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1. Construct a gas filled vinyl balloon having the shape of a bagel formed like an over-inflated Mickey Mouse auto tire. A continuous bicycle chain runs between the balloon’s axle and pedals in the basket.
2. Sit in the basket and if absent a full head of hair, don a woollen cap or better yet a
helmet topped with a stuffed hare.
3. Launch the bagel balloon on a storm cloudy day and float above the wispy tops in the sunlight.
4. Proceed to pedal vigorously while applying hair/wool/hare to the surface of the rotating balloon giving it a negative charge and you with basket a positive charge.
5. Release some gas from the balloon to sink swiftly towards a positively charged cloud crest.
6. Feel repulsion and levity as you rebound upward while picnicking on fried hare gairaut style high above the lightning and hail.
Cloud Bouncing Simplified
[FarmerJohn,
May 11 2005]
Basics of Static Electricity
http://www.school-f.../science/static.htm
[FarmerJohn, May 09 2005]
Charge Distribution in Clouds
http://apollo.lsc.v...e_distribution.html
[FarmerJohn, May 09 2005]
fried hare gairaut style
http://www.cote.azu...tyle_17_lang_en.htm
[FarmerJohn, May 11 2005]
Don't float in the Ganges
http://ebeltz.net/c...n/chs/1993colu.html
[coprocephalous, May 11 2005]
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Axle? Balloons have axles? |
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Cloud Bouncing for dummies? |
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[bris] As far as I know all bagel balloons have axles. |
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You'd be grounded if you were
grounded. |
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+ just for the helmet with a hare strapped to it. |
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Where ... in Halfbakery did this first appear? |
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Repulsive...but in a good way. |
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Why, [reensure], do you conclude that it must have appeared here before? |
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Okay, you got me, [bristolz]. Unless someone points to the idea appearing here in the past couple years, I'll have to admit that I've had the same idea myself (without the rabbit -- a VERY big without, mind you). + |
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what does the bunny get out of this? |
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I’ll give this a + for the image, but the last paragraph doesn’t work. There’s no rebounding because the balloon/basket is overall neutral. |
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what's gairut style? gairaut...thanks. |
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Link for [po] and [dentworth] without the typo |
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ah I see, this is all just an elaborate effort to gas, stuff and fry a bunny. I oughta fish you for that. |
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I want to see some practical uses for a snapping turtle. other than soup; they are ugly and mean... got anything? |
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[dentworth] You could ship them to India to put in the Ganges - they were introduced there to eat the remains of corpses sent down the river. I'll see if I can find a link [edit] Linky. |
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ugh, gag, blehhhhch. thanks [copro] |
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What's the problem [dentworth]? Do you prefer to leave corpse consumption to worms? Are you vertebratist? |
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