Dec 09
Here is my first go at the design.
I have to say that this design is not original to me, I saw Keith Sproul’s balloon with the same design, different colours and really liked it. It is also a simple pattern for a home builder, yet very unique and striking.
As you can see there is 20 gores and 13 vertical panels, the bottom panel is Nomex and the top 2 or 3 (ABC) panels will be the longer lasting fabric. I realised when making this that the yellow peaks (made from normal fabric) will go into the stronger navy fabric, it’s not ideal but it should still be fine.
December 13th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
nice design gus. I liked keiths arrows as well. I think Jon radowski had it first though, had a great name for his balloon, indecision.
December 13th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Cheers!
The yellow arrow heads are going to be moved down a bit, to make them more visible from the ground, maybe 1-2 panels.
Scobie suggested “Points”… also VH-POI is available but I was hoping for something for a bit different.
I wanted VH-LOL but it seems to be taken
January 1st, 2008 at 3:19 am
Hi Angus, Keith’s “Indecision” was a derivation of my original design from 2002, “Pointless.” Lots of pictures of it can be seen at http://www.njhotair.com/images/