BRAND NEW Homemade hot air balloon (Cloud hopper)

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3 жыл бұрын

Welcomes to the launch site, for the unveiling of this brand new Homemade hot air balloon - This balloon building project has taken the owner 4 years to complete, Here we get a close up look at his balloon, and all the hard work he has put in to create this truly professional outcome.
The pilot has a bespoke Cloud hopper bottom end purpose built for this balloon, and uses a Cameron single burner in a gimble frame.
This small hot air balloon is design to carry 1 person - with a total lift of 310KG including the weight of the envelope, fuel, burner system and pilot.
Volume 31,000ft3
Registration - G-CJIP
Constructor - Chris Sanger-Davies
Location - Hawarden Wales
Build dates - 2016 - 2020
Type - Aero 31 AM 9
Interested in DIY / Homebuilt hot air balloons - follow one of our `Video of the Week` links to one of the 3 films below on the subject of hot air balloon construction and assembly
homebuilt hot air balloon (launching) • Homemade hot air ballo...
How to build a hot air balloon - Episode 1 • Building a Hot Air Bal...
Simple Aircraft - The Cloudhopper • Simple Aircraft - THE ...
Music C/O KZfaq
Artist
Track 1 Mind Stream - Chris Haugen
Track 2 Ibiza dreams - Chris Haugen

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@TheBigBalloonFestival 3 жыл бұрын

Want to know more about these small single person balloons, here at the big balloon festival we love 'em so here is a whole playlist on the subject kzfaq.info/sun/PL-FtZ8D04WMMps9iFOTCBufAS1VCSay8a This is also the second homebuilt balloon of this design IN THE WORLD - the other is the resident balloon here on the big balloon festival - want to know how we made them check out our playlist on how it's made kzfaq.info/sun/PL-FtZ8D04WMNwAIsVEUVmS7UKhuMqmoab

@ginnielacy170 Жыл бұрын

What a cool hot-air balloon that is! That's awesome! I love hot-air balloons! Hot-air balloons are my favorite aircraft! They are so beautiful and colorful!

@stevenstolfi544 Жыл бұрын

That's sick man. I personally fly on a gas powered paraglider :) can't wait to see a balloon up there

@TheBigBalloonFestival Жыл бұрын

Awesome - Fabric Flyers flock together :-) I'm also looking forward to a close pass from a paraglider / paramotor see you in the sky one day maybe

@benedictcumberbatch4275 11 ай бұрын

Don’t run into one 😆

@bryandijkstra Жыл бұрын

i love hot air balloons

@objectnico2971 3 жыл бұрын

I olways want a cloud hopper

@Rammstein45 3 жыл бұрын

That's Fantastic!

@elosogonzalez8739 3 жыл бұрын

Calm day. Question: Why not use one long blast of the burner to inflate the envelope upright? I could understand short blasts if conditions were less than perfect. As long as it gets up without burning it is all that matters. Curious. Cheers! From 🇺🇸

@TheBigBalloonFestival 3 жыл бұрын

Its all down to personal taste, for me I try to double the length of each burn as the balloon stands up, (but it doesn't always work out that way) others just open the valve and blast away :-) It does affect how hard the person on the crown line has to work, trying to hold the top of the balloon down / stable, pile in lots of heat and you can find your crown guy being dragged across wet grass on their bum #waystomakefriends LOL

@CS-tj3nf 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBigBalloonFestival 😂

@ThomasGrillo Жыл бұрын

That is fantastic! Thanks. :)

@claudenicoli9601 11 ай бұрын

Very nice 👍🏻

@TheBigBalloonFestival 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, great to see this project come to completion.

@wompstopm123 5 ай бұрын

you need a gas powered fan to get it started? might as well mount the gas powered fan on your back and turn it into a paramotor.

@TheBigBalloonFestival 5 ай бұрын

He he that sounds like great fun, I'd probably find myself going round and round in circles trying to figure out how to switch it off 😆

@CS-tj3nf 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Any balloony type events going on?

@TheBigBalloonFestival 2 жыл бұрын

Yes been to a few over the summer (videos to come) and there are a couple more before the autumn makes it more difficult to find good weather. Hoping for a good gathering at the homebuilders meet followed by an inflation day for some old retired envelope.

@markifi 7 ай бұрын

ever tried slowly towing it above/behind a motorcycle?

@TheBigBalloonFestival 7 ай бұрын

Not a motorcycle nope, but very slowly by a car going backwards, its quite tricky if you get the momentum going and the car stops you can end up on the bonnet / hood (said the voice of experience 😀)

@MrMysterious31 Жыл бұрын

Hi, where can we get it? is it available in online? please share the link if yes..

