HOT-AIR BALLOON SHELL (OPTIONS) Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC B64B1/40 B64B1/58 

FIELD: aeronautics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to aeronautics. In the first embodiment, the shell of a hot-air balloon contains transversely connected sections with a detachable zipper, one of which has an elastic ring-shaped pocket attached to the wall of the shell. Pocket is made with the possibility of placing sealed gas cylinders lighter than air in it. From the bottom of the shell there is a round opening for the air heated by a burner. In the second embodiment, the shell of the hot-air balloon contains transversely connected detachable zipper sections. Between two adjacent sections there is a pocket, attached to the walls of the sections, of an elastic annular shape, which is designed with possibility to accommodate hermetic gas cylinders lighter than air.

EFFECT: invention aims to simplify the manufacture, assembly, disassembly of the shell, as well as the repair and replacement of sections.

2 cl, 4 dwg