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Welcome to AMBalloons - Radio Control Hot Air Balloons in the UK
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 AMBALLOONS
A MEMBER OF British Balloon and Airship Club
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I've been
building and flying model balloons for over 20 years, and have never
know such an exciting time to be involved in the hobby.
There are now more people, more events, bigger balloons, longer flights and better technologies, than at any other time in the sports history. Welcome to my web site, have a good look around and I hope you will find valuable information, whether you are looking to build a balloon, fly at an event or just want to know more about model ballooning and the people who fly them. Happy Landings Andy M
Specialist in
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Model hot air balloon envelope design
Model balloon construction,
Home assembly
fabric balloon kits,
Educational kits
for schools,
Personally
designed model balloon equipment
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CONTACT US AT AMBALLOONS@hotmail.co.uk
`The Flying Show' New photo's from this event have now been added to the EVENTS section. thanks to everyone who was able to attend at such short notice. ........................................................ AM7-30 prototype delivered The first AM7-30 envelope was delivered, after its test inflation at this years `The Flying Show' at the NEC Birmingham.
The balloon will be delivered to Santa in time for Christmas so it can arrive with Adam Bull and his family on Christmas morning. Adam plans to assemble the balloon to his newly built basket and burner in early 2012 and get the year off to a flying start. for more details on the AM7-30 follow the link to Current Production. .................................................................... A Major project draws to a close I'd like to welcome Steve Cook to the growing number of balloonists in the UK who are taking up model ballooning. Steve has now taken delivery of and AM7-50 and brand new basket and burner system all from AMBalloons.
Steve has waited very patently while the team here developed the project from a basic concept to a fully furnished basket and burner system.
........................................................................................................ End of Summer Fun As the British summer had it's final mid autumn fling, the village of Welshpool hosted the now traditional `One Man Meet'. Fellow model balloonist Janet Folks and I shared a Lindstrand 31A demo for the weekend. As darkness fell on the Saturday evening the opportunity arose to float `Ice' my own AM7-70 ZZ around the camp site.
............................................................................ 2 Model kits prepare for first flight The two balloons, which were shipped out to their respective owners as kits, at the end of last summer have now reached the point where they are ready to be inflated for the first time. Congratulations go to Robert Eardley and Kevin James who have built an AM7-40 and AM7-50 respectively.
AM7-40 AM7-50 Both pilots have sent us images of their projects at this critical stage and joint the AMPILOTS network. ............................................................................ Mini balloon gets a Mini Pilot Neil Tasker has been busy over the spring and has designed and constructed his new basket, fuel system and even an interactive pilot to fly his AM7-40 model balloon. So please welcome to the AMPILOTS network a mini Richard Branson, complete with automated burner action.
for more information on the AMPILOTS and their flying activities simply follow the link. .................... Special build project takes flight Teaming up over the spring of 2011 with AMBalloons, Peter Gregory and his family, headed off this weekend to `Evesham balloon festival' with their newly completed 24 gore 45m3 model balloon.
The family have assembled the envelope themselves as well as weaving the basket (Ben and Max Balloons) before combining this with a Bölling fuel system and burner, mounted in an AMBalloons built burner frame. ............................................................... I'm very proud to announce the first flight of `The University of Nottingham' model hot air balloon. This is the first Model I have made with some serious artwork, and I would like to thank Lyn and Julie for their skills producing the balloon and to Janet Folks for choosing us as the supplier of the envelope. We look forward to seeing the balloon alongside the university's Lindstrand 77A during the coming season.
AM7-50 `The University of Nottingham' taking is maiden flight over Chateau D'oex Switzerland .......................................................................... NEW STOCK BALLOON A second AM7-20 envelope has been added to the existing stock list, further details of the stock balloons available.
This brings production of this, our smallest balloon, to 4 in it's first 12 months CONTACT US AT AMBALLOONS@hotmail.co.uk |
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