I do not post much on here anymore, mostly because I have not found much that
has any interest to me. (and mostly I am starting to mature a little bit)
However, the Balloon thing has always caught my eye. I have tracked many that I
happened upon off this BB and or word of mouth.
I found some pretty killer weather balloons for pretty cheap. Also looked into
the parachute's and deployment so as not to kill somebody's loved one... Then
looked into the helium, tank rental, plus payload equipment and found that this
is most likeley a one way trip...I mean really, this kind of fun can get pretty
spendy...
My point being that some of these clubs and or people dump quite alot of funds
into a one way trip that might or might not even cross the state...or may or
may not even be recovered, depending on the budget of course...
I PROPOSED to the local club to TETHER such a money pit. See how far we could
reel out some nice tuna line and test this baby over a couple few flights with
what may have you gadgets on there and bring the babe back in, adjust, modify
and or replace what may or may not have failed...
Anyone have any thoughts??? I do know about part bla bla bla 97, 6,2 3 345667
kill me mow mow kitty... 200ft tether what a joke.
Has anyone ever launched a candle balloon at a wedding with a wish in it?
May we not test stuff that we build and deploy them without rules and
suspicion???
Is this Not America, Land of The Free???
Would love any REAL opinion's on this subject, from people that DO THINGS not
talk about them....
Kevin
KF7MYK
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