RC Hot Air Balloon Experiments

[@jamesLbertjones]

My dad is a balloon pilot and builds hot air and gas balloons. We’ve been building tissue paper and rc balloons as long as I can remember. I am going to show him this video over the holidays!

[@SockyNoob]

Give us an update on what he says

[@JãoManu1805]

Give us an update when you show him

[@penewoldahh]

I ned udat

[@schilling3003]

Better yet, show us some of your builds!

[@SkiSkillsMontana]

My dad went to get milk and never made it home. Could your dad help find my dad, please

[@suspense_comix3237]

10:25 Ah yes, my favourite Imperial Measurement System: the Banana and Courgette.

[@PERMaesan]

how did you watch 10 minutes of the video in two minutes??

[@Tsnafu]

Don't be silly you can't use courgettes to measure, those were aubergines

[@MuhammadaliMuhammadaziz]

😡😡😡😡

[@DenCon143]

As teenagers in the California Central Valley, we used to set off hot air balloons using dry cleaning garment bags with birthday candles taped to straws that kept the bottom of the bag open. The candles were the kind that can't be blown out. From our experience in the non-windy Central Valley summers, your RC controlled hot air balloon will only work in a windless atmosphere.

[@MikeNelson1953]

Exactly the same in the winter in Erie, Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Being risk takers, we launched them only a couple of miles from the Erie airport control tower. Only a few were recovered. Most ended up in tall trees in the woods and stayed there for years.

[@redsorgum]

Same in Southern California, except we used regular birthday candles. We taped the top where the coat hanger stuck out so the hot air didn’t escape….✌️

[@narr0wm1nd49]

We did the same in California when riding motorcycles in the dunes. Dry cleaning bags. Two sticks of bamboo and a full set of birthday candles. And we would launch them in top of a dune watching them float over the desert

[@scoopidyschloop]

as an X year old in 2023, i cant do much in my life

[@FarmerFpv]

I did the same in Ocotillo Wells using a flare and a homemade balloon. it caught on fire about 1 minute in flight and almost landed on our trucks with gas cans in the back. We always spill race gas when filling our dirtbikes so that would have been bad.

[@brothercannon]

Some thermal camera shots of the hot air balloons could be interesting.

[@aaronhastie830]

My dad is a hot air balloon pilot so I have several years experience with being ground crew for a hot air balloon, so I don't have much (any) experience with the rc kind, but I can tell you what we do with the big balloons. The line connected to the top of the balloon (the crown line) is normally only used while inflating/initially heating the balloon to control the initial ascent from the ground. It can also be used to keep the envelope from moving erratically if you want to stay inflated with some wind present. The 3 lines you have connected to the basket are for tethering (we usually connect them at the point where the envelope connects to the basket at the top of the tower), and they are the minimum need to fully constrain the balloon over a single spot, but you really only need one to keep it from flying away from you if you don't care that it can move. We usually tether with just 2 lines. The internal line (often called the redline bc it's usually red, or the top line) connected to the vent (called a parachute top) is either used while deflating the balloon, or to let out some hot air to cool the temperature down to descend faster, or reduce rate of ascent. The parachute top is initially held in usually with Velcro to keep it in during inflation, but you can pull it before you deflate the balloon because the buoyant force of the hot air will keep it sealed. Hope this helps, I'm happy to answer any questions about ballooning!

[@randymarsh8936]

I've always wondered how flight planning works... Like you just look at all the weather information available to you and send it? Just land in some random farmers field and call the truck?

[@WereStillPlaying]

Yutta Hey?

[@aaronhastie830]

@@WereStillPlaying 👀

[@aaronhastie830]

@@randymarsh8936 lol yup you pretty much nailed it. Pick a spot that will give you plenty of opportunity to land and just go for it. The winds often allow for some steering as they'll be at different headings at different altitudes. There is absolutely skill in being able to steer the balloon but if the wind ain't blowing there you ain't going there.

