How far can a balloon fly. Project “Where do the balloons fly to? As a result of the project, children will be able to

Apet Olga Alexandrovna
Position: senior caregiver
Educational institution: MKOU "Elizavetinskaya secondary school", preschool group
Locality: Novosibirsk region, Chistoozerny district, with. Elizabethan
Material name: research project
Subject: ""
Publication date: 21.05.2018
Chapter: preschool education

Municipal state educational institution

"Elizabeth secondary school"

preschool group

research project

Where do the balloons go?

Senior group:

Kolesnikova Eva,

Plekhanova Valeria,

Fomina Victoria

Project Manager:

Apet Olga Alexandrovna

Elizabeth, 2018

Introduction……………………………………………………………3

Main part……………………………………………………….5

The history of the appearance of balloons…………………....5

Questionnaire……………………………………………...6

Experimental work……………………………………….7

Conclusion………………………………………………………….12

References……………………………………………………13

INTRODUCTION

Everyone knows that children are natural explorers, they love to ask questions.

In the process of any research, as well as any knowledge, the question plays

key role. It can be said without exaggeration that knowledge begins with

question. Yes, this is true, and this study began with a question.

Where do the balloons go?

Rationale for the choice of topic:

Once, going out with the children for a walk, we took balloons with us,

inflated with helium left after the New Year holiday. We didn't have time to leave

from the porch, as someone let go of the balloon, it was picked up by a gust of wind,

and the balloon flew into the sky. All the children watched the flight of the balloon until it disappeared from

mind. Everyone was very upset because they could not catch the ball, but everyone

I wondered where did he go?

Relevance: during preschool childhood, important in the development

personalities

cognitive

activity.

is a pioneer and researcher. For him everything is for the first time: the sun and

rain, fear and joy. Everyone knows that five-year-old children are called

"why" They show a keen interest in various research

activities,

experimentation. Child

independently conduct research, achieve results, reflect,

uphold

generalize

results

experiments. How

more varied

the more interesting the search activity, the more new information the

the child, the faster and more fully it develops.

Everyone has blown up a balloon at least once in their life. happens

so that, without holding it in your hands, the ball flies away. It doesn't have an engine. He doesn't have

wings. So the children thought about the question: where does the balloon fly?

Problem: Where do the balloons fly to?

Hypothesis: Let's assume that the balls fly into space. Is it true?

But is it right?

To fly a balloon to space, it needs to be as strong as

real rocket. We need to find out what kind of ball it is, what is it made of?

Objective of the project: find out where the balloons go.

2. Find out, with the help of experiments, what "can the ball."

3. Learn to explain the observed, draw simple conclusions.

Object of study: balloon

Subject of study- the strength of the balloon.

Research methods:

Studying the literature on the topic;

Questioning;

Conducting experiments.

observation.

Analysis of results

As a result of the project, children will know:

1. Where do balloons fly to.

2. How durable are the balloons.

3. When the first hot air balloon appeared

As a result of the project, children will be able to:

1. Perform actions to organize experiments with a balloon.

2. Ask questions, look for answers.

3. See a problem on a specific topic.

4. Formulate a goal, plan tasks.

5. Make hypotheses and test them.

6. Conduct feasible experiments and draw appropriate conclusions.

We will share the results of our work with parents and friends.

MAIN PART.

1.1. The history of balloons.

Who and when invented the first balloon remains a mystery to this day,

but it is known that balloons appeared already in ancient times. looked

great-great-grandfathers of our modern balls are not at all like they are now and the application

they had something else. Ancient Indian people of Mexico in the manufacture of balls

used animal entrails. They dried them in a certain way,

embroidered with patterns and filled with smoke. Such balls they used in their

rituals .

used

decorated

made

entrails

animals,

various

necessary

representations

carnivals,

tool

In 1931, Neil Tylotson (American scientist) released

the first modern, latex balloon. And since then air

finally

change!

round - and with the advent of latex, for the first time, it became possible to create

innovation

immediately

application:

designers decorating holidays began to create compositions from balls in

aircraft,

From the encyclopedia we learned:

When inflated, the balloons become transparent. Balls are made from

foil, they are not transparent, but colorful.

air

huge

balloonists.

We also learned: balloons are inflated with air and gas - helium.

We learned what balloons are for. Need balloons

for joy!

Eva's mom found a cartoon for us that confirmed our hypothesis:

Where do the balloons fly to?

1.2. Questioning.

Parents and children of our group took part in the survey.

The following questions were asked:

Do you think a balloon can fly into space?

cartoons,

did you fly with balloons? Name them.

Have you ever dreamed of taking to the skies in an air

The result is the following.

