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Halcyon

Jun 9, 2010, 3:01 AM
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Hi

I have done that clip for the Empuriabrava Vector Film Contest
if you like it , please pass the word

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMqDebPRIeo

Thank you

Bye


(This post was edited by Halcyon on Jun 9, 2010, 3:02 AM)

ChrisL  (C 35323)

Jun 9, 2010, 4:38 AM
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Its a cool video.

At one point a female voice says "jump from a hot air balloon at the edge of space"

Dunno if it matters for the purposes of the video, but the balloons they use for those altitude records aren't hot air balloons. They are gas filled.

Andy_Copland  (A 105852)

Jun 9, 2010, 5:33 AM
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Its a cool video.

At one point a female voice says "jump from a hot air balloon at the edge of space"

Dunno if it matters for the purposes of the video, but the balloons they use for those altitude records aren't hot air balloons. They are gas filled.

So hot air balloons are not inflated with a gas? Shocked

virgin-burner

Jun 9, 2010, 7:42 AM
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Hi

I have done that clip for the Empuriabrava Vector Film Contest
if you like it , please pass the word

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMqDebPRIeo

Thank you

Bye

ChrisL  (C 35323)

Jun 9, 2010, 7:57 AM
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So hot air balloons are not inflated with a gas? Shocked

Hot air balloons are filled with hot air.
the balloons used for the high altitude jumps typically use helium.

Hot air balloons cant reach even a fraction of the altitude.

Andy_Copland  (A 105852)

Jun 9, 2010, 8:00 AM
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So hot air balloons are not inflated with a gas? Shocked

Hot air balloons are filled with hot air.
the balloons used for the high altitude jumps typically use helium.

Hot air balloons cant reach even a fraction of the altitude.

Hot air is still a gas, but whatever.

ChrisL  (C 35323)

Jun 9, 2010, 8:36 AM
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Hot air is still a gas, but whatever.

You can "whatever" all you like, Andy :)

You are obfuscating. I can do that too.

Hot air is not "a gas".
Its a mixture of several gasses.
Mostly nitrogen, some oxygen, and trace amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases, as well as some water vapor.

Regardless, a "Hot Air Balloon" is a very specific type of aircraft, and its NOT the type being used for the high altitude attempts.

Halcyon

Jun 9, 2010, 12:27 PM
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So
some footage I used it's from an Nasa's experiment called Project Excelsior 1959/1960
That guy Joseph Kittinger passed through atmosphere about 31 Km altitude by Helium Baloon (so you right !).
If I remember right, after him others try to do something similar, but all of them died.
Anyway I liked to use those frames, in that way, just for editing reasons

But of course I aggree with your remark

Premier billvon  (D 16479)
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Jun 9, 2010, 1:58 PM
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>Hot air is not "a gas". Its a mixture of several gasses. Mostly nitrogen,
>some oxygen, and trace amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, and small
>amounts of other gases, as well as some water vapor.

So I guess a balloon filled with that mixture would be "gas filled" eh?

robskydiv  (D 26660)

Jun 9, 2010, 2:23 PM
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Yes and each gas exerts a partial pressure...

Anvilbrother  (C 39168)

Jun 9, 2010, 5:59 PM
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keep your po2 between 1.4 and 1.6Wink

VectorBoy  (F 321)

Jun 9, 2010, 6:47 PM
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If I grow up I'm going to be Vectorman.

ChrisL  (C 35323)

Jun 10, 2010, 10:50 AM
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>Hot air is not "a gas". Its a mixture of several gasses. Mostly nitrogen,
>some oxygen, and trace amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, and small
>amounts of other gases, as well as some water vapor.

So I guess a balloon filled with that mixture would be "gas filled" eh?

You guys are killin me. I more than adequately clarified the point I was trying to make. Whats more, the point was valid.
The OP wanted to know what we thought of the video, so I pointed out that
that particular audio clip was not accurate. I wasn't trying to be a dick.
They did not and will not use hot air balloons for those high altitude jumps.

Bill, I KNOW that you knew exactly what I meant even before I clarified it. Smile

Is this the Brady Bunch episode where we all have to live by exact words? Crazy


(This post was edited by ChrisL on Jun 10, 2010, 10:54 AM)

JohnMitchell  (D 6462)

Jun 10, 2010, 10:14 PM
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Hot air balloons cant reach even a fraction of the altitude.
As long as we're all picking on you, yes, they can reach a fraction of that altitude, albeit a small fraction.TongueLaughLaugh

Don't you hate arguing with 'tards?LaughLaugh


(This post was edited by JohnMitchell on Jun 10, 2010, 10:16 PM)

ChrisL  (C 35323)

Jun 11, 2010, 6:37 AM
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Don't you hate arguing with 'tards?LaughLaugh

I guess I deserve it by allowing myself to be diverted from the point of my
original post and being inaccurate and lazy in my use of the language.

The irony is that these are exactly the kinds of errors I would harass others for making.

I've been hoist by my own petard (speaking of tards Smile)


(This post was edited by ChrisL on Jun 11, 2010, 6:39 AM)

JohnMitchell  (D 6462)

Jun 11, 2010, 9:08 AM
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I've been hoist by my own petard (speaking of tards Smile)
"hoisted by his own petard" Smile

I actually know what that means.Smile I guess I'm a closet "word nerd" too. Wink

Nice play on words.Cool


(This post was edited by JohnMitchell on Jun 11, 2010, 9:08 AM)

Premier billvon  (D 16479)
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Jun 11, 2010, 9:13 AM
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>Bill, I KNOW that you knew exactly what I meant even before I clarified it.

Of course. Just messing with you.

ChrisL  (C 35323)

Jun 11, 2010, 1:06 PM
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>Bill, I KNOW that you knew exactly what I meant even before I clarified it.

Of course. Just messing with you.

I am the BIOTCH of the thread Shocked


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