Hot Air Balloon Setup

Setting up the hot air balloon for an evening flight.
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[@ginnielacy170]

I love hot air balloons! Hot air balloons are my favorite aircraft! They are so beautiful and colorful!

[@m0ther_bra1ned12]

One of the best ballooning videos. Really captures the experince.

[@objectnico2971]

I watched dis like 6 years ago nostalgia

[@Gurmansinghsidhu]

nice looks like tons of fun

[@everylin]

thx mark! love ya!

[@xxtoxicbaconxx8443]

You should come to the Albuquerque Internation Balloon Fiesta

[@Toydominic]

For real! #NMTrue

[@773bryanna]

They are so fun to ride in! i won a ride here in yuma from my elementry school for being there all the days for aims. its very fun i got a great view of my hometown yuma arizona. i actually saw they ocean line from 3,600 feet. they beach is about 3 1/2 hours away. it was very cool

[@4HitsWilystyle]

lol nice Zan!

[@Cemoman17]

That'd be cool and it also looks easy to set up

[@raywasp8435]

interesting film we did this in Australia, good fun and all mucked in, thanks

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[@VirginiaRivard-on4te]

I helped inflate a hot-air balloon when I was going for a ride in one in Albuquerque, New Mexico!❤❤ It was so much fun!!!😊😊❤❤

[@woh1955]

Could till the envelope was not in the basket when you unloaded.

[@dacho1993]

This is awesome! :P

[@LeilaniCainFebbyBlack]

beautiful

[@TheMotodude13]

thats awesome

[@paperweightgirl]

Interesting. I've always wondered how it was set up. There's a lot of work involved. Great video. I'd love to ride in one someday.

[@andrewstrange6570]

jpoin a local group and ground crew like you saw on the vide in eturn for the odd flight. we are always looking for prople to drive the vehicle to follow us to the landing site. Remember we can't fly back!

[@matheusdeoliveiranegreti7947]

flight and perfect lading

[@sgxttt]

Nostalgia

[@ADSC2006]

Great Video!

[@awaisalikhan8448]

wonderful

[@davidchunko]

Beautiful view and great video thanks for sharing I enjoyed it 😊

[@markfreeman408]

Thanks!!

[@warrenmarco4726]

amazing!!!!!!!

[@darrentan4579]

Hot Air Balloon

[@markfreeman408]

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[@Enahs0524]

Where can I see the gopro footage

[@AeroicaGaming]

Can you tell me the make of this balloon? The verticle weave seems FireFly inspired.

[@markfreeman408]

Fantasy Balloons

[@AeroicaGaming]

@@markfreeman408 Thank you so much

[@1stontario]

very nice owning property on both sides of the river.

[@derinjturner]

Nice video.Where can i get more info on the gas tank and other fuel system jargon, any thoughts?

[@andrewstrange6570]

Tha gas tanks are specifficly deigned for balloons and sold by the balloon manufacturers. go on line to Cameron Balloons the world largest balloon manufacturers. we only use propane gas as it is the hotest burning with BUT's to volume.

[@Melvorgazh]

Nice! A nice some up of how to inflate... and take off. I am looking for blueprints for a bulbous envelope. It’s for a tissue paper balloon. Anyone got some spare blueprints? Around 10 gores if possible.

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[@kyriosi2966]

Wow do you own it or rented it or something?

[@connormalby8570]

Where is this

[@electronkaleidoscope5860]

how would one fill the balloon initially if you did not have one of those big fans? great vid by the way

[@MrBouncyballoons]

The HolyWafflePowder flap inflation you hold the mouth open and wave it up and down to trap air in side

[@electronkaleidoscope5860]

Charlie Timbrell makes sense, thanks!

[@user-hr6yt7iv3m]

The HolyWafflePowder 2

[@bertjack-jack9632]

you would flap the balloon really hard and then have person go in the middle of the balloon with a brom stick and they ould hold it up

[@XanderFreeman88]

Big fan with Honda motor

[@lskillerl]

bahah i wish could go flying everyday =p

[@greatpouya]

It was pretty amazing lol:) thanks

[@SilverFox0784]

I would just jump on the balloon while it is blowing up. Lol

[@THEFIRSTCRAZYGAMER]

Charlie Timbrell Thats not a laughing matter...

[@quantumblu7212]

Wholemanatee whoa! You mean inflated?

[@darrentan4579]

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[@infotechsailor]

where is the footage from the gopro?

[@terryhintz9051]

B bomb

[@macbook320]

Hi, do you need to schedule a flight with your local airport before you fly? Also, what's the ideal weather conditions to fly a balloon? Thanks.

