How to make balloons with your own hands. Craft a thread balloon with a basket

I present my own master class - balloon with a DIY basket. This composition will be a wonderful decoration for a room, or you can give it to someone as a souvenir. I will tell you step by step how to make it, and give you some ideas for designing such a craft from available materials. We will need any flowers from corrugated paper, artificial greenery, ribbon, penoplex, wire, decor and simple balloon. You will find many of my MKs on this site.

How to make a balloon from threads?

1. Inflate the balloon.

2. Prepare a solution for threads: take 50 ml of water and dilute 3 teaspoons of sugar in it, add PVA glue - the more, the better.

3. And we begin to wrap our ball with threads over the entire area in a chaotic manner.

We cut out a blank of this shape from penoplex.

We tie it with a thin ribbon and make a bow.

In three places, using wire, we connect a ball of glued threads and a foam basket. We decorate with flowers and greenery.

Our decorative balloon with a basket is ready!

How to make a balloon with your own hands?

Flying in a hot air balloon is an exciting activity with which you can diversify your weekends or holidays. There are companies that provide balloons for rent, so it is best to use their services. If you are interested in the process of making a balloon in theory, or you want to make a miniature balloon, then our article will reveal to you all the intricacies of this process.

Let's consider the manufacturing process of each element of the balloon separately.

How to make a hot air balloon dome with your own hands

The balloon dome is best made from durable nylon materials (polyester or polyamide). To prevent the fabric from allowing air to pass through, on the outside of it need to be coated with polyurethane or silicone. The dome is sewn together from segments, the number and dimensions of which depend on the size of the balloon. In this table on the website sdelai-sam.pp.ua you can find the sizes of segments for diameters from 1 to 3 meters. To make a ball of larger diameter, calculate proportionally the size and quantity of the corresponding segment.

The base of the dome - the inflation hole - must be protected with a tape made of heat-resistant fabric. At the top of the dome it is necessary to provide a parachute valve through which heated air will be discharged to lower the ball. For greater strength of the dome, you can sew ribbons vertically and horizontally. At the top the tapes are attached to the parachute valve ring, and at the bottom to the suspension ropes.

Balloon basket

The basket is made from wooden wicker, and its bottom is best made from sea plywood, which tolerates moisture well. The frame for the basket can be stainless steel cables that attach the basket to the dome. It is best to wrap these cables in leather covers to protect them from damage.

Balloon burner

This is the most important part of the balloon and must be selected with special care. These burners use liquefied propane as fuel. They are made of stainless steel with special protective covers.

Balloon assembly

The most difficult thing is to make a mechanism for opening the parachute valve, however, in specialized sports clubs, for example, aeronavt.1gb.ru, you can find recommendations on the design of this mechanism. The assembly sequence is as follows:

We attach the steel cables to the lower rim of the dome and the basket using bolts.
The burner is mounted on a rigid frame above the basket.
The cords for controlling the parachute valve are attached to the cables.
Inside the basket there are containers for storing cards, a fire extinguisher and provisions.

About hot air balloon flights and how to make one yourself.

Below is a description of a balloon that you can make with your own hands. And now I want to talk to you not about those balloons that children need to launch, but about the real ones that you can fly on.

Previously, such flights were unrealistic; we could only dream about this. It’s great that now you can bring this fantasy to life and make an unforgettable romantic flight! Such flights are very original and safe, and most importantly, they can be performed all year round, both in winter and in summer. If you are organizing your own holiday, then such an event will bring a lot of pleasure to your guests. Such a holiday will be remembered for a lifetime. If you are interested in this idea, you can contact the Aeronaut aeronautics club, which offers. The club's pilots have won major Russian competitions more than once, and this club is considered the best and most professional.

In addition to romantic lifts into the air, if you love and appreciate extreme sports, the club has a special tempting offer for you - a hot air balloon flight in the only basket in Russia with a transparent bottom. And one more news from the company: now everyone can take a hot air balloon flight under the new “MONO” program. Flights under the "MONO" program are carried out in the Dmitrov flight zone on weekends. Flight duration is from 40 to 60 minutes. The balloon basket can hold up to 8 people! You have a great opportunity to spend an entire hour in the air with your family and friends.

And one more thing that interested me. Here is a unique gift idea for any occasion, this is an acquisition. The gift will be the most original and unusual; the certificate can be made in the shape of a balloon with the inscription “Happy Birthday”. For flights there is a wide choice for your imagination. You can choose the flight “Picnic”, “Raffle” and others. Or you can choose (this is for young romantics) the “Proposal” flight. A very romantic way to propose marriage to your loved one. EH!

And now, after you fly, I suggest handing over the balloon with your own hands.

Buy 24 sheets of silk paper from a stationery store. Each balloon slice will require a sheet of paper 210 cm long. Therefore, to get this length, you will have to glue several sheets of paper into one.

From newsprint(also glued) make a pattern and cut out the balloon segments using it. The pattern with dimensions is shown in the figure (Fig. a). Dimensions are indicated in millimeters. Having cut out all the slices (there will be eight of them!), glue them together and you will get a ball (Fig. b). In the process of gluing the segments of the balloon, a paper lump is formed on its top. He will disturb you. Therefore, carefully cut it off, but so that a circle with a diameter of about 10 cm is formed on the top of the ball. Cover its surface with a strip of paper (Fig. c).

