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Demoninja United States1190 Posts May 23 2008 10:25 GMT #1 I have to make a hot air balloon out of tissue paper. That's how the panels are supposed to cut. The bottom will fold into a circle so we can fill it up to fly and the top is a closed circle. The way these panels are set, everything fits together perfectly. My question is if my panels were like this. Would it fold together the same way?

KwarK United States43347 Posts May 23 2008 11:14 GMT #2 No. The former is an open ended cone. The latter changes angle several times and would be far more complex and less stable.

Demoninja United States1190 Posts May 23 2008 11:43 GMT #3 Yeah, good thing I went ahead and cut all of my panels. Thanks a lot.

Dr.Kill-Joy United States627 Posts May 23 2008 12:36 GMT #4 A hot air ballon out of tissue paper?? 1st question...why are you trying to preform this? 2nd, wouldn't the tissue paper catch on fire or rip from the constant heat pressure?

EtherealDeath United States8366 Posts May 23 2008 13:44 GMT #5 #2 wouldn't go so well like Kwark said. And it does work quite well, the tissue paper that is :-) Just watch out for trees....mine came down on a tree and got OWNED

Kennelie United States2296 Posts May 23 2008 16:27 GMT #6 We might have to call Charmin in on these one. Shit if you can use paper towels some Bounty would be great..Or find some industrial paper towels/toilet paper. And yea wouldnt the paper just rip from the heat pressure? Bah well im not so much help.

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