The diagram illustrates the construction of a hot air balloon and its mechanism. Overall, there are several main parts of the hot air balloon, including the envelope, the skirt, the burner and the basket. In terms of its mechanism, a hot balloon goes up when the envelope is filled with hot air and goes down when the envelope is full of cool air.
The largest part of a hot balloon is the envelope. It is constructed from long nylon gores. And gores are made up of a number of smaller panels. The parachute valve, a self-sealing flat which is used to regulate hot air inside the balloon is on top of the envelope. At the bottom of the envelope, the skirt is used to make a hot air balloon look like an inverted teardrop shape. In addition, the basket and the envelope are connected by ropes and the burners are fixed to a frame below the skirts.
Turning to the mechanism of a hot air balloon, it works based on a basic scientific principle: warmer air rises in cooler air. The burners heat the air by burning propane, which is stored in cylinders positioned in a balloon basket. When the air inside becomes hotter, a hot air balloon floats since the hotter air is lighter than the cooler air outside. By contrast, to pull a hot air balloon downward, a pilot has to open the parachute valves to let the hot air escape. This causes a balloon to slow its ascent
The diagram illustrates the construction of a hot
air
balloon
and its mechanism.
Overall
, there are several main parts of the hot
air
balloon
, including the
envelope
, the skirt, the burner and the basket. In terms of its mechanism, a hot
balloon
goes up when the
envelope
is filled
with hot
air
and goes down when the
envelope
is full of cool air.
The largest part of a hot
balloon
is the
envelope
. It
is constructed
from long nylon gores. And gores
are made
up of a number of smaller panels. The parachute valve, a self-sealing flat which is
used
to regulate hot
air
inside the
balloon
is on top of the
envelope
. At the bottom of the
envelope
, the skirt is
used
to
make
a hot
air
balloon
look like an inverted teardrop shape.
In addition
, the basket and the
envelope
are connected
by ropes and the burners are
fixed
to a frame below the skirts.
Turning to the mechanism of a hot
air
balloon
, it works based on a basic scientific principle: warmer
air
rises in cooler
air
. The burners heat the
air
by burning propane, which
is stored
in cylinders positioned in a
balloon
basket. When the
air
inside becomes hotter, a hot
air
balloon
floats since the hotter
air
is lighter than the cooler
air
outside. By contrast, to pull a hot
air
balloon
downward, a pilot
has to
open the parachute valves to
let
the hot
air
escape. This causes a
balloon
to slow its
ascent