How does balloon fly

Hot air balloons work because hot air rises. By heating the air inside the balloon with the burner, it becomes lighter than the cooler air on the outside. This causes the balloon to float upwards, as if it were in water. Obviously, if the air is allowed to cools, the balloon begins to slowly come down. Pilots have a great deal of control over the altitude of the balloon which they monitor with various instruments.

Balloons cannot be steered in the normal sense of the word so they travel in the direction of the wind, which varies at different altitudes. Pilots skillfully use this as a way of changing direction by burning to go up, or allowing the air to cool to go down, and catch different air streams at different heights. Pilots can use turning vents in the side of the balloon to rotate it degrees so you have a full panoramic view and to make the broad side of the basket lead for landing.

Pilots bring the balloon into land, usually after around an hour in the air on a passenger flight, when they see a safe open space often out in the countryside. The pilot asks all passengers to crouch down in the seated landing position knees bent, back facing in the direction of travel and holding ropes provided.

As the balloon approaches the ground, the pilot releases the vent at the top of the balloon letting the hot air escape. When the basket touches down, sometimes there is a bump, a skid and the basket can occasionally tip over slightly. This is quite safe and normal. Balloons have been landing like this for over two hundred years and modern balloon baskets are designed for this.

After a serene hour or so in the clouds, most people thoroughly enjoy the excitement. For passengers it is not less fascinating sight than the flight itself. First of all, the appropriate place for take off is to be chosen. There can not be any obstacles: trees, poles, electric lines in the lawn.

When the wind is stronger, they look for a lee. When the place is chosen, all equipment of air balloon is unloaded. Burners are put on the basket; they are joined with gas cylinders by special hoses. The pilot tries how burners and the system of gas supply work.

Then envelope is stretched. The envelope is always stretched leeward. The dome is joined with the basket and burners by special carbines. When the envelope is bloated enough, the pilot starts heating the in the envelope by the flame of burners. Warming-up air dilates and turns up. In such a way the envelope is completely bloated and it starts rising from the ground. Before blowing hot air balloon is tied to the car.

This is done with the purpose that the wind would not precipitate not completely prepared balloon. When the pilot is sure that the passengers and balloon are ready for the flight and when the air in the envelope is warmed up to appropriate temperature, air balloon begins to rise. Then the balloon is released from the car and it flies up. Even though the flying of air balloon seems simple, really it requires special flying knowledge and skills. Even though air balloon has either engine, nor wings, during the flight air balloon is controlled by two main devices: burners and valve.

When the air is warmed up the balloon rises, after opening valve, the balloon starts to land. So, the height of air balloon is controlled by changing temperature inside the envelope. Many people have a question: if the pilot can control only the height of the flight, how then the balloon flies to the place required? The answer is here: the conditions of atmosphere are used for the flight by air balloon.

Wind speed and wind direction differ in different heights. Therefore pilots can change the flight direction of balloon by changing vertical balloon position. Wind speed usually is bigger in higher layers of the atmosphere, therefore the pilots can partially control the speed of the flight as well. In order to answer this fundamental question, we want to show you the main parts that make up a hot air balloon. While there are many parts, we only visualize the basket and balloon envelope.

We cherish each guest that we bring on board and put your safety and comfort first. That is why we have been buying our balloons from the same manufacturer for many years. How hot air balloons work is thanks to the hot air inside the balloon, produced by the burner. Science tell us that hot air rises, and as the air is heated inside the balloon it causes it to rise upwards because it is lighter than the cooler air on the outside. When the pilot needs to bring the balloon down again, he simply reduces the temperature of the air inside the balloon causing it to slowly descend.

Our experienced pilots have many technical instruments which help them keep track of wind movement, altitude and speed allowing them to have more control over the movement of the balloon. Their ability to monitor wind allows them to determine how high hot air balloons go. Hot air balloons have vents on the side of the balloon which the pilot can use to turn the balloon degrees allowing each guest a breath-taking, panoramic view.