@TheBigBalloonFestival Жыл бұрын

Hi, no plans available on the internet for this balloon at the moment, this is the second of 3 prototypes, the third currently part built, more news on that once it's completed - good to hear that people might be interested in building a copy

@mrshmister173 3 жыл бұрын

what are the regulations on diy balloons where you're from

@TheBigBalloonFestival 3 жыл бұрын

The rules have been very simple to date. You register your balloon pay the caa fee and build what you like. However more regulation is coming as the homebuild community grows. Soon there will be a size and occupancy limit around 4 people and 100kft limits on size. When you build and fly your own you carry the risk so logic says make it super safe :-)

@sengwesetogile6054 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBigBalloonFestival what mat3 and how much did it cost

@TheBigBalloonFestival 3 жыл бұрын

@@sengwesetogile6054 this is polyurethane (pu) coated ripstop nylon. That was sold off as 'second grade quality' at £3.25 per 1.5m×1m of length. Hope that helps

@wompstopm123 2 жыл бұрын

nobody ever burns the strings with the flame thrower part right?

@TheBigBalloonFestival 2 жыл бұрын

Great question the section between the burner and the mouth of the balloon 'the flying wires' are mostly steal cables (exclusively so here in the uk) or (and more common in the u.s.) kevlar rope which is non flammable so a lick of flame does no harm. It's still not advisable to blast away at them as that does cause damage and will need wires to be replaced.

@AlpineWarren Жыл бұрын

What is the little skirt off the bottom of the balloon for?

@TheBigBalloonFestival Жыл бұрын

This is known as the scoop and is designed to catch any passing breeze when the balloon is on the ground and force it up into the envelope helping it pressurise. It also prevents the wind blowing heat from the burner away down wind and not up into the balloon (when on the ground) when flying it serves no purpose. Hope that helps

@AlpineWarren Жыл бұрын

@@TheBigBalloonFestival thanks!

@nickolasmathieu157 Жыл бұрын

i dont know if i could get your input on this but ive always wondered if an electric heater of some sort could replace propane burners.

@TheBigBalloonFestival Жыл бұрын

Hmm is a good discussion and I think one the future will hold for balloons, what full do we see in the future. If hydrogen becomes a readily available resource (at fuel ⛽️ stations for example) as for electricity I think the speed of operation - how quickly you can raise the internal temperature and how much a battery weighs are the key issue. But I (and the community) are open to 💡 ideas. Question to you?. Does a battery contain enough energy to produce enough heat to lift its own weight? I don't know?

@nickolasmathieu157 Жыл бұрын

@@TheBigBalloonFestival batteries are getting smaller and more powerful, im not too worried about the power required. but im not too sure if electric heaters would be able to lift a hopper off the ground

@nickolasmathieu157 Жыл бұрын

but if this worked, we could have fully electric and eco friendly (wallet friendly too) balloons. solar panels could be used for charging the batteries as the heater heats up the air in the envelope, increasing the total range significantly.

@TheBigBalloonFestival Жыл бұрын

@@nickolasmathieu157 have a look for solar balloons on the Internet there have been some good experiments with using dark fabric to soak up solar rays and fly longer / more efficiently. You have got me thinking about using one of my model balloon envelopes and some kind of electric heater, probably bring the envelope up to flying temp the usual way then see if the electric heater can lift its self and a battery pack?

@nickolasmathieu157 Жыл бұрын

@@TheBigBalloonFestivali havent seen much online about electric balloons so if you managed that, i think it would be a first! (this is getting me excited about eventually getting a cloud hopper haha!) but i think you're right, solar balloons could be our first fully electric manned balloons!

@crashbandicootmsa999 3 жыл бұрын

Homemade ?

@TheBigBalloonFestival 3 жыл бұрын

Yes isnt it impressive. We cut the fabric for this one in the pilots front room (on the floor) and then he has been practicing sewing and learning to build it in his office space in his spare time. Quite a challenge.

@sengwesetogile6054 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBigBalloonFestival what material did you use?and how much did it cost?

@sengwesetogile6054 3 жыл бұрын

Impressive...if i was a north korea, this is how i would escape lol

@RustyShakleford1 3 жыл бұрын

@@sengwesetogile6054 good question!

@gormauslander Ай бұрын

I wonder why they don't make these black to generate heat from the sun

@TheBigBalloonFestival Ай бұрын

Very valid question, and something which has been experimented with on and off over the last 50 or so years of modern hot air balloons (my own balloon has a dark side in the hope of getting some solar gain) I have flown in black topped balloons and it can make landing a little interesting if the sun pops out just as you trying to touch down, so it suggest a little advantage maybe gained in normal flight, but it's hard to pin down just how much - I think we might see more of it in the future

@gormauslander Ай бұрын

@@TheBigBalloonFestival I would think a little more precision in controlling the vents would make it easier to counter any excess buoyancy generated. But you are in England, no? Hard to get solid sunlight there.

@ValCronin Ай бұрын

He didn't make the main part--the balloon--correct? He made everything else just about?

@TheBigBalloonFestival Ай бұрын

The burner and the tank are the only bits you can buy off the shelf in this balloon, everything else is amateur built, the fabric bit he sewed in his house / spare room / office, quite a squeeze