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Solar balloon / solar hot air balloon 10m³
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(Metric system)
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Fly your mobile phone and film your surroundings.
Characteristic: Solar balloon made in two parts!
- Volume : 10m
³
- Surface : 23.6m
²
- 19mm adhesive: 55m
- Thrust ** : ≃ 900g
- Envelope weight: 472g
- Payload: 250g
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- Matter: 36 100L garbage bags, low-end
- Matter: LDPE (low density polyethylene), thickness 20µ
Ease manufacturing

Manufacturing cost
 < than 20€
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** Reference thrust: 90g/m³ (Latitude: 46.7°N - Month: July - Time: 8 am UTC)
Manufacturing:
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Choose low-end 100L trash bags, with closing ties.
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Cut the bottom of the trash bags 12 by 12. |
Stack 24 trash bags and cut them to obtain 24 sheets to weld. |
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Solder 2 sheets, using a soldering iron, to obtain a gore. |
Stack the 12 gores and hold them with clothespins. |
Fold the gores in two to obtain alf-gores. |
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