Thread: Did you know a helicopter could do this?

Originally Posted by p38arover

Do you know a mate of mine, Murray Scott? I used to write for his R/C magazine back in the Eighties. He still flys model helis.

That name rings a bell...

Brilliant, a non PC pc.

Long time ago in a land far away called high school, we could buy tubes of a clear gelatinous goo called plazballoon. You could, with a straw, blow air into a glob of this goo and form a large bubble like balloon.
Before the morning assembly, we inflated one in the chemistry lab, using the lab piped coal gas (lighter than air), and carefully ushered this into the back of the assembly hall and released it during the opening hymn.
The breeze swept it forward and it rose over the audience in all its majesty, capturing the attention of every student in the hall.
Chaos was assured as pens, pencils, chalk, books etc were thrown at it, and much collective huffing from students kept it aloft for about 10 minutes before it had leaked enough gas to loose its lift.
Total pandemonium.
Great stuff.
It was eventually swatted down in a similar fashion to the pc, and with similar disdain.
Some people just don't see the fun in life.
cheers