My wing is quite skinny; there's probably enough volume inside a regular paraglider to fill it and float it ... but then you'd have trouble choosing your moment to launch!
@lreco Жыл бұрын
Watching this video, I remember the hillarious story of lawnchair Larry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight
@NOVAPerformanceParagliders Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant, Greg! We love it. Paragliding is lacking humour & laughter. Thanks for improving this situation. 😁🤣😂💥
@FlyWithGreg Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! These videos are more fun to produce as well :-)
@vikingforties Жыл бұрын
Use the left over helium to cool down an electric paramotor motor so that it goes superconducting. Tricky to liquify it beforehand though.
@davidjooste57884 ай бұрын
You answered every question I was thinking about. That a great lesson. Safe flying boet.
@nigelholder5514 Жыл бұрын
Once you’re neutrally buoyant; and you lift off; how are you going to get down again? Pig Ears? or spiral tail dives? Oink!
@ajinkyaholkar7282 Жыл бұрын
Some word play this is
Жыл бұрын
I love your ideas, yes there are crazy and sometimes childish, but who cares, its fun and entertaining, keep them coming.
@sandrainthesky1011 Жыл бұрын
That was fun! It got me back to thinking about wing momentum, which I believe exists because air weighs about 1kg/m3, thus a 3 cubic meter enclosure would weigh around 3kg (not including the weight of the actual wing). Now the wing moving over you has momentum from that 3kg which must be countered to stop the motion! Just think of a 3kg weight swinging on the end of a string and how would you stop it? Change the pivot position of course. Food for thought next time you're kiting :)
@patrickswitzer628 Жыл бұрын
"Houston, we have a problem" "Ok, stay calm. Hamerton is on the way with the cardboard, we'll have you sorted out shortly"
@WBtimhawk Жыл бұрын
"Houston, my problem might be a bit too complicated for a youtuber" "Now don't you worry son, he has a scrabble set to spell out the big words"
@nigelholder5514 Жыл бұрын
@@WBtimhawk But what if it spells disaster?
@5ty7178 ай бұрын
He leaks out of a sealed balloon within 60 minutes and a wing in 15 sec
@jimbobmcjimmy666 Жыл бұрын
Live these silly ones Greg haha just stumbled on your channel recently. Fantastic info, love it
@psykoheiko9715 Жыл бұрын
Really funny & I have learned something! Thanks Greg.
@thisisyol Жыл бұрын
I had to help my jaw getting closed again after learning about how much the air alone inside a wing weighs.
@TheParamike Жыл бұрын
Awesome vid Greg. Science and flying , curiosity is what make life interesting. You should fly that helium wing to McDonald’s 🤣
@brezhou29 Жыл бұрын
As a side note, the result of your calculation that the volume inside of your glider is 3 square meters shows the danger of landing in water. If the glider fills up, you are now strapped to 3 tons of water. Other than that, fun video! :)
@ronaldbeier6182 Жыл бұрын
The trailing, flatulent pig is awesome! Where do I get one?
@elimmiho608 Жыл бұрын
I mean it's quite clear that it won't lift you off when standing. But when flying with an airfoil that is designed to create lift when flying I asked myself how helium would change the glide ratio in neutral conditions (no lifting, no sinking air mass). If the wing would be completely sealed so helium couldn't get out you could also pump the helium inside of the wing when above you, and since it's lighter than air it wouldn't get out of the wing tips (as long as you don't pitch or roll too much xD) But on the other hand because of the wing shape the helium would probably deform the wing by so much so the benefit of the helium would be null or even worse :D So in the end it might be easier to just get more lift by not filling your drinking bladder and flying naked.
@sandrainthesky1011 Жыл бұрын
It would have a quicker moment of inertia though, less weight in the wing. Interesting thought!
@Freeflyer91 Жыл бұрын
It didn’t fly well as those are the wrong kind of ribs to put in the wing.
@huepix3 ай бұрын
I tried this with a small toy wing (about a meter wide) I used condoms as the gas balloons. I needed smaller ones for the rips so I went to sex shop and asked for 6 extra small condoms. When I went to pay with my CC, they told me they need cash for transactions under $10. So I was hunting around in my wallet, and the bloke behind the counter looked at me with pity and gave them for free. It was pretty funny
@julienrouwens353811 ай бұрын
I don't understand, in the movie "UP", this is working even to lift a house. Your maths must be wrong.
@johnpomfret5146 Жыл бұрын
Thought it was April fools for a second
@LeeFlemingster Жыл бұрын
Errm... Isn't this doping?
@MrTozuyi Жыл бұрын
hahahahahahaha
@harshanapradeepsenarath Жыл бұрын
😮❤
@YankeeinSC1 Жыл бұрын
Calculus anyone?
@harveytheparaglidingchaser703910 ай бұрын
Don't try this at home is my advice 😂
@noobhunter3000 Жыл бұрын
Me: „Mum, can we buy a helium balloon?“ Mum: „We have a helium balloon at home!“ The helium balloon at home:
@petergreis Жыл бұрын
When pigs fly…..😂
@williamk9709 Жыл бұрын
A bit disappointing, because regarding what the helium did for your wing, I was expecting to hear you say "fokal", not "nothing".
@L8rCloud Жыл бұрын
Could you not have used math before forking out for the balloons, the tank and wasting your time.....?
@alexgrether3662 Жыл бұрын
Seems to be a bad idea to put anything inside a paraglider except air. How were you so confident to fly like this?