Comments on: Near space balloon launch today at Mini Maker Faire North Carolina http://blog.makezine.com/2011/06/18/near-space-balloon-launch-today-at-mini-maker-faire-north-carolina/ DIY projects, how-tos, and inspiration from geeks, makers, and hackers Tue, 21 May 2013 09:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anonymous http://blog.makezine.com/2011/06/18/near-space-balloon-launch-today-at-mini-maker-faire-north-carolina/#comment-217275 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:30:00 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=100834#comment-217275 The footage I’ve seen with set-ups like this gives you a bit of nausea.  To keep the spinning down, wouldn’t it help to use two balloons next to each other?  Or with a light weight stick holding them apart for even less spinning? 

The payload would have to be tethered so that equal weight is applied.  Any reason this wouldn’t help with image (specially video) stability?

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.makezine.com/2011/06/18/near-space-balloon-launch-today-at-mini-maker-faire-north-carolina/#comment-217276 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:30:00 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=100834#comment-217276 The footage I’ve seen with set-ups like this gives you a bit of nausea.  To keep the spinning down, wouldn’t it help to use two balloons next to each other?  Or with a light weight stick holding them apart for even less spinning? 

The payload would have to be tethered so that equal weight is applied.  Any reason this wouldn’t help with image (specially video) stability?

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