The hemp rope, as it rubbed along the nylon, caused the nylon rope to melt through and both kite and banner would fall to the ground.Ĭhinese lanterns would appear to be hazardous to aviation although it is my guess that it is the kind of “foreign object” that would probably pass through a jet engine unnoticed and if not ingested, be thrown sideways by the airstream. The kites were held with thin hemp rope, the banner was attached by a fairly thick nylon rope. I never heard that it cause accidents but on more than one occasion the wire cut right through the towlines of banner towing aircraft. Nearby was a recreational area and often people would fly kites, not realising that during certain wind directions the kites would be directly in the path of approaching or departing light aircraft. Many years ago I was flying out of a small uncontrolled aerodrome. Uncontrolled Flying Objects (pun intended) can pose a potential hazard. There are obvious dangers to anything that can fly into, not just controlled airspace but any airspace that is used by airplanes. The “spinning wheel” is a very clever contraption and I actually like it. You can see read more and see photographs of the festival here: Gallery: Thailand’s wildest event, the Bun Bangfai rocket festival | CNN Travel Well, no mud for this team, their rocket is clearly an unqualified success! Sunday competition moves on to the launching of Bangfai, judged, in various categories, for apparent height and distance travelled, with extra points for exceptionally beautiful vapour trails Those whose rockets misfire are either covered with mud, or thrown into a mud puddle (that also serves a safety function, as immediate application of cooling mud can reduce severity of burns). It is apparently based upon a traditional Thai firework launcher and was almost certainly part of the Yasothon Bun Bang Fai Rocket festival where teams create home-made rockets which are launched on the third (and last) day of the festival. It’s one of the most amazing flying objects I think I’ve ever seen launched from a dirt track. It seems to have made it 1,500 feet off the ground, which is an amazing height for what looks like a wagon wheel attached to pyrotechnics. Or could this be the future of manned space flight? A rocket-copter? One YouTube commenter calls it an orbital launch vehicle with an in-built centrifugation system which sounds a bit more serious than it looks. I have to concede that it flies but I’m really not sure what to class the contraption as. When I first saw the reference to “Insane Homebrew Rocket” I really wasn’t sure what to expect.
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