Purchasing¶

Balloons¶

• Scientific Sales
• Kaymont Balloons

Gas¶

It would be a very good idea to contact and involve Gísli Freyr (gislifreyr@ru.is) to get a quote for buying gas.

• AGA á íslandi
• StrandMollen

Important to remember regulator

Price¶

• AGA ⁽¹⁾
  • Helium
    • Price for 10 liter bottle. 2,0 m3 Verð: 16.933.-
    • Price for 20 liter bottle. 4,0 m3 Verð: 26.614.-
    • Price for 50 liter bottle. 9,5 m3 Verð: 53.280.-
  • Hydrogen
  • Methane

• Strand Möllen ⁽²⁾
  • Helium
  • Hydrogen
  • Methane

• Skeljungur ⁽³⁾
  • Helium
  • Hydrogen
  • Methane

Electronics¶

Parachutes¶

Rigging¶

Several 3 pieces of ca. 3 meters each were provided by the Para-rescue service for free. Breaking strength ca. 500 lbs.
One piece of ca 5 meters of cord actually used for parachutes was also provided for free. Breaking strenght ca. 800 lbs.

Notes¶

1. Copy of correspondence with AGA in SVN: source:/Alpha_team/AGA_correspondance.txt
2. Copy of correspondence with Strand Möllen in SVN source:/Alpha_team/SM_correspondance.txt
3. Copy of correspondence with Skeljungur in SVN: source:/Alpha_team/Skeljungur_correspondance.txt