[@WereStillPlaying]

@@aaronhastie830 Don't take it personally, ballooning is a small world :P

[@glennlane6599]

Used to make hot air baloons using dry cleaning clear plastic bags. Started with candles for heat, then graduated to Sterno until one windy night all the sterno fell onto a neighbor's roof. We boosted one of our little brothers onto the roof and he stomped out the fire. Always wondered why none of the home's occupants came out to find out what that noise was! That was the end to our hot air balloon experiments.

[@anon_y_mousse]

Just imagine doing that at Christmas and the kids get excited about Santa coming down the chimney. Funnier still would be if they didn't have a chimney.

[@AnimalWhisper007]

The Cool thing about Hot Air Balloon Piloting is the Steering . I got to pilot one with the actual Pilot as My Copilot and to steer You Spit over the side and see where the lower winds are moving in the direction You are wanting to Go and then lowering the balloon to that level and blowing over the way you want to steer then raising up to straiten out or turn the other way ! So you need to get an RC Pilot that spits for the Balloon now !

[@Knot_Sean]

“Do not try at home!” *as they proceed to unprofessionally and hilariously try this at home*

[@slob0516]

Hi. Pilot here. The top line is the crown. It's for use on the ground. The parachute top is used to go down or to dump the air at landing. The teather lines are for anchoring the balloon or to drop to ground crew to handle on landing. Lift is determined by a pyrometer at the top. Higher temperatures are bad for the coating. Keep it under the rated temperature and measure the lift there. Lift relates to the area over the equator of the envelope.

[@b5a5m5]

I've been ballooning for 10 years now and was delighted to see you messing around with LTA aviation! One thing I was a little concerned about though, your envelope (probably nylon) is considered over-temp above 250f and quickly degrades the fabric, for polyester envelopes it's 300f. Seeing as this isn't carrying passengers it's not like there is much of a consequence here, but just something to be aware of if you want the envelope to last, well I guess forever since it will hardly be carrying a payload.

[@AJ-Palermo]

That's by far the best ad for Brilliant I've ever seen!

[@bake162]

This is the perfect of example of “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should” Merry Christmas lads

[@tuloxe]

10:17 „Bro How many bananas du ju have“ 😂

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Tampons make excellent wicks for little hot air balloons. Wrap most of it in foil like a bag. I stopped doing it after a police car hit one that struggled to gain altitude and drifted down the main road through town. S. S. Light days. That was one of my ex's favorite stories to tell. It was going out so they didn't stop and it didn't flare-up. When I was a kid, a Korean vet made paper lanterns that you light the whole thing and it goes as an ember up into the sky.

[@praticle]

username checks out

[@AerospaceMatt]

Balloons were my first aviation love. When I was younger I used to be OBSESSED with balloons. Anything from helium party balloons to hot air balloons. When people would ask me what I liked, I would say “anything that flies”. Of course as I’ve aged fighter jets have become my forefront aviation interest. But, to see my favorite KZbin channel deal with hot air balloons is special! (It’s Peter’s fault I’m flying RC planes too)

[@TheMalformedViperfish]

I also have an interest in aviation its just so cool to think about flying

[@AerospaceMatt]

@@TheMalformedViperfish since the dawn of our species we’ve looked to the birds and wondered what it might be like to soar through the wild blue yonder. Through the years our technology improved and allowed us to finally find out. In a few hours, I myself will be flying in a passenger jet, airborne as our ancestors could only dream of. I count myself lucky to be alive in a world where flight is possible!

[@nosidenoside2458]

I think that a small vertical propeller could be useful here, if you made it neutrally buoyant, it could push it up or down with very little energy

[@Jambandit15]

You should do an electric hot air balloon using an induction heater.

[@oojimmyflip]

use a black dust bin liner and let the sun heat the balloon and the air inside, it actually works.

[@JosephHarner]

Too low energy density. Electric flight is all about efficiency. If you just want heat, as in a hot air balloon, you really can't beat combustion.

[@artisticyeti22]

​​@@JosephHarnerYeah I was wondering whether an induction by itself would be able to sufficiently produce so much thermal energy for the Ballon to lift

[@bkanegson]

It isn't a PeterSripol presentation without some spectacular failures :-)

[@paraglidingprospector]

I’m just here for the carnage. 😂 Jk. I approve of his RC Tomfoolery!