Of the 23 respondents, 10 suggested that the balloon could fly away

into space, the rest believe that a balloon cannot fly into space.

Everyone knows the heroes of fairy tales and cartoons who flew in an air

famous

Winnie the Pooh.

Only 8 respondents dreamed of rising into the sky in balloons.

Can a balloon fly into space

Have you ever dreamed of taking to the skies in balloons?

And here's what we found out. Dogs spotted flying balloons

cartoon

Winnie the Pooh,

mosquitoes

Chukovsky "Cockroach", the old woman Shapoklyak from E. Uspensky's fairy tale "Crocodile

Gene and his friends.

2. Experimental work

let's try

check

air

strength

prove our assumptions.

Attention! The dangerous part of the experiments is carried out by an adult.

Experiment 1. Punching with a sharp object.

Materials: inflated balloon, metal needle.

We try to pierce the ball with a sharp needle - it burst.

Outcome: If you pierce a balloon with a knitting needle, it will burst.

Experiment 2. Trial by fire.

Materials: two balloons, a candle, matches, water.

An ordinary inflated balloon was brought to the flame of a candle. The fire touched the ball -

he burst. But if you take a ball with water inside and bring it to the flame of a candle,

so that the fire touches the ball, then nothing will happen to it! The secret is that

located

"selects"

the surface of the ball does not heat up to a dangerous temperature.

Outcome: the balloon bursts easily when touched with fire.

Experiment 3

Materials: two balloons.

withstood

tests. One balloon shrunk, the other burst.

Outcome: in the cold, the balls burst and decrease in size.

Conclusion: after 3 experiments, we found out that the balloon does not

durable, which means it cannot fly into space like a rocket. But we became

interesting,

properties

has

air

decided to continue experimenting with balloons.

Experiment 4. The ball is a magnet.

Materials: Balloon, sheet of paper.

To conduct this experiment, we went to the school, to the teacher

Svetlana Anatolyevna said that an ordinary ball can work,

like a magnet. Only it attracts not metal, but charged particles. Need

rub the ball on your hair, then bring pieces of paper to it - they

are magnetized. Another magnetized ball attracts hair and its

can be attached to the wall.

Outcome: a magnetized ball attracts light objects to itself, but this is not

magnet, but charged particles, which we will learn about when we go to study at

Experiment 5. Singing ball.

Material: balloon, coin.

If you rotate the ball with a coin inside, it will “sing”.

Experiment 6. A ball not tied with a thread.

And we also learned that a stream of air escaping from an untied

thread of the ball, after it was inflated and released, very strong - the ball

flies around the group at great speed. And in the water, a stream of air makes a fountain and

the water gurgles a lot.

experiment

showed

Experiment

balloon inflation.

Experiment 7. Inflate a balloon with baking soda and lemon.

Material: 1 empty juice bottle, balloon, 1 lemon, 2

tablespoons of baking soda, 100 ml. water.

We learned that if you add lemon juice and 2 tbsp. spoons

baking soda, and then put a balloon on the neck of the bottle, then the balloon

inflates.

Outcome: baking soda mixed with lemon juice reacted with

which inflated the balloon.

Experiment 8 A balloon filled with helium and simple air.

Indoors, the helium balloon always rises up because it

very light. A balloon inflated with simple air descends.

Scientists believe that the maximum height to which they can climb

balloons filled with helium is 32 km (20 miles).

will not rise, as the gel evaporates, the ball will either descend or

Outcome: If the balloon is inflated with ordinary air, then it will not fly far. Even

if a strong wind rises and at the same time picks up a balloon inflated with air, then

after some distance it will still fall to the ground. And if you fill the balloon

helium, it still will not fly into space, since the maximum height to which

climb

is

located

a distance of 21 million kilometers.

CONCLUSION.

As a result of the study, we learned the history of the appearance

air

ways

applications.

Found out

The balloon rises up thanks to the light gas helium. And most

answered

interesting

air

space

u l e t i t

why. . .

If a balloon is inflated with ordinary air, it will not fly at all. The ball will land on

asphalt).

will rise

will pick up

n a d u t y

in o z d u ho m

u l e t etc.

Only the balloon that will be inflated with gel will be able to take off, but

scientists conducted experiments and found out that the ball with the gel will interrupt its flight and

stop at a distance of thirty-two kilometers from the ground.

withstand

impact of sharp objects, they are fragile. So, they are high in the sky

they simply burst from the cold, and of course, they do not reach space.

Conclusion: our hypothesis was not confirmed. The balloon can't

reach space due to its fragility and due to the fact that it will immediately burst, hitting

a zone of cold air at high altitude in the sky.

