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They can drop weight over the side, increase the hot air volume, or both.
A hot air balloon will rise when its buoyancy exceeds its weight. So the balloonist can increase the buoyancy by increasing the amount of hot air contained in the balloon. Or they can simply reduce the weight of the balloon, including the gondola, its contents, and contained hot air.
Duane Anymouse
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∙ 13y agoThe balloonist has three methods of controlling the balloon: a source of hot air, a controlled valve and some ballast.
Whenever the balloonist wants to rise the balloon, he/she can use the heat source to increase the temperature of the air inside the balloon, making it less dense, allowing the balloon to rise. When the balloonist wants to lower the the balloon, he/she lets some hot air escape through the valve, decreasing the temperature of the air inside it, making it more dense and forcing the balloon to lower.
At the same time, some ballast is at hand to allow the balloonist to adjust the weight of the load in case it is necessary. Releasing the ballast lowers the weight of the balloon and makes it easier to keep it up.
if you are talking about a hot air balloon then there is a lid in the top and a rope to open the lid and a machine that spews hot air into the balloon so it will rise and if they just pull the rope that lets out some of the hot air and you can control the fire machine and the balloonist has heavy sandbags that he can cut off
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What is the hotness and coldness of air called?
every minute clouds are going higher and higher into the atmosphere , (which is extremely cold ). every minute clouds are going higher and higher into the atmosphere , (which is extremely cold ).
When you are not using a Bunsen burner but wish to leave the flame on you should always leave the air hole closed why?
It is less hot
In the atmosphere a hot air layer is found above a cold air layer How is the separation achieved and why does hot air always tend to rise?
It is because a hot air is a light matter while a cold air is a heavy matter of gas. Like, the difference of low(hot) pressure and high(cold) pressure area.
Why does hot air float while cold air rises?
density
What happens during the process of convection?
Convection is caused by thermal currents produced in air (or other gases). If the pressure is raised, the convection becomes stronger, simply because the gas density is higher and so more heat can be transported per unit volume
What should a hot-air balloonist do to get higher?
Through the use of a burner heat up the gas inside the balloon.
What is a balloonist?
A balloonist is a person who flies in a balloon, particularly a hot-air balloon.
What is the name given to a hot air balloonist?
Aeronaut
Can you give me a sentence with the word balloonist?
The balloonist sailed across the sky in his multicolored hot air balloon
What do you call a person who flies a hot air balloon?
A balloonist
Why doesn't the hot air escape out of the bottom of a hot air balloon?
Because hot air rises, the warmest air in the balloon is at the top of it. As time passes the balloonist has to fire the burners to maintain the temperature of the air in the balloon, and to prevent it being squeezed put by the higher pressure of the cold air surrounding the balloon.
What two jobs did the Wizard have before coming to Oz?
Ventriloquist, and then hot air balloonist for a circus.
When the balloon is floating high above the ground how could the balloonist make the balloon descend gradually?
the balloonist would turn off the burner, allowing the air inside the balloon to cool down. Hot air rises so as the air cools down the balloon will lose altitude.
What is the technique used to pilot a hot air balloon?
Hot air balloonists use the torch to change the amount of hot air in the balloon, changing it's height (hot air rises, cool air sinks). By finding the right wind (northward, southward, etc.) the balloonist can change the direction they choose to go.
Will a balloon rise higher with hot air or cold air?
Hot air
What helps a hot air balloon go higher?
Hot air makes the balloon go higher. That's why it's called a hot air balloon
What do you do with the shears on cryptids island?
Take them all the way left to Cliff Park, and cut loose the hot air balloonist. You will use them again at the end of the quest.
