Piloting a balloon takes skill, but the controls are actually very simple. To lift the balloon, the pilot moves a control that opens up the propane valve. This lever works just like the knobs on a gas grill or stove: As you turn it, the flow of gas increases, so the flame grows in size. The pilot can increase the vertical speed by blasting a larger flame to heat the air more rapidly.
Additionally, many hot air balloons have a control that opens a second propane valve. This valve sends propane through a hose that bypasses the heating coils. This lets the pilot burn liquid propane, instead of propane in gas form. Burning liquid propane produces a less efficient, weaker flame, but is much quieter than burning gas. Pilots often use this second valve over livestock farms, to keep from scaring the animals.
Hot air balloons also have a cord to open the parachute valve at the top of the envelope. When the pilot pulls the attached cord, some hot air can escape from the envelope, decreasing the inner air temperature. This causes the balloon to slow its ascent. If the pilot keeps the valve open long enough, the balloon will sink. Essentially, these are the only controls -- heat to make the balloon rise and venting to make it sink. This raises an interesting question: If pilots can only move hot air balloons up and down, how do they get the balloon from place to place? As it turns out, pilots can maneuver horizontally by changing their vertical position, because wind blows in different directions at different altitudes. To move in a particular direction, a pilot ascends and descends to the appropriate level, and rides with the wind. Since wind speed generally increases as you get higher in the atmosphere, pilots can also control horizontal speed by changing altitude.
No, I am sorry, but there is no helium inside a hot-air balloon. Instead, there is hot air.
Yes, It is because in a hot air balloon the hot air rises and the cool air falls down.
A hot air balloon is able to float because the hot air being released into the balloon is less dense than the colder air surrounding it. Basically, the burner under the hot air balloons fills the balloons with hot air, enabling the balloon to rise through the cooler air outside.
ahhh hot air?? hot air rissies sooo when you put hot air nto a balloon it evenually rises
if you mean how the hot air in a hot air balloon makes it rise, its because hot air is less dense than cold air. when cold and hot air meet the cold air sinks thus making hot air left to rise.so when you put hot air in a balloon the air would rise. hope this helps.
A hot air balloon flies because it is filled with hot air. Hot air rises and causes the balloon to lift from the ground.
Because the fire or heating device heats the air in the top section ( the actual balloon ) and hot air rises... so the hot air trapped in the balloon makes the balloon rise :)
to make a hot air balloon rise you use hot air
a hot air balloon virtually weighs negative lbs but it would depend on how hot the air is in the balloon.
A hot air balloon flies because it is filled with hot air. Hot air rises and causes the balloon to lift from the ground.
D: The hot air inside the balloon becomes less dense than the air outside the balloon.
The hot air inside the balloon expands, making the hot air balloon fly.
The hot air balloon was made for people to travel in the air.
A hot air balloon is called an hot air balloon because, the inside is heated up to make it less dense, allowing it to rise. Meaning, your heating up the air inside the balloon, hence, the name: Hot air balloon.
When a hot air balloon is filled with the hot air the air around the balloon is a lot denser. So by convection the balloon rises and the less dense air is replaced by dense air underneath it.
The Tagalog term for hot air balloon is "mainit na palobo ng hangin."
A hot air balloon can stay in the air because the hot air is less dense than cool air. The hot air that is blown into the balloon causes it to rise and a burner is used to heat the air inside of the balloon to keep it floating.