Of course, it is a pity that the balls do not fly into space. However, we found out that

balls

fulfill

interesting

with lemon and baking soda. They are fun to play with, make them different

shapes, compositions and just give to a friend.

Balloons are always fun!

The novelty of this work lies in the fact that it explains where they fly

Balloons.

materials

use

directly

educational activities and for the classes of the circle: "Young Researcher".

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

1. Great children's encyclopedia. Volume 2. Physics: Master Media, 2006.

2. Galpershtein L.Ya. My first encyclopedia: Nauch. -pop. edition for

children / - M .: LLC "Publishing house" Rosmen-Press ", 2003. - 255 p.

3. Zigunenko S.N. I know the world: Phenomena of the world: Children's encyclopedia./–

M .: Astrel Publishing House LLC: AST Publishing House LLC, 2003. - 396 p.

Prokhorova

Organization

experimental

activities

5. Rabiza F.V. "Simple experiments" - M. Det.Lit., 2002

It was in the spring. About four years ago. My son and I were returning from a walk. I held his right hand. And for his left he was persistently pulled with his ribbon by a balloon. Red.

Mom, where is he taking me?

Wants to fly away.

The sky is calling him.

Does he like to fly?

Highly. Do you want us to let him go?

The already bright spring sun and the still cool, absolutely transparent air did not in the least distort the correct blue color of the sky.

Let's go, - agreed the son.

The ball soared over our heads, then froze for a moment, as if not believing in the newfound freedom. And again joyfully rushed up and already a little to the side. With the roof of a twenty-two-story tower, our ball caught up in a matter of seconds.

The helium soul pulled him higher and higher, but we still saw him. Red in blue, for me it's like a long and quickly flashed childhood.

Where do the balloons go? the son asked when the balloon rose so high that we lost sight of it.

Of course, one could lie that the balls fly away to their personal ball paradise. Or tell a fairy tale about how all the balls get to Santa Claus. (My children, by the way, still believe in Santa Claus, and I don’t know how and whether to debunk this belief).

And what do you think yourself? - I say.

And my young researcher immediately suggested that the ball rises first to a height where planes fly, and then even higher - into space.

Do you remember what happened to the balloon that Dunno flew with his friends?

Oh, he fell!

Why did he fall?

It cooled down and began to deflate. So all the balls are falling? And where? Outside the city? I know, there are such a lot of balls.

Balloons are inflated with helium. This is such a gas, it is 7 times lighter than air, so the ball can fly. But this gas easily passes through the walls of the balloon. Therefore, after about 12 hours, the balloon deflates and can no longer fly. Remember how the balls behaved, which we did not let go, but brought home. They hung from the ceiling until evening. And in the morning already shrunken lay on the floor. So in the sky the ball is gradually blown away and falls down, turning into ordinary garbage. Sometimes, when there is no wind, the balloons rise too high very quickly, the pressure inside the balloon becomes much greater than the pressure outside on the balloon - and it bursts. Then the bursting balloon falls to the ground. To notice the fallen balls - there must be a lot of them.

So in Cleveland, in one city in the USA, in 1986, more than a million balloons were released into the sky in one day. For the sake of this event, they even closed the airport for several hours.





And when the balls began to descend, they filled the entire bay, city streets, courtyards. It took more time and money to clean up the trash than it did to launch those balloons.

Where will our ball go?

Ours is likely to rise high and burst. You see, there is almost no wind, and the balloon flew up, not to the side.

And who came up with the idea to launch balloons?

But I will talk about this later ...


Most people who have at least once in their life launched a balloon filled with gas into the sky, or have seen others do it, are interested in the question of how far the balloon flies, what will happen to it, and where it will fall. Some even try to launch a balloon with a letter that a person must find and forward it to the addressee so that one can find out how far the balloon flew into the sky. But consider what is the probability that this ball will fall in the city, and that it will be found, and what is the probability that a person wants to send something to someone. Yes, the probability is very small, but we have heard real stories when letter balloons actually found and forwarded letters to the person who launched the balloon. We recommend that you read

WHAT ARE BALLOONS LAUNCHED INTO THE AIR INFLATED

In this case, we are only talking about small balloons that are inflated with gas and launched into the sky, and do not consider large passenger balloons that can be flown. And so, in order to launch the balloon into the sky and find out how far it will fly, you need to inflate it with gas. Hydrogen will be the lightest gas, but since it is very explosive, it is not used to inflate balloons. Hydrogen is followed by Helium gas, it does not explode, is non-toxic and has a high lifting force, which allows it to be successfully used in inflating balloons. Of course, you can inflate a balloon with gas from a home stove, but the lifting force of such a balloon will be extremely small.

