Porter Q400 Near Miss with Drone

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kevenv
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Re: Porter Q400 Near Miss with Drone

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linecrew wrote:If you were to fill a tractor inner tube with helium would it float away?
This giant soccer ball floats away (2:15 in the video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n55kYcvMlkY
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Re: Porter Q400 Near Miss with Drone

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linecrew wrote:If you were to fill a tractor inner tube with helium would it float away?
It might if it was thin enough and big enough.
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Re: Porter Q400 Near Miss with Drone

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They get to about this size before they let go. Probably not quite meeting the laws of physics requirements for getting airborne when inflated with helium:

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