Monday, 16 May 2011

Testing hot air balloon



One of my experiments involve using hot air balloon carry the sensors to automatically collect air quality data on the site. using the drone was unfeasible as there is a range limit. However, testing with hot air balloon seems dangerous as you need quite a big plastic bag to fly it, and it requires quite a big fire power to fill the bag with hot air rapidly... Not to mention the windy condition of the site.

it turns out my plastic bag melted before it could get enough lift to go up...

An alternative would be to use helium balloons, this way, I can have more control and would be safer to do on site.

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