WHICH BALLOONS FLY THE LONGEST

In this question, we will consider two types of ball. The first balloon will be latex, inflated with helium and coated with HiFloat, which creates a film inside the balloon and does not allow helium to penetrate through the latex. Without HiFloat, a latex balloon flies approximately 12-24 hours depending on the quality of the latex and the size of the balloon. The second balloon will be foil and inflated with helium. According to a preliminary estimate, such a balloon flies for about 14 days, since the foil does not allow helium to pass through and does not exert pressure on the gas, unlike a latex balloon, which inflates and creates pressure. To find out how long a balloon inflated with helium flies, we conducted tests, see the results below.



What is remarkable is that a balloon inflated with helium flies very far, one might say, into the stratosphere. Due to the difference in pressure at sea level (on the ground) and in the stratosphere, the gas inside the latex balloon begins to push and inflate the balloon with more force, which leads to its rupture. The approximate time for a latex balloon to reach the height at which it bursts is on average 2-3 hours from the moment of launch.

foil

18 inches

Height 35, Width 35, Depth 16 cm
1 day - 0 hours - 2.76 grams
1 day - 9 hours - 2.75 grams
1 day - 16 hours - 2.71 grams
1 day - 24 hours - 2.71 grams
2 day - 32 hours - 2.70 grams
2 day - 40 hours - 2.47 grams
Day 3 - 57 hours - 2.40 grams
3 day - 81 hours - 2.10 grams
Day 4 - 104 hours - 1.90 grams
Day 5 - 128 hours - 1.80 grams
Day 6 - 152 hours - 1.56 grams
Day 7 - 186 hours - 1.18 grams
Day 8 - 200 hours - 1.05 grams
9 days - 224 hours - 0.90 grams
10 days - 248 hours - 0.69 grams
Day 11 - 272 hours - 0.48 grams
Day 12 - 296 hours - 0.26 grams
Day 13 - 320 hours - 0.10 grams
Day 14 - 344 hours - 0.00 grams

latex

14 inches

Height 34, Width 27, Depth 27 cm
(girth 86)
1 day - 0 hours - 5.57 grams
1 day - 9 hours - 4.59 grams
1 day - 16 hours - 4.29 grams
1 day - 24 hours - 4.05 grams
2 day - 32 hours - 3.70 grams
2 day - 40 hours - 2.76 grams
Day 3 - 57 hours - 2.20 grams
3 day - 81 hours - 1.44 grams
4 day - 104 hours - 0.60 grams
Day 5 - 128 hours - 0.15 grams
Day 6 - 152 hours - 0.00 grams

latex

18 inches

Height 41, Width 40.7, Depth 40.7 cm (girth 128 cm), 1 ball - 24.51 grams
dalle as a percentage exactly same as 14 inch latex balloon


WHAT IS THE LOADING CAPACITY OF A GAS BALL

To find out what is the carrying capacity of one balloon, you can use the following data, where 1m3 of helium lifts one kilogram of cargo minus the weight of the balloon itself. On average, the carrying capacity of one standard balloon inflated with helium will be 3-4 grams. To find out in practice what is the carrying capacity of a balloon inflated with helium, we conducted tests, see the results above.


HOW FAR DOES A GAS BALLOON FLY FLY

To answer the question: “How far will a balloon inflated with gas (helium) fly?”, You need to know a lot of data. The flight range of the balloon will depend on the time during which it will fly, and on the strength of the wind that will move the balloon. A lot depends on weather conditions, in calm weather the ball can fly for a whole month and fall at the place of its launch, and in a strong wind it can fly very far. And so, in order to understand how far a balloon inflated with gas will fly, you need to know the flight time of the balloon and the strength of the wind. Let us assume that the wind strength throughout the entire flight of the balloon will be 3 meters per second, although, in fact, depending on the altitude and weather conditions, the wind strength will change both upwards and downwards during the flight of the balloon. Now let's calculate: 3m/s * 60 seconds = 180 meters the ball will fly in 1 minute. 180 meters * 60 minutes = 10800 meters (10.8 km) the balloon will fly in one hour. 10.8 km * 24 hours = 269 km the balloon will fly in a day. 269 ​​km * 14 days = 3766 km the balloon will fly in two weeks. The calculation was made from the fact that the wind will blow with a force of 3 m / s all the time the balloon is flying, but since the weather conditions are always different, it is impossible to assume that the balloon will fly that far. In practice, the ball can land even a kilometer from the launch site, or it can go around the entire globe, because the wind strength can be different. Below you will find our practical tests that give the answer to how far a balloon travels when inflated with gas.