[@xxmortikaixx4975]

A tall, very thin stainless steel type of shroud/tube with holes around the flame would help keep the flame consistent and also help draw more air into the shroud/flame to be directed into the balloon.

[@JSMZeez]

Plus it needs to be mounted way higher too.

[@StuartRobinson123]

amazing. thank you for this. and for the CAD files. could you list the electronics components you used in the description?

[@AsTheRavensGather]

Blud commented 14 hours ago… this video is only 43seconds up

[@GamingCat100]

time travel ??

[@lucastschetter9896]

Odd, the video has only existed about a minute, and you have a comment on for 14 hours already?

[@fingerknight27]

Patreon.

[@RemasteredStudios]

bruh

[@NotDrDre]

Looking forward to Peter’s follow up to this video: a Hindenburg reenactment flight Edit: he has a dirgible video!

[@fezpcgamer4164]

Engineer: “recomend me a precise unit of weight” Peter: “eggplants and bananas” 😂😂😂😂

[@jojofixer]

Get a plastic bag from the cleaners, Scotch tape top hole, make a cross of balsam wood and use 2 birthday candles cut in half to make 4. Use on still night only!

[@monostripezebras]

In balloons there is kind of a delay effect, when you burn you need to be aware that if you burn until it moves, you overdo it.. short bursts and observing the movement is how balloon pilots do it at first until they develop a feel for their volume

[@TheWhatman21]

society is soft when playing with lighters and butane has become "too dangerous"

[@6Diego1Diego9]

Please shut up

[@TK-tt7jm]

I'm building a blimp that uses variable gas temps to maintain buoyancy/altitude. Ultra lite aircraft powered by Corona thrusters and hydrogen.

[@Sniperboy5551]

I love most KZbinrs have uploaded new videos today! Good timing since most people don’t have work, definitely brings in more views!

[@prozacgod]

That was about as exciting as a hot air balloon.

[@samuellondke9108]

Two Peter sripol videos in one month?! Best Christmas ever!

[@shop970]

It's really fun! Peter has been experimenting for a long time! Keeps going until it's successful!

[@themanhimself3]

This is a a fantastic video on why I will never step foot in a hot air balloon. 🤣🤣

[@404_profile_not_found]

13:04 - "I didn't actually garage-uate college"

[@suspense_comix3237]

Finally, some schmuck does an RC Hot Air Balloon! Been waiting for one of these.

[@vanpenguin22]

Long time no see. Glad to see you're still at it. Hope your Christmas was excellent

[@anthonyelam2257]

You are so adventurous and you love to experiment through trial and error and you learn fro your failure ... so fun to watch ... thank you ...❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊 ...

[@UncleKennysPlace]

I was one of the n'er-do-wells that got the 1970s UFO sightings really going with cleaning bag balloons, with rolled cotton soaked in wax for heat. My mother was not impressed.

[@nermket4849]

When you use the gondola as fuel it solves the issue of not having enough fuel and having too much weight

[@rob379lqz]

Yup. China sent a couple of them over us with GoPro cameras. Thankfully, General Milli-Vanili spent a $2 million to shoot one down.

[@Frankensteins_Highboy]

The Canadians proved, in 1998, that machine guns don't easily take weather balloons down. (They used well over 1000 rounds) Does that mean we had to use the most expensive missile? No

[@SolarWebsite]

General Milli-Vanili? (I'm from Europe)

[@quentinhilpert9606]

I've been playing with hot air balloons since I was a kid (68) and still do. Unfortunately I live in Arizona so......... when it rains really really well then time to fly. What I want to try is those blow up santa clause yard thingies. Weight it just enough to keep santa upright and santa and maybe his reindeer would be flying!!!!!

[@hchowky]

It's a great idea to combine the rigid airship + hot air balloon idea. I've wondered in the past if a electric heat controlled (through heat elements) compared to gas powered airship can work. Hopefully you have better ideas for your next airship/hot air ideas

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

I'm 75 and 'back in the day' I SUCCESSFULLY did this using a kerosine fuel-soaked Tampon wrapped in a criss-cross of 30-gauge wire for support, suspended from a thin "X" of wire side to side from a tissue fabric geodesic baloon made of thin balsa strips. Robust, lightweight, controllable.

