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FOR SALE: Proof That Balloon Boy Was A Hoax
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Enquiring Minds Want to Know! #henne
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this is the amount of helium you would need #henne
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"At sea level, air weighs about 0.078 pounds per cubic foot, so the upward buoyant force on a cubic foot of helium is about 0.078 pounds."
Now at sea level air weighs more than at Denver's elevation, so at 5,000 ft above sea level that balloon could carry less weight.
Even if it were double that size (600 cubic feet),At sea level that 600 cubic foot balloon could lift 600 (X)times .078 pounds, or 46.8 pounds (including the mylar skin)
My conclusion is that the balloon in question (in a balloon that was more like 300 cubic feet) would not get off the ground with a 50lb child on board. #henne
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@Adam Moss: Thanks! #henne
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Also, you are wrong. If a gust of wind grabbed that balloon, it would have lifted BalloonBoi off the ground. Hell, a kite managed to pull my ~170lb body out of the water ten feet and 15 forward face first into a wave. #henne
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It was also quoted that the balloon lifted off at 200'-300'/min. That was what sent me to my HP 50G to start figuring. I was around weather balloons in the Army relating to airborne operations & realized the balloon size in relation to the payload had to be much larger than it was. #henne
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What I'm saying is, there should have been as much emphasis on the ground search as the air search. They might have found him sooner & avoided a lot of balloon track ground search.
No one was really looking on the ground at the launch point much after the first little while. Like I heard so many times yesterday, little boys do things like that & then hide to avoid the punishment. I was a curious little boy once. #henne
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