spiralqueen Posted May 10, 2019 Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 12 hours ago, mattymay said: What if the cable breaks? Do you keep rising forever? Nope, if you turn down the burner, it will allow the air in the balloon to cool and for the balloon to descend. Science of hot air balloons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted May 10, 2019 Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 13 hours ago, mattymay said: What if the cable breaks? Do you keep rising forever? You break out the emergency bee bee gun and start shooting holes in the balloon. Just kidding... The company that makes them have them in operation around the world including Disney parks. Presumably they have safety mechanisms and vents to control ascent in the unlikely event of a "rope" break. I like their version of a floating bar: Rose City Cruiser, The Cruise Junkie, mattymay and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose City Cruiser Posted May 10, 2019 Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 Wants the range of the Voom wifi on Coco Cay? Is it limited to certain areas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattymay Posted May 11, 2019 Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 13 hours ago, spiralqueen said: Nope, if you turn down the burner, it will allow the air in the balloon to cool and for the balloon to descend. Science of hot air balloons It's helium.. I don't think it has a burner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjac Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 On 5/11/2019 at 12:13 AM, mattymay said: It's helium.. I don't think it has a burner! It'a all a matter of physics. Hot air rises, but if the ambient air temperature is above a certain temperature, the hot air in the balloon will not rise. If the ambient air temp is lower, it's up, up and away. Pretty sure the balloon is helium filled. Years ago I was stationed at Ft. Bragg in NC (Fayetteville). A coupe of young entrepreneurs tried hot air balloon rides in the summer. Unfortunately, it was too hot and their project never got off the ground, literally. The Cruise Junkie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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