Moon Walking Balloon

[adrenalinejunki 0]

Some friends at the dz and me have come up with an idea to biuld a helium filled balloon to attatch to an old skydiving harness and container. If we get the balloon just right we think we will be able to jump and go 40 or 50 feet high before we run out of momentum and come back down. Using the container to add a take weight away to get the right balance for different people. Of coarse we will have a line attached to the ground to keep anyone from flying away. The wind will have to be almost 0 to keep from getting dragged away. I can get old weather balloons from ebay really cheap and we already have some old containers laying around the dz.
I think it will be fun on cloudy days at the dz. Maybe even bring it to the WFFC. What does everyone else think? Ideas and suggestions please.


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What's the worst that can happen?

[vpozzoli 0]

I think it'll be fun until a balloon fails and someone gets killed falling from 50 feet up.

Cheers,

Vale

[adrenalinejunki 0]

Thaught of that already to. Was thinking of using about 5 balloons so if one pops you may land a lil hard but not hard enough to get injured.


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What's the worst that can happen?

[IanHarrop 43]

Just make sure you drink a lot when you do it so you have an excuse for getting hurt.
We need a separate Incidents Forum for injurys that happen on cloudy days or during the bonfire at night!

Have fun!!!!

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[Lindsey 0]

Sounds like one of those "Watch this!" moments...

linz

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A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail

[wartload 0]

Not a new idea. I've got a wood-cut illustration from a book in the mid 1800s that shows that.