How much helium does it take to lift a person?
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Tom Scott visits Le Hangar in Écausseville, France, to experience piloting an Aéroplume, a human-powered helium blimp. With the help of instructor Antoine Sibué, he learns how to maneuver the blimp by flapping its wings and adjusting static balance.
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Answers: What is it like to fly an Aéroplume helium blimp?
- Aéroplume
- Human-powered flight
- Helium blimps
- Le Hangar Écausseville
What it concludes
- An average adult weighing 70 kilos requires about 70,000 liters of helium to achieve lift.
- The Aéroplume is flown by flapping the wings using hand handles similar to paddling a kayak.
- Flight altitude is adjusted by managing static balance and adding or removing small weights.
- Over 10,000 flights have been conducted in Aéroplumes at Le Hangar without accident.
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