Hot Air Balloon
Today I was watching that hummer commercial, where the little kids make little hot air balloons, and the slogan is you can only have your kids make hot air balloons if you buy a hummer or some stupid shit like that and i was intrigued by the little hot air balloons so i was like, why don't I make one? And that I did.
So i got off me lazy ass and went in my shop, and there was this bag on one of the racks.
Perfetto!
Then I got all the shit from the tool shop and took it to my shop. Then i listed all the things i had to do. I had to build a carrige that would hold a candle or a pile of wood , something burning. Then i had to put some trusses on the top of the bag to open the bag up. Then i had to hook the carriage to the balloon. Done.
So i started to make the carriage. I could either get some tin can and just use that, or i could be the asshole and make my own carriage out of copper sheeting, and an asshole i was. I cut out the shape
and hammered the sides all nice. Then with me being master solderer i soldered all the sides and made it nice and water proof ..... so if my hot air balloon ever drifted off to sea .. and ... it had to crash land ..... the mini people on it wouldn't drown. ....
Right after that my camera decided to be a fucking cocksucker and STOP FUCKING WORKING, I swear on my grandpa's grave , for the next project, i'll shoot the camera with the potato gun.
Anyways then i hot glued a couple of metal rods to the top so the bag spread out nicely, and i hung it from those lights that are connected to those rods.. yeah those things . Finally, i came up with this thing ....
Then i spent an hour on the floor with the blow torch on trying to heat it up. And guess what. IT DIDN'T FUCKING WORK. I kept buring holes in the side, and after i used up one actylene bottle i gave up
fucking piece of shit
ps. maybe tomorrow i'll actually make it work.
Edit: I merged the two posts cause it was getting confusing cause if you read the follow up first you get all confused
Ok, so yesterday it dawned on me on how much easier it would have been if i used a blow drier instead of the blow torch to initially pump it with hot air, and then maybe sustain the hot air with a burning candle in the carriage after the air pimp mobile takes off to reach the heavens.
So, in hopes of not having this project fall in the utter failure / pure waste of money + time bin, i stole my sister's hair drier and went to my shop. Then i took the metal rods off in hopes to lighten the air pimp mobile so i could raise the amount of bitches i could board. Then i hooked up the blow drier and started pumping the hot air.
note the pimpin polish on the carriage
Well, after 10 mins of pumpin hot air, it still wasn't lifitng itself off the ground. I mean, not even the bag was raising itself. After i ran my hand over the bag..... like so ....
sorry i'm a picture whore
... i realised what was going on. Turns out that the bag was one of those "breathable" laundry bags and all the hot air was escaping from the fabric.
Well there you go,the air pimp mobile ain't going nowhere. It wasn't for shit though cause all i need now is some nylon bag, or i could just use a plastic bag if i get really desperate.
Foooooooo shizzle
So i got off me lazy ass and went in my shop, and there was this bag on one of the racks.
Perfetto!
Then I got all the shit from the tool shop and took it to my shop. Then i listed all the things i had to do. I had to build a carrige that would hold a candle or a pile of wood , something burning. Then i had to put some trusses on the top of the bag to open the bag up. Then i had to hook the carriage to the balloon. Done.
So i started to make the carriage. I could either get some tin can and just use that, or i could be the asshole and make my own carriage out of copper sheeting, and an asshole i was. I cut out the shape
and hammered the sides all nice. Then with me being master solderer i soldered all the sides and made it nice and water proof ..... so if my hot air balloon ever drifted off to sea .. and ... it had to crash land ..... the mini people on it wouldn't drown. ....
Right after that my camera decided to be a fucking cocksucker and STOP FUCKING WORKING, I swear on my grandpa's grave , for the next project, i'll shoot the camera with the potato gun.
Anyways then i hot glued a couple of metal rods to the top so the bag spread out nicely, and i hung it from those lights that are connected to those rods.. yeah those things . Finally, i came up with this thing ....
Then i spent an hour on the floor with the blow torch on trying to heat it up. And guess what. IT DIDN'T FUCKING WORK. I kept buring holes in the side, and after i used up one actylene bottle i gave up
fucking piece of shit
ps. maybe tomorrow i'll actually make it work.
Edit: I merged the two posts cause it was getting confusing cause if you read the follow up first you get all confused
Ok, so yesterday it dawned on me on how much easier it would have been if i used a blow drier instead of the blow torch to initially pump it with hot air, and then maybe sustain the hot air with a burning candle in the carriage after the air pimp mobile takes off to reach the heavens.
So, in hopes of not having this project fall in the utter failure / pure waste of money + time bin, i stole my sister's hair drier and went to my shop. Then i took the metal rods off in hopes to lighten the air pimp mobile so i could raise the amount of bitches i could board. Then i hooked up the blow drier and started pumping the hot air.
note the pimpin polish on the carriage
Well, after 10 mins of pumpin hot air, it still wasn't lifitng itself off the ground. I mean, not even the bag was raising itself. After i ran my hand over the bag..... like so ....
sorry i'm a picture whore
... i realised what was going on. Turns out that the bag was one of those "breathable" laundry bags and all the hot air was escaping from the fabric.
Well there you go,the air pimp mobile ain't going nowhere. It wasn't for shit though cause all i need now is some nylon bag, or i could just use a plastic bag if i get really desperate.
Foooooooo shizzle