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Hard work I bet A) doing it in the dark but B) surrounded by so many people, do you hang lights off the crown line?

That sounds like a great 💡 idea, I like it, I fancy filling one with smoke to what happens 😀

I know of a few people who have flown without a crew, and brought them selves back for their car, via e-bike, push bike and even taxi 😆, but yes I've always had at least 1 person crew and chase me as I fly

@@TheBigBalloonFestival thanks how would it be possible getting back home with a push bike with a hot air balloon equipment

@@noelbullard4676 oh you ride back to the launch site, leaving the balloon at the landing spot, then return for the balloon (hopefully no one flies it away why your gone) 😆

@@TheBigBalloonFestival cheers just wondering how would you get permission to land if on your own 😆

It's rare when flying (any size balloon) to get permission to land, before touching down, just occasionally you meet the farmer out in the field as you come low. But having a chase crew can allow them to begin the conversation 'we are chasing a balloon and we think it landed on your land' sometimes you just have deflate the balloon and to walk to the nearest building or road, and start from there.

That does sound fun but no I've not tried it......yet, might be wise to tie it on a long rope to the big balloon so it doesn't find some random current and fly off in a completely different direction lol 😆

Yep the calmest morning and evenings make for the best model ballooning weather, find a big field and play, if the wind is faster than you can run ..... prepare for a good workout

yes I do I'm having a spot of bother with mine the balloon itself is coming together nicely but I can't say the same about the basket, let alone the burner, I don't have the money to buy one I'd like to make my own basket and burner, can you help me please? I don't mean in person, I mean in video

It's an amazing feeling lifting off over so many people, a massive adrenaline rush, and quite different from flying over the normal sleepy town 🙂

Shropshire / Welsh boarders, there is a strong community growing around the old market town, here is a link to a playlist of many ballooning adventures in the area ruclips.net/p/PL-FtZ8D04WMMxv6Hs4aGwgSk3fj8eLYs3 enjoy

I designed the envelope myself, i worked out the maths for the shape i wanted using a spreadsheet and from there it developed over time, i built models from 20m3 up to 100m3 each with a slightly different design and always different colours. building with leftovers is always a good idea for cost - and most of my models had some form of `recycling or UPcycling' of fabric

@@TheBigBalloonFestival would you sell patterns

Wow so cool to hear that you are inspired, It's a project I want to do, sharing my designs, making them available to down load, and then see where in the world they pop up - that would be cool - a work in progress, enjoying making videos, and not getting round to creating the right files to share - join the mailing list (its linked in the channel description) when it happens it will happen there first

yeah it's quite a powerful burner for a balloon of this size, you could comfortably fly a 77 with this old burner, so flying a 31 means oodles of power, but small balloons always react fast.

Definitely on the agenda to make some more model balloon videos, might be time for another 'back garden balloon festival' or something like that, what would you like to see? Great news on making your own in the mean time think of the others as inspiration, I've thought of some footage I have in store even while we are chatting 😀

@@TheBigBalloonFestivalI'm doing fine with the balloon itself, but I'd like help making a basket and burner

@@HeliumCity can I ask where you are in the world, maybe we can link you with someone local? Did you enjoy this week's video, made in response to your request for more model balloons 🎈 😊

@@TheBigBalloonFestival I can't tell you right now, because I only want you to know, but there is something you can do, make a private video only you and I can see, then I'll explain more

@@HeliumCity you can email me if that helps info@thebigballoonfestival.com

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I'm gutted to be stuck at home under the weather this weekend, was looking forward to a weekend of flying with you guys 😞 bring on next weekend 🙂

@TheBigBalloonFestival I've snuck off to Glasgow this weekend but the weather isn't kind this weekend. Hopefully we can get some hours in the next few months.

When you say 'design' do you mean structural design I.e. shape of the balloon, number of gore's, stress analysis etc. Or do you mean graphic design as in colour schemes, surface visuals etc.

@@TheBigBalloonFestival a little bit of both, but mostly coloring.

