Day 6-
Today was a miraculous day. Today our dojo/house thing took flight! This was the heaviest of all of our houses (besides the first one we made that would take hundreds of balloons). This house weighed 208 grams, and we at first estimated it would take around 60 balloons to lift. So, like an assembly line, we began filling the balloons. We had three helium tanks today so it did not take as long to fill so many balloons. We got to sixty, and the house did not go up. So we said probably around 70 balloons. As soon as we put 70 balloons on there the house went up.
So now that the house went up, we decided we should measure how high it could go. We took it outside, but this time we tethered it, so we wouldn't lose it. On the way outside though two balloons popped, so this may have had something to do with why our house would not go up outside. Yes folks, the flying house would not fly. We tried, and tried, and tried, but it would only hover and then start traveling to one side. We did get numerous strange looks though, so the experience was fun, but we couldn't get a real good measure on height seeing how it didn't go very high. The roof then began coming off, and after the string getting stuck in a tree, we decided to call it a day. We did not lose the house (thank goodness), but we took the roof off, let the balloons go, and then threw the rest of the house away.
Day 6 Video-
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