Use fine sandpaper on the inside of the plexi or Lexan you decide to use. It won't take a lot of sanding to get it "frosted". I've done it before with great results.
Woody
Oops! Sorry Bahick71. I posted my reply before I read the thread.
Ah, I got it! It's the Biden Fix being installed. :coffee2:
All is well. Pay it no mind. Just keep your butt cheeks clenched, though, just in case ...:ooh2:
Woody
It's just like a wing. The greater normal pressure under the blades pushes the blades up ... when they are rotating around on their hub, of course! It's the air pushing up. There is no sucking on helicopters, just politics. Oh, wait!
Woody
We are a republic. Democracy is only a tool used in our republic to keep We the People at the pinnacle of our governance where specified in the the various articles of the Constitution employing the vote.
Woody
...Or one could drop it from 40,000 feet with a small drogue chute and have it air-burst about 100 feet or so in the air, up wind of the target city or military base, etc.
Wouldn't launching something like that balloon from US soil require some sort of permit from the FAA? There is more to this...
Quick Math:
The balloon was reported as being about 50 feet tall. Plug in some conservative numbers, lets say the ball of helium inside was just 40 feet in diameter. That's 33,510 cubic feet of helium, weighing about 335 pounds.
The weight of the air displaced is about 2,500 pounds. Buoyancy...
I had some dental work done back in the 70's and was prescribed some kind of pain killer. I can't remember what it was exactly, but the prescription said to take one pill every 4 hours for pain. It didn't say "as needed" though. After all the pills were consumed right on schedule, I had...