS page (naturally). 

Hope some of this helps.