In which direction will the balloon, inflated with gas, fly? Of course, the ball will fly where the wind blows, but since the wind blows in different directions in different places and at different heights, it is impossible to predict in which direction the ball will fly, one can only guess. See practical tests below.

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS

As you can see from the plate, the atmospheric pressure above sea level is 760 mm. rt. Art., and at an altitude of 5 kilometers already 405 mm. rt. Art.. It turns out that if the ball flies to a height of five kilometers, it begins to experience pressure inside itself twice as strong as on the ground, and such a difference will most likely lead to a rupture of the ball. Therefore, if you want the balloon to fly high and not burst, then it must be inflated with gas in such a way that it has a margin of safety for a certain flight height. If you want the balloon to fly far, try to inflate it with a margin of safety twice and in such a way that it flies no higher than two or three kilometers, otherwise the balloon will burst and fall.


PRACTICAL TESTS WHERE THE BALL IS INFLATED WITH GAS WILL FLY

How do we test? To find out practically how far a balloon inflated with helium will fly, it is necessary to launch it and control the flight of the balloon. The most difficult and expensive thing is to control where the ball flies.

OPTION #1


You can control the flight of a balloon inflated with gas using a mobile phone with the option to track the location of a mobile phone turned on. It turns out that in order to conduct tests that give an answer to the question of where and how far a balloon inflated with gas (helium) will fly, it is necessary:
- Mobile phone;
- SIM card with a positive balance;
- Connected service that determines the location of a mobile phone;
- Mobile coverage area;
- Packaging for a mobile phone so that it does not get wet in the rain
- The number of balls is sufficient to lift a mobile phone.

OPTION #2


In some ways, it is similar to option No. 1, but instead of a mobile phone, a GPS tracker will be used with the ability to send SMS messages about your location if there is a GSM signal. This option is more expensive than the first option, but more accurate in indicating your location.

---=== TEST RESULTS ===---


TEST #1
March 20, 2015


Specifications: Mobile phone weighing 61 grams, 1 27" latex balloon, two 18" latex balloons and 5 12" latex balloons. All balloons are inflated with "He" Helium gas and treated with HiFloat. Location requests were made every 10-20 minutes using the MTS "POISK" system. As you can see from the time and place data below, the balls were not always in touch, sometimes they did not get in touch and had to wait a tedious 2-3 hours before the next session. We assume that at this time they were flying over a remote area where there is no mobile coverage. The approximate flight height of the balls at the time of launch is 1-2 km above sea level. It was very important that the balloons did not fly to a height of 10 km and higher, since the temperature there is 50 degrees and at this altitude the pressure is much less than at sea level, from which the latex balloons simply burst and the beacon freezes.


Launch location: Chuvash Republic, Cheboksary city, Kalinina street, 109. Launch time 10:20 minutes. The weather is sunny, without clouds, the wind is 5-7 m/s SW (it means it is blowing to the NE).

10:20 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the Chuvash region. Cheboksary, crossing st. Kalinin and st. Gagarina Y. within a radius of 1000 meters.
10:41 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the Chuvash region. Novocheboksarsk, the intersection of Shkolny Ave. and st. Soviet within a radius of 1000 meters.
11:26 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address of the Republic of Mari El, Zvenigovsky district, from Kuzhmar, 48 km east of the center of Cheboksary, within a radius of 1000 meters.
13:25 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address of the Republic of Mari El, Mari-Turek district, Verkhniy Turek, 109 km east of the center of Yoshkar-Ola within a radius of 1000 meters.
16:24 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Udmurt Republic, Igrinsky district, d Komsomolets, 76 km north of the center of Izhevsk within a radius of 1000 meters

16:38 - The subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address of the Udmurt Republic, Igrinsky district, with. Menil, 87 km north of the center of Izhevsk, within a radius of 1000 meters.
16:53 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address of the Udmurt Republic, Igrinsky district, Chemoshur village, 62 km north of the center of Izhevsk, within a radius of 1000 meters.

17:22 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address of the Udmurt Republic, rp Kez, 118 km north of the center of Izhevsk within a radius of 1000 meters.

18:05 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at Nizovskaya, Ochersky district, Perm Territory, 91 km west of the center of Perm, within a radius of 1000 meters.


19:49 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Perm Territory, Ochersky district, x Winters, 93 km west of the center of Perm within a radius of 1000 meters.
20:27 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Perm Territory, Bolshesosinsky district, p Yuzhny, 97 km south-west of the center of Perm within a radius of 300 meters.
23:00 - The "Ball" subscriber is in the same place as at 20:27, that is, it turns out that the balls flew about 480 kilometers in 10 hours after launch.