[@bertjack-jack9632]

no

[@andrewstrange6570]

OK lets give you a better answer than Albert did with just No! beacuse we don't usually fly in controlled airspace (around aireports with jets and stuff) we don't need to file a flight schedule. also with a powerd plane you can fly around in circles and go where you like, with a balloon you go where the wind goes. Ideal weather is clear skies light wings at ground level andout 10mph or less and the cool of the day early morning or late evenig (itsa hot air balloon) remembering that you have to be on the ground before dusk. becuase you can't see power lines and things like that. Unlike microlite and parasailers a hot air balloon is a registered aircraft and you do require a piolts license to fly and a commercial pilots license yust like an airline pilot. So you have to do all the exams just like any other pilot. The reral question is when are you going up?

[@user-rs8cm3je6d]

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[@JBalloonist]

Is this a Head balloon

[@1989toyotaPoWeR]

how are you guys so rich :( so much cool stuff and trips it saddens me

[@andrewstrange6570]

You can buy a hot air balloon complete second hand with a trailer from around £5000 but you can join a local club and be in a sindicate and own part of the balloon and take turns in flying and ground crewing. then you have less outlay and only the cost of the gas for the flight.

[@bizzy24100]

also 2 da professional balloonist doing da flying u know it's a bad idea 2 land rite close 2 where a combine is doing farm work easy way 2 get run over and not 2 mention cause an explosion.

[@Theepiccameister]

question, is this a Head system Or a Firefly/Balloon Works? my family personally owns a Aerostar RX-8 system.

[@ericwiggins3507]

MeZoPredatoRGaming It's a Fantasy. Canadian built.

[@user-hr6yt7iv3m]

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[@bertjack-jack9632]

hi mate my family has a Kavanagh Balloon from australia

[@oneoleqt]

great video Mark , enjoyed the flight

[@undercover_secret_agent1726]

how do you steer it?

[@bertjack-jack9632]

U don't

[@andrewstrange6570]

Actually you do and can stear the balloon. because you have to have a pilots license to fly you have to learn about weather anmd winds. So while you cant actually turn a corner what you do if you want to go another direction is take the balloon up or down in altitude as winds can change direction beween say 100mts and 300mts and then you may have to go up to 1500mts. on may balloons you can rotate it on its axis with flaps on the sides and by pulling on cords open the a little vents in the sides and let air out and like the space shuttles little thruster jets it spins you round slowly. knowing the winds and how to use them is very important in balloon racing and competition. Yes, we have them and it's very similar to yeach racing.

[@cknirmalck]

What location is this....is it England ?

[@Cydia942]

No they said in the video Ontario, Canada

[@sleepbrown81]

very cool! thanks for sharing

[@orangeracer223]

@Rj16199 what is it then thats what i want to know

[@orangeracer223]

how dose that fabrick not burn or melt?

[@bertjack-jack9632]

it melts when the burner touches it

[@andrewstrange6570]

No it's not flamer risristant but heat risistand and don't forget it only has to be hotter inside the balloon than outside. there is actually a strip inside at the top much like the temprature you measue a baby with in the forehead. each year when the balloon is air worthyed it is checked and very rarely get hotter than 80 or 90 degrees C. and what it tend to do is melt rather than burn. It is a special fabric called ripstock which is a thin poyimer material with thread running through it to stop tears from spreading. It is very rare that you will see a balloon burn as when we see we have caught it at the mouth we turn the burner off and this is only when we are infalting the balloon. that dig flame you see only goes about a 5th the way uop inside. the biggest problem we have is landing on a bush and ripping the material.

[@ravishori]

where from can we buy this hot air balloon

[@bertjack-jack9632]

from the manufacturer

[@andrewstrange6570]

there are many place to obtain a hot air balloon. did you want a new one or a second hand one. New can set you back £20,000 up to £70,000and more. Professional balloons can cost £250,000. Second Hand balloons from £2,500. I would suggest if you are really interestd to contact a local ballooning group and spend some time with them, do some ground crewing and have a few flights and then look at getting a balloon. Unlike a microlite or parasailing a balloon pilot has to have a pilots lisence just like any registered air craft pilot. Yes balloons are a registered aircraft. You need to do exams on weather, mapping, radio, etc, etc and have to learn to fly a balloon and fly 4 flights with an examiner. So take the first step and go along to a local group and go from there.

[@matheusdeoliveiranegreti7947]

what name pilot of?

[@XanderFreeman88]

Me!

[@AlexandrosGrigoriou]

how does someone learn to drive balloon?