At the bottom, the ball passes into a cylinder, to which a rocker arm for a cup of cotton wool is attached. The cylinder must be solid. To do this, take several sheets of old drawing paper, which are glued together in several sheets along its entire length, which is approximately 140 cm. The diameter of the cylinder should be 47 cm. The paper cylinder is attached to the neck of the container with glue, having previously lubricated it inside with liquid glass so as not to the paper burned (Fig. e). Then make a circle from wire approximately 1 mm thick. Attach another piece of wire to it on both sides. This will be the axis. Insert the circle into the paper cylinder, but first attach another, second axis perpendicular to the axis, onto which you place a lid from a shoe polish jar. Punch holes in the lid with an awl, as high as possible, that is, at the very edge, so that its center of gravity is as low as possible under the suspension (Fig. d). This way you will get a Cardan suspension, the essence of which is that when the ball is tilted under the influence of the wind, the cup will always remain in a horizontal position. It is very important to ensure that the wire rotates completely freely both in the paper cylinder and in the lid of the shoe polish box.

To avoid fire, the balloon should be launched outdoors. Place a cotton swab soaked in alcohol on the lid and set it on fire. Warm air will fill the ball, stretch the paper and slowly lift it up. If the balloon segments are poorly glued, warm air will escape from it and the balloon will not rise. Therefore, you need to carefully check whether its slices are well glued together.

Having your own hot air balloon is a childhood dream for many. Today it is possible not only to purchase it, but also to make it yourself. How? Read on!

Buy a balloon

Today, several stores both abroad and in Russia offer to buy balloons and balloon shells. New Russian-made thermal aerostats (heat balloons) cost about 700 thousand rubles with all the necessary components - shell, basket, burner, fan, air intake, etc. Most of the price is for the shell - 300-400 thousand rubles. The cost with a basket made in the Czech Republic starts from 30 thousand dollars, in England - from 40 thousand euros.

Used balloons can be purchased from 400-500 thousand rubles for a complete set. In addition to the cost of the device itself, the balloon owner will have to spend money on:

gas consumption;
registration and certification in the Federal Air Transport Agency;
annual renewal of the certificate of airworthiness;
remuneration for the pilot (possibly for his training);
remuneration for ground maintenance crew, etc.

DIY balloon with basket: dome

If you decide to design your own hot air balloon, the first thing you should do is the canopy. For it you need to purchase durable nylon - polyester or polyamide. It is important that the material does not allow air to pass through - cover the reverse side of the fabric with liquid polyurethane or silicone.

The next step is to cut the nylon into segments the right size, which are sewn specially strong threads. The hole for inflating a balloon with a basket is lined with a protective layer of material that is resistant to high temperatures.

To make the dome more durable, it is additionally sheathed vertically and horizontally with fabric strips. They are fixed at the very top of the dome, and the lower edges of the tapes are attached to the ropes of the hanging basket.

How to make a balloon: basket

Traditionally, the walls of the basket are woven from grapevine, and the bottom is made of so-called marine plywood, which is resistant to temperature changes and other extreme conditions. The frame is steel cables made of stainless material. They secure the basket to the dome. Special cables are put on leather cases, protecting them from damage.

It is also necessary to design special hangers where luggage and aeronautics accessories will be stored.

Important element: burner

Before making a balloon, you need to carefully consider the design of the burner. Its fuel currently is liquefied propane. The average power of the device is 4.5-6.0 thousand megawatts. You should purchase special burners for balloons, which are made of durable stainless steel using a special technology that allows the device to withstand large temperature changes.

Your own balloon: instructions

It is, of course, difficult to make a passenger balloon at home, but making a test paper balloon with a basket with your own hands is quite possible. You will need:

thick paper;
thin paper (so-called tissue paper);
glue;
threads;
leg-split;
scissors;
pencil;
long ruler;
triangle.

Now let's get to work:

The number and size of the cut strips will depend on the diameter of your ball. If it is 1.5 m, then 12 strips will be needed, 2 m - 16, 2.5 m - 20, 3 m - 24.
To draw an even template, first draw a vertical line on the paper equal to the length of the future strip. Through it, draw perpendicular segments at a certain distance equal to the limits of the width of the segment. The end points of the segments are connected by a smooth line, which will be the outline of the strip.
Using the cardboard template, trace and cut out the outlines of the segments on tissue paper. The most convenient way is to put several layers of it on top of each other, forming a pack, and cut out several segments at once.
The segments are first glued together with “boats”. Then these “boats” need to be glued to one another. Before sealing the last seam, turn the structure out so that it has the shape of a ball.
The base of the ball is held together with glued strips of paper and twine - this structure will hold the ball when heated.
Cover the top of the dome with a circle of the same tissue paper.
After the glue has dried, straighten the dome by holding it over a blowtorch.
A basket for special cargo can be attached to the structure using the same string.

To launch the ball, turn on the burner or light a fire, hold your ball over the heat source without letting go of the string. Once the air inside your homemade aeronautic device has warmed up, it can be released into flight.

Thus, you can make a balloon with a basket with your own hands at home. But passenger balloons can only be purchased or rented.

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