To: Thud
Anyone quick enough with the math to determine the rate of acceleration upward if max load were suddenly released? I think it would be a real pop.
1,172 posted on
10/15/2009 2:45:00 PM PDT by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
To: steve86
That would be more a function of air resistance than anything else.
1,174 posted on
10/15/2009 2:46:09 PM PDT by
Haiku Guy
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To: steve86
"I think it would be a real pop."
The balloon would also probably go into a sideways attitude -- since aerodynamic drag would be minimized that way as it was zooming upward.
1,180 posted on
10/15/2009 2:48:27 PM PDT by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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