Toasted Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Is it possible to lift lets say a 100 gram kitten using only a singular balloon of a reasonable size - using any methods possible alternatives to helium etc (Also for clarification - I am NOT testing on kittens this is purely theoretical haha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 17 minutes ago, Toasted said: Is it possible to lift lets say a 100 gram kitten using only a singular balloon of a reasonable size - using any methods possible alternatives to helium etc (Also for clarification - I am NOT testing on kittens this is purely theoretical haha) Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Size of balloon and its general construction matter here, but balloons carry tens of humans at a time all the time, so of course a balloon carrying a kitten is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 The lifting ability of a helium balloon is roughly 1 gram per liter, at room temperature and 1 ATM. (Slightly more as the balloon gets bigger, owing to the scaling effects) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exchemist Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) 11 hours ago, Toasted said: Is it possible to lift lets say a 100 gram kitten using only a singular balloon of a reasonable size - using any methods possible alternatives to helium etc (Also for clarification - I am NOT testing on kittens this is purely theoretical haha) There was a thread on this back in 2005: A helium (or hydrogen) balloon can lift of the order of 1g per litre of balloon volume. Edited February 22 by exchemist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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