3.5psi !!!!!!!!!

We must be geeks to get all excited about 3.5 psi. However, we’ve been trying to reach this pressure in our airbeam for a few months now. The Ascender airbeam ribs have an operating pressure of 1.7 psi. For a safety margin we wanted the rib to take 2X that amount, 3.4 psi. As followers of this blog know we’ve had a challenging time with this.

Last night we had all the fixes in and the test airbeam ran all the way. In fact we couldn’t resist going a little over to 3.5 psi just to make sure. Anthony summed it up, “Does this mean we get to do something ELSE NOW?!?!?

Patching    Full Pressure
Patching            Full Pressure

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One Response to “3.5psi !!!!!!!!!”

  1. Balloon Whisperer says:
    March 3, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    Excellent and interesting configuration of end of strut. You know, 3.5 psi doesn’t sound like much, but if that’s all you need, then great. Well, I’m glad the strut took the pressure, even if Anthony needs a lower pressure job. Hey, Anthony, ever considered going up in this world?
    Oh, by the way, will the strut take and hold helium?