There are actual photos of Lawnchair Larry and his balloons that can be
found on internet. He did use 45 balloons. They're pretty easy to count
in the photos.
I can envision a Yagi suspended from a series of balloons but how would
you rotate it? Sort of like flying a kite ...
73, Zack W9SZ
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Mike (KA5CVH) Urich wrote:
> Zack Widup wrote:
>
> But Lawnchair Larry was back in 1982.
>
>
> Mike wrote
>
> Mythbusters had fun with that project didn't they? I don't recall all the
> details but they reproduced the story but it took a whole lot more balloons
> for a lot less weight than what was supposedly used.
>
> Mike Urich KA5CVH
> http://ka5cvh.com
> EC - S/E Harris Co.
> http://harriscountyares.org
>
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