[@FarmerFpv]

I'd be excited and mortified having Peter as a neighbor, lol.

[@griptopia]

that hot air balloon would make a good camera platform, that really is worth exploring

[@GeneralPadron]

You have to remember, the hotter the air, the more lift you get. Even in the same volume of space.

[@Zortorond]

I did make models of hot air balloons myself and actually I found out that you can make one just out of black plastic trash bags and it will lift itself pretty easy by the heat of the sun. So technically you don't even need a heater. But the balloon with fire just looks cooler (or should I've said hotter?) :) There is a very old video of one of mines at my "channel" btw. That one was made of paper and used some solvent as a fuel.

[@2timothy477]

Thanks for sharing this project. You all have such determination not to give up! May God Bless you all. Steven. U.K.

[@secularstormchaser0074]

Something ive been wanting to do for a long while...but intelligently Peter stripol- Let me just throw stuff together quick. Lol, cool video. I have a calculator for lift and it takes into account enviromental conditions

[@GAD00SH]

Always love the variety of your videos! Looking forward to more work on the lobster boat!

[@mtmadigan82]

Lit unmanned compressed gas bottles in the sky. Couldn't see any massive liability attached to something that reckless 😂

[@skenzyme81]

If you can get them to land and auto-refuel, this could be a pathway to swarm-based air defense.

[@beargillium2369]

I know you're joking 🎈

[@dronepilot260rc]

My dad and I used to watch the Hot air balloons go by. Used to be very common in the 80’s and 90’s but now I rarely see them

[@jonathandill3557]

Solar balloons made of black material would nearly eliminate the fire hazard, but would probably provide less lift per volume of air.

[@AveryFlies]

Man, you always do the things I can only think of, thats awesome!

[@calvingarrett3245]

Thats a cool balloon Peter i like that last one you had a lot of weight in that basket now you can try building a little biger size balloon. Have a great chrismas Peter.

[@Planes9905]

😂😂😂 "so we're gonna test it, with eggplants and bananas"😂😂😂

[@locusschreinert2215]

the cartel lost a good smuggler there 😂😂😂

[@jamestait65]

Where did you purchase the mini hot air balloon with the gondola?

[@LeoMcPherson-uv5qm]

nice video man, we anticipate an aircraft project soon

[@Robert-ni6ut]

Man this thing makes the hindenburgg look safe 😮 but it's still cool keep up the great work Peter 👍

[@Ipoetize]

A far better tether for a r/c tissue paper hot air balloon is Dental Floss, just saying!

[@InsaneAction]

The ultimate hipster camera drone. sick videos my dude.

[@maisamsorosh2221]

I love your content, brother. Would love if you create videos, more often!

[@ChongMcBong]

thanks Peter :) maybe a mini zeppelin next time?

[@merxellus1456]

Day 2 of Asking Peter to build a Hair drying Airplane.

[@AusomeWonder2018]

😴🙏🙏🙏

[@thesebi]

soooo .... you're going for that Hindenburg experience? 🤣 Using a gas lamp mantle might be interesting, so there is less open flame.

[@gloorfpv1801]

I don’t even know why I’ve always wanted to try this too ,,,, I’m so glad you saved us all the effort,,always amazing

[@ashers_workshop]

Cool. Been waiting for you to do this! Not super adrenaline or fun but i wanted to see you try

[@Dell-ol6hb]

2:33 I think that's why you usually only see them being released near major bodies of water

[@athenovae]

Better add the Fire Nation’s symbol on that 🔥😂

[@gabe-j5t]

I was wanting you to do a video on rc hot air balloons so thank you so much also merry Christmas

[@global_ant]

I was wondering what gear do you use for controlling the RC vehicles?

[@idris110]

Why's everyone's dad balloon pilot

[@FlyDreamEcuador]

This rc baloon is legit - no strings attached.

[@ClockworkAvatar]

I know you said your boat videos aren't doing well, but they are plenty interesting, I hope we get to see more.

