In order to lift into the air the house as in the cartoon "Up!", You need 300 balloons with a diameter of 2, 4 m

The plot of the cartoon "Up!", During which the house with an old man and a boy raised in the air on a bunch of balloons, was not so far-fetched as it might seem. This trick can be done in reality, prove to the experimenters channel National Geographic, who successfully put the experience in the homeland of the cartoon - in the United States, the newspaper The Daily Mail.

This will require 300 balloons up to 2, 4 meters - for filling one ball requires a helium balloon. Attracted as professional engineers, two pilots and a group of volunteers. House gathered a little - 4, 8 × 4, 8 × 5, 5 m.

The building is well up over the California desert and held in the air for about an hour at an altitude of 3000 m. The home run was shown on the TV channel ABC.

Organizers of the show admitted that the house was not quite real - it was specifically made for the experiment of light materials. "We found that in fact it was almost impossible to raise into the air a real home," - said executive producer Ben Bowie.

"Still, we were able to run in a lightweight flight home, and to ensure safe flight with two people on board," - said the producer Ian White.

Experimenters have also set a world record for the number of balloons in a bundle.



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