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[–] mipadaitu 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It is designed like a hot air balloon, but it appears to have a sealed balloon. This is probably a helium balloon, which means you're going to have to wait for the helium to leak out.

Based on the art, I'd say it would last about as long as a normal latex filled helium balloon (it's bigger, so there's more in it, but also more surface area) so probably would take a day or two before it deflates enough to drop.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Remember that volume increases cubically whilst surface area increases exponentially (i think)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Volume is cubic (r^3) and surface area is quadratic (r^2)

[–] FenrirIII 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] FenrirIII 3 points 3 months ago
[–] someguy3 3 points 3 months ago

Your formatting didn't come out right.