I’ve finally collected and edited the workshop’s videos and instructions:
Taping Instructions
Follow the first two pages of my Balloon Building Guide to make a tetrahedron balloon. Tape carefully.
My balloon guide’s rigging is for short flights in confined urban areas. We’re going to use a different rigging for aerial photography.
One corner of the balloon is used for filling, and is tied off, like a trash bag. A second corner is re-enforced, and a loop of tape attached. To the tape is tied a short length of line. The knot used is a Bowline.
Grassroots Mapping PDX 6/26/2010: Rigging a balloon for flight from mathew lippincott on Vimeo.
attach a swivel to the balloon so that any spinning won’t twist the line or the camera.
[...] I’m proud to be participating in Reed’s Art Week. I’ll be giving a lecture and demonstration of aerospace in the arts and Grassroots Mapping tools on Saturday, March 5 @ Noon. Location is still TBA. There will be complementary supplies and instructions for building your own solar hot air balloon. [...]