[TheForge] inflatable castle

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Imagine prepackaged buildings.  Inflate to erect.  Maybe they could
> have aluminum "I-beams" of some sort of figure-eight construction.
> Inflate the two connected tubes, voila' an "I-beam".  Make it right, you
> could roll it up when deflated.  Easier technology than aluminum soda
> cans!
>
> To make it "fire proof", pump it up with water, instead of inflating it
> with air.  Gives it heft; keeps it from blowing away in a stiff breeze.
> Have a few pressure-relief valves to relieve pressure in case of fire.
> Might be safer than steel or wood.
>
> Bruce

Actally, Bruce, they have them available now- I lost the url or I'd send it
along, but there's a company in England making and marketing inflatable
chapels and the like, and renting them so people can have weddings on their
own site. Aren't terribly expensive either- maybe $35-40 grand?

I'm just waiting for someone to buy one and set it up at Pennsic- if I ever
hit the lottery, it might be me ;-)

Saint Phlip,
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