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ballonet
- Definição1
- A gastight compartment of variable volume to control ascent and descent and to maintain pressure in a nonrigid airship.
- Fonte1
- AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 15 mar. 2021.
- Nota Adicional1
- When the ballonet is used within a superpressure balloon, valving of gas increases altitude, and pumping of air into the ballonet causes the balloon to descend. The superpressure is only marginally affected as the balloon changes altitude.
- Subárea
- Aircraft
- Related Term
- balloon
- Français
- ballonnet
- Imagem
Arrangement of ballonets in an airship.
