https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/290142/
Does anyone have any experience with this? It would seem that when the jumpers leave the balloon gondola it's a big change in the weight the balloon is supporting, so would one expect the balloon to go skyward very quickly? I'd think that if a number of jumpers left suddenly together it might cause stability problems that would be hard to immediately control. Based on what's on the 'net, skydiving and bungee jumping from balloons isn't that uncommon, but the numbers of folks departing are usually one or two.
Does anyone have any experience with this? It would seem that when the jumpers leave the balloon gondola it's a big change in the weight the balloon is supporting, so would one expect the balloon to go skyward very quickly? I'd think that if a number of jumpers left suddenly together it might cause stability problems that would be hard to immediately control. Based on what's on the 'net, skydiving and bungee jumping from balloons isn't that uncommon, but the numbers of folks departing are usually one or two.