[@jimmyrecard3478]

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[@andrewstrange6570]

depend where you are and which country but the best id to locate your local hot air ballooning group. You need a pilots license so have to do all the exams, weather, radio, maps, air law, etc but dependig on the country in the UK 8 flying ours and 4 test exam flights with an instructor. you are flying a registered aircraft.

[@MultiSunberg]

Why didn't you show the footage from the gopro? :(

[@Shadowthehedgehog623]

I have megalophobia and this is the most terrifying thing I've ever seen in my life lol

[@imikhonto]

thanks for a wonderful learning opportunity for my grandson

[@joe-angatpolintan8147]

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[@bizzy24100]

technically isn't dis a whole ballooning process, setup, takeoff, flight and landing it's what it looks like 2 me.

[@andrewstrange6570]

Why don't you go to a local ballooning club/group and find out the facts.

[@Me-lc9dk]

it seems that you guys know this thingy :) I want to take a balloon ride - but my mom is overly panicky - should I take this for her or not ? I mean up in the air is really scary or just a little strange ? let me know :)

[@andrewstrange6570]

are you in the UK, If so look up Adventure Balloons on the internet. there you can fly in a balloon with up to 18/20 passangers in the same balloon. this takes away a lot of fear and the amount of people that have flown ahve always come down wanting to book another flight. anyone can be apassanger as long as they can see over the basket say 10-12 and we have lown people as old as 90+ and they have had the thrill and tranquiity of their lives. we even have a basket designed to take disabbled passangers in a wheele chair as the basket has perspec sides so they can see out while still seated in their chair, with a roll on roll off gate at the end to board. And if you think you're too frail to climb in and jump around we load you while the basket is still on it's side and you are on a seat so as the basket becomes upright so do you and then you are in the standing position. I guess the only people that would not benefit from a hot air balloon ride would be the blind but I'm prepared to be proved wrong on that one too. most countries have commercial balloon operators.

[@PremiumFuelOnly]

Is there anything thats not on youtube?

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@5233959 LMAO i get rickrolled wihtout music. bravo lol

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[@fordf150839]

@motoXracer64 LMAO

[@bizzy24100]

also it's a bad idea 2 use da burner from da basket when inflating, it's a better idea 2 use a hand held burner so dat way there's plenty of fuel for da flight.

[@Theepiccameister]

JB Scott dude, you have no idea what your talking about

[@bertjack-jack9632]

wtf are you on about

[@julianBraga]

JB Scott dah!

[@bluethermal]

no, its best to use two or three hair dryers..

[@bizzy24100]

@@Theepiccameister some balloonists use hand-held burners for inflation

[@azeemsarwar4584]

Why U did not go high ?

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[@meltsthemalts]

you have too take a few tests and have 50 hours of flight time or something like that. it comes out to like 5000 to have a license

[@andrewstrange6570]

Yes, you have to have a pilots license just like a normal pilot on any registered aircraft, unlike a microlite or parasailer that don't. However, you only need 8 hours of flying and the 4 exam test flighta with an examiner. Plus all the other exams like weather, radio, mapping, air law, etc etc. Oh and very importand Fire Safety.....

[@XanderFreeman88]

@@andrewstrange6570 in Canada you need 16 Hours of flying for a license and 50 to take fare paying passengers

[@fpv_knight]

where do u get the monny to do all this stuff all day long?

[@andrewstrange6570]

some of us work very hard, but you can join a group and buy shares in a balloon or buy a secondhand one for as little as £5000 including everything nd the trailer.

[@NazriB]

I heard that fart gas is denser than helium gas which makes filling up balloons faster.

[@andrewstrange6570]

OK there are two types of balloons Hot air balloons which use propane gas with a burner to heat the air inside the envelpe. Then there are lighter than air gas balloons that can be hellium or hydrogen, both lighter than air gasses. Your farts and methane which as you correctly stated are denser than helliumand air, so would in fact not be used to fill a gas filled balloon. and it would not be used to heat a hot air balloon becuse the thermal BTU's are less than propane thus you would need a bigger burner and a logt more farts. Stick to lighting your farts. Hahaha.

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come to hangout .please

[@lenglengtew342]

.

[@chrismaltmanmusic]

i liked someone elses comment to test it... no sound :/

[@AlexandrosGrigoriou]

5000?euros?i find them to many...5000 without buying a ballon also?

