If you tied 100 helium filled balloons to an 80lb midget, would he float?

[Irb]

If not, how many balloons do you think it will take?

[Aero]

Didn't they do this in mythbusters. But I think they used a helium raft instead of balloon.

This is not a midget nor an ordinary balloon

http://www.clusterballoon.org/intro/intro.html

and

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/how_many_balloons_does_it_take.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

[Ojam]

no, and a few hundred.

[asim99]

midget is a silly word

[Irb]

I think they're going to use a single weather balloon. That will work.

[trixR4kids]

Didn't they do this in mythbusters. But I think they used a helium raft instead of balloon.

This is not a midget nor an ordinary balloon

http://www.clusterballoon.org/intro/intro.html

and

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/how_many_balloons_does_it_take.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

i believe in myth busters they put like 200 to a little girl and they tested it be4 attaching to her, but the pull was tooo strong, so the myth that ull float away is busted

[krispy]

If not, how many balloons do you think it will take?

I see someone listened to Howard Stern yesterday. :lol:

[B40]

I remember seeing this on Bonzai before, except they did it to a chicken not a midget :|

[Aero]

I remember seeing this on Bonzai before, except they did it to a chicken not a midget :|

Bonzai(Bonsai is one of those "midget" trees) or Banzai??


Banzai is the game show with Mr. Shake Hands Man :cheesygri

[Sprite_TM]

thats dangerous what happens if all balloons pop?

[B40]

Bonzai(Bonsai is one of those "midget" trees) or Banzai??


Banzai is the game show with Mr. Shake Hands Man :cheesygri

Yea Banzai.. the Japanese betting show... they had one where you had to guess how many ballons it'd take to lift up a chicken.

[KsprayDad]

Weather Balloons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_episodes:_Specials#Pilot_3_.E2.80.94_. 22Larry.27s_Lawn_Chair_Balloon.2C_Poppy_Seed_Drug_ Test.2C_Goldfinger.22

Helium Balloons

Letterman balloon show:
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/photogalleries/balloon/gallery/balloon10_hzoom.jpg
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/photogalleries/balloon/balloon_10.html

Child:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_episodes:_Season_2

BTW they found it would take approx 3500 balloons to lift an avg 4 year old.

[Flyer]

Well then, there is only one true answer to this...TO THE LAB!

[KsprayDad]

Balloons might not lift a midget....

http://gravyboat.tripod.com/pics/especial/toss.jpg
I pity the fool who don't remember Mr. T winning the World's Greatest Bouncer contest, throwing 'Dwarfs' :D .

[Crotchety Old Man]

Balloons come in many sizes. Each size filled with helium has a measurable lifting capacity easily calculated with an accurate spring scale. Buy one helium balloon, test it's lift, and multiply by 100. If the answer is less than 80lbs (plus a safety margin), don't launch your midget.

[yelworC_]

Mythbusters episode from Monday June 5th (Discovery channel): It took them 3500 (yes, three and a half thousand) baloons to lift about 40lbs.

[Crotchety Old Man]

Mythbusters episode from Monday June 5th (Discovery channel): It took them 3500 (yes, three and a half thousand) baloons to lift about 40lbs.
Actually it was 42 (yes, forty-two (http://www.mythbustersfanclub.com/mb2/content/view/15/27/)) balloons, to lift Adam to 75 feet.

[yelworC_]

Actually it was 42 (yes, forty-two (http://www.mythbustersfanclub.com/mb2/content/view/15/27/)) balloons, to lift Adam to 75 feet.

That was a different experiment with weather baloons. The one I was referring to was using regular party baloons (those that you can get a dozen for $1 in dollar stores..)

[Crotchety Old Man]

BTW, for fans of the Mythbusters TV show, Jamie and Adam's sexy co-mythbuster Kari Byron, has her photo in a recent issue of FHM (http://www.fhmus.com/articles-1276.asp?cnl_id=5&stn_id=46&idx_id=1276).

[Crotchety Old Man]

That was a different experiment with weather baloons. The one I was referring to was using regular party baloons (those that you can get a dozen for $1 in dollar stores..)
You're right! (http://www.mythbustersfanclub.com/mb2/content/view/61/27/)