TEST #2
dated 07 April 2015


Technical data: Mobile phone weighing 61 grams, 4 latex 18 inch balloons treated with HiFloat and inflated with "He" Helium gas. Location requests were made every 10-30 minutes using the MTS "POISK" system. If during the first test we inflated the number of balloons in such a way that the balloons did not rise above 1-2 kilometers and did not burst from the difference in pressure, then in this test we inflated 4 balloons, which lifted about 100 grams of weight, while to raise the mobile phone was enough to inflate 3 balloons. That is, during this test, the balls flew over 10 kilometers in height. The test results are exactly what we expected. Balloons flew about 100 kilometers, from the city of Ivanteevka, M.O., to the city of Egorievsk, M.O.

Presumably the flight developed as follows: see below. From the data received from the mobile phone, it can be assumed that initially the balloon went rapidly up and downwind, reaching a great height, communication with it was lost (from 06:26 to 08:00), reaching an even greater height, one or two balloons burst ( strongly inflated) from the pressure difference and the mobile phone began to go down. The phone got in touch at 08:00 in the area with. Gzhel, and in the end, he fell in the area of ​​​​the village of Barsuki, Yegoryevsky district, Moscow region, and issued all further requests for a location from this area.

Launch site: Moscow region, city of Ivanteevka. Start time 06:00 minutes. The weather is cloudy, the wind is 3-4 m/s NW (it means it is blowing to the SE).

06:00 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Moscow region, Ivanteevka, intersection of st. Pervomaiskaya and st. Greenhouse within a radius of 900 meters.
06:11 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Moscow region, Schelkovsky district, Obraztsovo village, within a radius of 700 meters.
06:27 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Moscow region, Shchelkovo, intersection of st. Polevaya and st. Kosmodemyanskaya within a radius of 450 meters.
- There was no contact with the ball for 1 hour 30 minutes.
08:00 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address: Moscow region, Ramensky district, s. Gzhel within a radius of 1800 meters.

09:00 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Moscow region, Voskresensky district, d Katunino, within a radius of 4300 meters.
10:05 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Moscow region, Yegoryevsky district, d Barsuki within a radius of 7600 meters.
17:00 - Subscriber "Sharik" is in the same place where he was at 10:05.


CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF LATEX BALLOWNS


After conducting two tests on launching a mobile phone on latex balloons, we can draw the following conclusions: if you inflate latex balloons so that they do not rise above 2 kilometers in height and treat them with a special compound, they will fly for about 10-15 hours, and the flight range will depend on the strength and direction of the wind. The approximate range will vary from 300 to 600 kilometers. So you probably thought that everyone says that a latex balloon treated with a special composition flies up to two weeks, and here it is only 10-15 hours. Indeed, the balls fly up to two weeks, the tests carried out above are proof of this, but they fly without a load and hold only their own weight. If you attach a weight, then the ball will fly as long as it holds the weight of the load, how much time it will take to calculate for yourself based on the percentage of the flight time of the ball and the loss of lift (see above). So, if you inflate the balloons in such a way that they will lift a little more than the weight of a mobile phone, then they will not fly over 2 kilometers in height and will not burst, but fly no more than 10-15 hours. And if you inflate the balloons so that they lift the weight of the load, at least 25 percent more than the weight of the load itself, so that the balloons fly longer, then they fly high and burst, which happened with our second test (the weight of the mobile phone is 61 grams, lifting force of the ball is 100 grams). At the same time, not all the balls burst, but only those that were more strongly inflated. After that, the remaining balls began to descend, so the mobile phone just fell, but not much, since some balls supported it, and the descent speed was small. It also follows from this that all the latex balloons that you release into the air without a load fly over 10 kilometers in height, burst and fall.


Specifications: GSM tracker mini A8 weighing 19 grams (with moisture protection and garters 23 grams), five foil balloons with a load capacity of 8 grams each (40 grams total load capacity), "He" Helium gas. Location requests were made every 10-30 minutes using the MTS "POISK" system. With such data, the balls rise over five kilometers, which means that the margin of safety for each ball should have been more than three times than on the ground. So because the difference in atmospheric pressure on earth and in the sky is different, which means that the force of gas pressure on the ball from the inside at a height will be greater. For details, see the pressure plate at different heights (see above). From the results obtained, it follows that the balls, having reached a certain height, began to experience gas pressure from the inside and the weakest ball burst, which led to the fact that there was no longer enough lift, and the tracker began to smoothly decline and fell.


Launch site: Moscow region, city of Ivanteevka. Start time 22:00. The weather is cloudy, the wind is 3-4 m/s SE (it means it is blowing to the NW).

