ASME Balloon Airplanes

Tonight at the ASME student section meeting we had a balloon airplane mini design challenge. There were many creative designs fielded in the 30 minutes or so that we had to come up with planes. Here are a few photos of the fun.

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A double fuselage design with twin balloon propulsion modules.

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In the lineup preparing for launch.

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1022091852The first one made it at least five rows of chairs across the room!

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Finishing touches on the Wright Flier.  Orville is represented by the balloon.