[@Rebar77_real]

Great Dirigibuild!

[@Lorecastapendragon]

thank you for making this video, I have a fascination with airships and have always dreamed of making one but have never had the means to make one

[@desert-walker]

I actually made one of these eight years ago with a mini butane torch and it worked great. It went so high I lost it could not even see it, but this one’s pretty cool and way way bigger😊

[@CucumberCraft]

Now I really want a flying hot air balloon eggplant/banana bomber.

[@DonovanMagryta]

Make an oblique adjustable angle flying wing! It would be a really neat video and a great demo of a stabilizing flight controller! TBH, I commented this on the Flite Test Channel also.

[@eTiMaGo]

The Montgolfier brothers would be proud. Horrified, perhaps, but proud

[@paulkerman8906]

"Gramps, how did the Great Fire of 2024 start?" "Well, sonny, there was this guy called 'Peter Sripol...'"

[@jackermis3104]

Merry christmas peter!

[@grubbypaws3566]

Dude you need like a stove pipe to shield the flame and get the hot air in the envelope. Nice bog though 👍👍

[@WeaverOfNightmares]

Where can we buy the hot air ballon every time i search on ebay tous and inflatable toys show up not something that can fly 😢

[@AerialAcesRC13]

On RC helium balloons, they commonly used a multiple sized(weights) hex nuts on a string underneath to act as a counter weight, and VERY easy to fine tune as well!!! Very cool, very different!

[@pauljs75]

The home-made one was close to working better, but I'd suspect the balloon part would need to be twice as big. Compare to the one that was purchased with the basket and all that, in terms of payload vs. lift.

[@AYMANZABOOB]

I follow you from Palestine and I love inventions and continue

[@JHsillypantsMcGee]

"Lift force is 10 eggplants and 23 bananas" - Nice.

[@bmobert]

Have you ever heard of Solomon Andrews and his Aereon? He was able to fly against the wind without a motor in 1863. In 1865, he flew from New Jersey, over New York city and landed on Manhattan Island for a few days to avoid a storm. He then flew back again. A post-war recession bankrupted him and he never flew again.

[@kashgohel]

😂 Can you picture the 1st prototypes screaming at you like a banshee from a dark alley?

[@1.4142]

Peter is not just full of hot air, he actually has weight behind his words.

[@imaginemedia07]

I think you’re loosing your heat before it gets to the envelope. Hot air balloons have a small wind guard on one side between the envelope and the gondola. I think adding this would help cut the wind down between the burner and the envelope, allowing most of the hot air to go into the envelope. Happy flying from Dayton, Ohio.

[@tophatvideosinc.5858]

One project at a time Pete.

[@gabedarrett1301]

This formula works for boats and airships: max theoretical cargo capacity = density of surrounding fluid × submerged volume - ship mass (which is anything that isn't cargo, including the mass of the gas inside the submerged volume). For air, the density is about 1 kg/m³. For water, its about 1000

[@kurtflint64]

I've made something similar to this before by hanging a stripped-down tiny hovercraft, which I made from the Flite Test plans, using only rear motors plugged in, from a neutrally buoyant helium balloon or two. When the stick is pushed forward, it causes the entire contraption to roll, giving the hovercraft gondola a slight upward tilt and causing the entire setup to go forward and up. Turning the hovercraft rotates the balloon or balloons, resulting in the entire setup turning the next time you throttle up. This setup works best indoors, where you won't risk losing your toy to an updraft and it getting stuck in a tree ;-) A broken micro drone can also work with just a single party balloon. In fact, this video has inspired me, and I think I'll build an RC blimp using tiny whoop parts this weekend!

[@miles_world]

"don't buy this thing if you life any state that's flammable" 😂

[@chrisfell2621]

I agree, sky lantter ballons are a crazy. The risk of causing a fire seem to great.

[@TheMalformedViperfish]

i would love to see you do more weird plane experiments

[@JinKee]

Hope you have a valid transponder or they'll scramble the Raptors.

[@texastaterbug5395]

Peter, have you ever made an "Oblique Wing" Aircraft with a wing on a central pivot?