@@dakotaplayz3988 try this one from lindstrand balloons USA their design centre software let's you visualise your ideas lindstrand.com/designcenter/

Hi 👋 at the moment I'm not really making model balloons a lot, just a matter of finding the time with all the other balloon related things I do, there are some Facebook pages for second hand equipment to get you started if that's of interest

@@TheBigBalloonFestival oh ok where can i find the link please

@@user-zh5pu5lt5f they searching facebook for this group -Modelballoons-For-Sale-

It has a stark beauty to it, that I'd not really seen on my previous Albuquerque trips, having stayed in the city and only drived out to a few spots, cool place to fly with the mix of open desert and small holdings (if that's what you would call them?) And stretching on for ever to the west !

@@TheBigBalloonFestival Don't remember exactly in which year the local balloon club organized a balloon flight where a group of us drove West of Rio Rancho ALONG WAY. We launched flew over the Sandia Mountain flew 47 miles and attained an altitude of over 20,000ft! Great flight!

WOW that's awesome 20K is a LOOONG way up, and 47 miles as way beyond anything I've done LOL, challenge accepted (NOT)

@@TheBigBalloonFestival One for the books for sure. One needs to grow, keep pushing your and your aircrafts limits and do it with friends. As I recall, this flight was done in Feburary. It was neet that when I flew over the Sandia Peak, I was at 17,500ft and still climbing. Watching the Skiers go down the slopes was quite a sight! Keep bringing your videos.

Thanks to some model balloonists

BRILLIANT that's great to hear, I'm glad you had a good time and that your part of the ballooning community now :-) happy days

From memory that year I wasn't booked in as a pilot, just as crew for a hot air airship

@@TheBigBalloonFestival oh

Very valid question, and something which has been experimented with on and off over the last 50 or so years of modern hot air balloons (my own balloon has a dark side in the hope of getting some solar gain) I have flown in black topped balloons and it can make landing a little interesting if the sun pops out just as you trying to touch down, so it suggest a little advantage maybe gained in normal flight, but it's hard to pin down just how much - I think we might see more of it in the future

@@TheBigBalloonFestival I would think a little more precision in controlling the vents would make it easier to counter any excess buoyancy generated. But you are in England, no? Hard to get solid sunlight there.

That sounds 😎 cool, it's like 100 degrees c in the top of the balloon, there is a company I think in Austria that will cook a meal inside the balloon and winch it down for you to eat as you fly across the alps ! #lifegoals

We usually fly for about an hour, 10 miles an hour is probably the top speed for one of these style balloons, you defiantly want to be landing 🐌 slowly, so yeah about 10 miles

😄😁 I resemble that remark 😄 I recon most of them would say they need bigger balloons than they used too, if your not a fat old white dude, then the sport needs you - as much as we need to be younger and less fat

we usually fly in winds less than 10 miles / Hour, and you can get about an hour in the air for a tank that size before you need to be working out just how to get down or gravity will do that job for you

@@TheBigBalloonFestival oh that it so awesome

only by changing height and using the different layers of wind at different heights, each layer has a subtly different direction, have a look at this video it shows some unusual conditions, but gives an idea of how we can use the winds ruclips.net/video/caRAus-UK_w/видео.html

@@TheBigBalloonFestival I would love to see a single man thermal airship

There are a couple of companies in China making 3 / 4 man balloons, but nothing like this, you could always go for building your own playlist on how to build your own ruclips.net/p/PL-FtZ8D04WMNwAIsVEUVmS7UKhuMqmoab

Lol 😂

ohh that would be cool, I've seen pictures of a guy riding the tank like a cowboy all good till the landing :-0

if your not too keen on strapping it to your back (the cloudhopper) you might prefer a sky chariot, where you sit on the tank, a mini basket where it stands next to you (that's what I fly) or an air chair where the tanks are like arm rests on a sofa :-) here you go ruclips.net/video/-PCF9dio0Yk/видео.html

Is there a way to control the general direction you go in?

@@qwertyuiop-ke7fs yep we control the balloon vertically and use the different layers of wind at different heights to move, if the wind isn't there at a height your not going to get the direction you need though. This is pretty unusual but It gives you an idea of the subtle changes that we can use to steer ruclips.net/video/caRAus-UK_w/видео.htmlsi=5V1A1VmMWf9KBgC0

You could probably get your hands on one and your feet off the ground for around £15,000 - £20,000 though some of us choose to do the labour ourselves and home build, like I did for this one.

I don't like heights standing on a building, or looking over the edge of a cliff, but with this I'm fine, and once you open your eyes it's a great view :-) I've known quite a few people get over their fear of heights by flying in a balloon (not solo of course)