22:00 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Moscow region, Ivanteevka, intersection of st. Pervomaiskaya and st. Greenhouse within a radius of 900 meters.
22:17 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address: Moscow region, Pushkinsky district, p Pravdinsky, 43 km north-east of the center of Moscow.
22:40 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address: Moscow region, Pushkinsky district, d Nagornoye, 49 km north-east from the center of Moscow
22:50 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Moscow region, Sergiev Posad district, Repikhovo settlement, 62 km north-east from the center of Moscow
23:17 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, intersection of st. Shlyakova and st. Stakhanovskaya
23:35 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Moscow region, Krasnozavodsk, intersection of st. 40 years of October, etc. Parkovy
00:15 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Vladimir region, Aleksandrov, intersection of st. Bolshaya Petrovskaya and st. Baksheevskaya

00:39 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Yaroslavl region, Pereslavsky district, Kriushkino, 110 km south-west of the center of Yaroslavl, 05/14/2015, 00:39
00:50 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Yaroslavl region, Rostov district, with Debolovskoye, 67 km south-west of the center of Yaroslavl
06:00 - Subscriber "Sharik" is located at the address Yaroslavl region, Borisoglebsky district, Nikifortsevo, 48 km south-west of the center of Yaroslavl


CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF FOIL BALLOONS


Based on the launches of foil balloons, it can be concluded that a foil balloon flies much longer than a latex balloon, but it has a very small margin of safety. That is, the latex balloon has the ability to expand, that is, stretch, and the foil balloon does not have such an opportunity. Therefore, when launching a foil balloon, the main task is to calculate the flight height of the balloon and inflate it in such a way that the balloon, having risen to a height, does not burst from the gas pressure from the inside. The risks in launching are such that if you inflate foil balloons so that they fly at a height of up to a kilometer, then their lifting force will be small enough and they will most likely be beaten to the ground by the wind. If a foil balloon is inflated so that it flies at a high altitude, then it is necessary to inflate the gas so much that there is both lift and a margin of safety so that the balloons do not burst from the pressure difference at altitude.

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- Moscow region, Ivanteevka
- Ivanovo region, Savinsky district, Fedorovo village
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TEST #6


Flew: (latex balloon)

- Saratov region, Romanovsky district, Alekseevsky settlement
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- Moscow region, Ivanteevka
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TEST #9

Flew: (latex)
- Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic
- Samara Region

The end of June is graduation time. Festive outfits, cheerful faces, bouquets, bows and, of course, balloons… Every year, millions of balloons are launched into the sky at public events and family celebrations throughout Russia.

It looks very beautiful and touching, but have you ever wondered what happens next? Where do the balloons launched into the sky go? They do not disappear and do not evaporate. After a sufficiently long flight (latex balloons without additional processing can stay in the air for up to 14 hours, and processed ones many times longer), they turn into the most common garbage.

There are 5 reasons why you should stop launching balloons:

1. Many balloon experts say that latex decomposes quickly in nature. Basically, they are right. The decomposition period of latex/rubber balloons is up to 4 years. But not all balloons are made of latex, not all latex balloons are made EXCLUSIVELY from it, and do not forget about the nylon rope, with which they are most often tied. It falls apart in about 100 years.

Blown or burst balloons, falling on the ground, often become deadly food for wild animals, and if they fall into water bodies, then for fish.

This is especially true for sea turtles, which mistake the bits of balloons for jellyfish, which is their main diet. The balloon blocks the intestinal tract, causing them to die of starvation.

If you're wondering what happens to an animal's digestive system when a piece of latex is ingested, imagine swallowing a surgical glove.

3. Birds and marine animals can get tangled in nylon ropes and threads, which often leads to their death.

4. The production, purchase and release of balloons is the most mediocre way to use such a resource as helium. Although it is the second most common chemical element, its reserves are limited. In the article from Wikipedia, you can learn about the various uses of helium, which are of much greater importance to humanity: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium

Latex balloons are dangerous to animals, but foil products can lead to power outages and spark-triggered fires.

So, for example, on June 28 (just the other day), more than 30 thousand residents of Yakutsk were disconnected from electricity due to balloons launched by graduates that got tangled in the wires. They were helium balloons with foil bands. This is evidenced by the portal https://iz.ru/.

If, after reading this, you still do not believe in the danger of balloons, I suggest watching a video about the American festival, which took place in 1986 in Cleveland.

Balloonfest'86" - an event during which it was planned to release 1.5 million balloons. The organizers of the festival planned to set a record for the simultaneous launch of balloons into the air. Preparations for the event took six months.

At the same time, it was not possible to inflate one and a half million balloons, so a grid of 76 by 46 meters was built for them and placed at a height of three floors. More than 2500 students and volunteers inflated the balloons.

