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KerbinWide is a Nationwide RPG that opened 1/31/16, and closed 3/9/16. Thank you <3

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TotallyPro 13th Feb 2016

Go video games
atomic2385 13th Feb 2016

i dunno if it will work irl though. ive used things like ideal gas laws, ideal air density, assumed air pressure is uniform for first 200m of atmosphere, assumed dry air and i rounded everything to 3sf so some numbers may be off. in game it will work though :D.
TotallyPro 13th Feb 2016

wow... im here researching poop for fertilizer and your do IRL science for floating bronze spheres...
atomic2385 13th Feb 2016

WOOHOO Alevel physics! that last calculation hurt my head though...
atomic2385 13th Feb 2016

bronze has a denisty of 8520 kg/m3. if the spheres have a 1m diameter and 0.001 cm thickness they would have a mass of 1.071kg each (weight 10.7 newtons). air at 800C has a density of 0.000334kg/m3. this means the resulting buoancy force of the displaced air will be 97.6 newtons. which is more than enough to lift some wooden frames.
TotallyPro 13th Feb 2016

My nation discover the joy of fertalizer! my nations new moto is if its yellow flush it down if its brown give it to your local farm!
Avi_ 13th Feb 2016

If you can do the maths and prove that it would be light enough then sure.
Avi_ 13th Feb 2016

Wait, Atomic, is the hot air balloon's envelope made of bronze?
atomic2385 13th Feb 2016

its the air inside it that produces the lift. there is cloth around the sphere to stop it losing heat. when the air inside the sphere heats up, it expands, becomes less dense and then rises.
Avi_ 13th Feb 2016

Atomic, I don't believe that the sphere would conduct the heat to the air around it very well.

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Kerbin Wide | An RPG by Avi_

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