{"id":3171,"date":"2026-04-20T17:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/the-sails-of-the-air-the-heart-of-the-hot-air-balloon\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:56:35","slug":"the-sails-of-the-air-the-heart-of-the-hot-air-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/the-sails-of-the-air-the-heart-of-the-hot-air-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"The sails of the air: the heart of the hot air balloon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Materials, shapes and envelope secrets<\/h2>\n\n<p>The &#8220;sails&#8221; of hot air balloons, known as envelopes, are made of lightweight and resistant fabrics such as nylon or ripstop polyester. Designed to withstand high temperatures and keep warm air inside, they feature reinforced seams and colored panels that not only add aesthetics, but also structural stability. Their shape optimizes buoyancy and flight control.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/velas-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3158\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/velas-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/velas-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/velas-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/velas.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials, shapes and envelope secrets The &#8220;sails&#8221; of hot air balloons, known as envelopes, are made of lightweight and resistant fabrics such as nylon or ripstop polyester. Designed to withstand high temperatures and keep warm air inside, they feature reinforced seams and colored panels that not only add aesthetics, but also structural stability. Their shape [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"atributo":[],"destino":[],"class_list":["post-3171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ballooning-knowledge"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3172,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions\/3172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3171"},{"taxonomy":"atributo","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/atributo?post=3171"},{"taxonomy":"destino","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destino?post=3171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}