[@andrewstrange6570]

Going to use this in training as a very good example of the lack of safety from the pilot and the crew. I saw it was a C- registered balloon so guessing by the accents and registration it's Canadian but I bet your instructor would have a fit if he saw it. Also the lack of training of the ground crew. I going to show it at a local pilots group evening and see if they can pick up att the mistakes. Very sloppy and very lucky. Give you a big hin't on the first NO NO, where the hell was the teather? This was 2011 so I hope you've improved since then.

[@markfreeman408]

😂 thanks dad Was also featured in a google commercial

[@andrewstrange6570]

@@markfreeman408 So what? The fact it was featured in a commercial make it even worse. Even more people will notice the lack of safety. Nothing to be proud of or boast about.

[@markfreeman408]

In Orlando Florida they set up 2x350s and a 425 without a tether

[@andrewstrange6570]

@@markfreeman408 Well, you know Mark, I'm not going to get into a long dialogue over this but I also fly a 225 with a basket for the disabled, a 350 and 425 with 16 and 18 passanger configurations both in the UK and on the African continent, and if we were ever to try that you could kiss both your commercial and private license goodbye. Just because its done doesn't make it right, clever or safe. A gust of wind can come from anywhere and if your still getting passangers on-board just imagine the consequences. But then I guess the cavalier attitude in the Americas is acceptable.

[@XanderFreeman88]

@@andrewstrange6570 thanks Karen!

[@MrFriendVideos]

Nice setup but im pretty dissapointed with the size of the basket and that theirs only 1 burner

[@andrewstrange6570]

Actually with todays modern burners it looks like one burner but you have one inside the other. I have both types and on our 350 and 425 professional balloons 4 burners and on our 225 a 3 burner. It vey much depends also where you are flying. our 4 burner units have what we call whisper burners that are not so noisey for when we fly over farms and don't want to startle animals. But yes on my personal T&C77 I have he two burners but on my Lindstrand championship racer I have the one. Horses for courses.

[@MrFriendVideos]

why do you need 4 cilinders for a single burner? 2 is enough...

[@snakecold6755]

Fire extinguisher

[@cookingprof]

You never know how much is going to get the bag hot if you're going to launch in mid day. Sunrise launches are more fuel efficient. (Cold air in the morning are the best.) Early AM launches are simple. Lower winds & lower needs to get the air hot will work for you.

[@MrFriendVideos]

here, mid day launches dont even happen, due to the wheather.

[@jamesmcintyre4631]

MrFriendVideos not keen on the basket design to be honest.... The whicker drops to low...

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Joanh

[@FatDaffodil]

Last summer I went to the High Sierra Balloon camp, and I am getting my junior pilots certificate next year when I turn fourteen. By the way what is a go pro?

[@error.418]

It's a camera: gopro.com/

[@Rj16199]

@orangeracer223 Really? I know fuck all about hot air ballons, but its obvious a flame resistant material!!

[@jimmyrecard3478]

Ryan Andrews nah it isn’t flame resistant

[@andrewstrange6570]

No it's not flamer risristant but heat risistand and don't forget it only has to be hotter inside the balloon than outside. there is actually a strip inside at the top much like the temprature you measue a baby with in the forehead. each year when the balloon is air worthyed it is checked and very rarely get hotter than 80 or 90 degrees C. and what it tend to do is melt rather than burn. It is a special fabric called ripstock which is a thin poyimer material with thread running through it to stop tears from spreading. It is very rare that you will see a balloon burn as when we see we have caught it at the mouth we turn the burner off and this is only when we are infalting the balloon. that dig flame you see only goes about a 5th the way uop inside. the biggest problem we have is landing on a bush and ripping the material.

[@liveformotown]

Who ever told u to burst inflate shame on them burn till it's standing

[@markfreeman408]

Fly errr like a rental eh!

[@emmafrancis9366]

I have a massive fear of hot air balloons. I am here to get over my fear. I was reading a comment and then suddenly he pulled the gas thing and I had a panic attack how do I get over this help 😦

[@Ben31337l]

+Emma Francis overcome your fear.

[@miguelochoa7978]

+Emma Francis You can watch the video without sound and putting a nice song instead. So you can ride it and enjoy the view.

[@shanisselopez5948]

same I have megalophobia

[@shanisselopez5948]

I saw one yesterday out side my house and had a panic attack

[@isaackidwiler1099]

Same I have a fear of them to.

[@Timathor]

Good trolling bro, but i disliked it for knowing

[@thomasaryancharlie]

I also had a hot air balloon and bigger than this one… That costs 15000 euros… This balloon can't fly high i know because i had this an year ago…

[@DShinskey]

First. Jokes on you.

[@Nominay]

Boring until 9:00

[@darrentan4579]

Turkey 🇹🇷