At 13:50 on September 27, the net was torn and balls were released into the air. After rising into the air, they encountered a cold cyclone and rain and soon began to fall to the ground, littering the sidewalks, roads and rivers of Ohio. At the same time, some of them remained in the air and paralyzed the airspace, turning into a "minefield" for aircraft and helicopters.

The local airport closed the runway. Some flights were delayed, some were cancelled. There have been reports of an increase in accidents due to drivers trying to avoid hitting the balloons or taking their eyes off the road to enjoy the spectacle.

In addition, on the day of the event, the families of two fishermen reported them missing. The Coast Guard went looking for the men and quickly located their boat, but rescuers were unable to find them due to the sheer number of balloons floating in the air and water. Two days later, the bodies of the fishermen washed up on land.

The result of the festival is tragic: two deaths, a devastating impact on the environment and millions of lawsuits. In their quest to set a world balloon record, the organizers forgot the most important thing - the laws of nature: everything that rises must fall down. This is a tragic lesson, but certainly a cautionary tale.

There is even an international organization that is engaged in educational activities about the dangers of launching balloons: https://balloonsblow.org/.

It is possible that helium balloons will have the same fate as Chinese sky lanterns.

Popular a few years ago, Chinese lanterns rise into the sky thanks to open fire, as is the case with the launch of a real balloon. The Chinese lantern is inherently an uncontrolled source of open fire. It can easily get on a balcony, a building under construction or a forest area, causing a fire.

So, in 2013, two similar events happened at once: Mosfilm was on fire due to the fault of flashlights, and almost 3.5 hectares of forest burned out in the Stolby nature reserve in Krasnoyarsk.

In this regard, in 2014, a government decree was issued prohibiting the launch of sky lanterns in all settlements and urban districts, as well as at a distance of less than 100 meters from forests.

According to rescuers, flashlights can be launched in an area remote from settlements, urban districts and forests in dry calm weather, in open space.

For violation of this resolution, fines are provided: for individuals up to 4 thousand rubles, for officials - up to 30 thousand rubles, for legal entities - up to 500 thousand rubles. If the careless launch of a Chinese lantern caused a fire, then the culprit is criminally liable.

Why wait for tragic events to understand that helium balloons are ordinary garbage that can cause the death of animals and ignite power lines?

If we talk about the Tula region, then in 2018, 2509 graduates take the exam. This means that more than 2,000 balloons will be used in the design of visits and released into the air, which will then litter our cities, forests and rivers.

WHAT CAN BE DONE:

1. Refuse to use helium balloons at various events. So, in 2018, 5870 graduates of Astana schools abandoned the usual tradition. This decision was made by the local authorities after numerous appeals to the administration of environmentalists in Kazakhstan.

2. Use fabrics, ribbons, flowers in the design of the premises.

3. Tell your family and friends about the dangers of balloons.

Most of the balls are inveterate homebodies. Solemnly inflated on the day of the holiday, for the remaining days of their existence, they lazily obey the pushes of the children, smoothly cruising around the apartment. And so on until the time comes to deflate and acquire an unattractive wrinkled shape. Further, their fate is known.

But some lucky ones get the rare opportunity to travel. Released at will, they rapidly follow towards the blue sky, the bright sun. How does the voyage end? Read on!

True version

Any balloon, regardless of flight time/range, eventually bursts. This happens because the air or helium bursting it under pressure at some point exceeds the endurance of the shell. Driven by the winds, the “rubber cloth”, according to the law of attraction, gradually descends from heaven.

With luck, the last refuge of the ex-ball will be a green forest edge or an endless ocean. Otherwise, he will have to while away the last days with other city garbage.

Balloons inflated with helium can rise to a bird's eye view. Tests show that the most hardy travelers are latex products. Due to their elasticity, they have a margin of safety, and therefore can withstand internal pressure for several hours or even days. Foil balloons do not differ in strength. They should be pumped with gas so that there is a margin for subsequent expansion.

When planning a long-term launch of the "bubble", also provide for a burden that will not allow it to quickly rise to a critical height with high pressure.

Optimistic version

The above objective explanation is unlikely to please your child. And therefore, to the question of a small child, “Where do the balloons fly?” you can come up with a reassuring answer in advance.

We offer the following friendly options:

  • To Charlandia - a good fairy-tale country for the balls that left the earth. "Bubbles" start families, build beautiful castles in the air, where they live happily ever after.
  • To the rainbow There they break into colors to create the colorful arc that we admire after the rain.
  • To the sky, where air is released, from which fluffy clouds are obtained.
  • Together with the birds in warmer climes.
  • To Peter Pan and his magical Neverland.
  • To the country of Shararam, where they become funny smeshariki.