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Hydrogen Ballooning Details
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| Submitted by: | Traditional on 11/30/2001 or sooner |
| Held: | Not Yet |
| Category: | Banned |
| Typical Duration: | 90 |
| Skills Required: | Mental, Creative |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Location: | Outdoors |
| Time Frame: | Night |
| Work as: | Group |
| Equipment Needs: | Average |
| Description | The goal is to fill a balloon with hydrogen, allow it to gain some altitude and then have it explode, typically by means of a fuse. |
| Basics | Typically, we fill a single balloon with hydrogen generated from an old weather balloon kit and using a gum out can as an engine. Running the hose from the can to the balloon through ice, snow, or water is a good idea. |
| Why is this something we want to do? | When it works, we get a loud mid-air explosion. |
| Variations: | We could get actual cylinders of hydrogen which might let us do this on a much larger scale. |
| Equipment List: | Balloons Fuse Hydrogen cylinder Gum out can Weather balloon kit |
| Mitigated Risk: | BAN (Details) |
| Reviewed Date: | 2023-12-01 |
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