Larry's Lawn Chair

[nimble zodiac]

General Information

On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters (April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) made a 45-minute flight in a homemade aerostat made of an ordinary lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons. The aircraft drifted about 16km and climbed to 16,000ft in 45 minutes. He brought a pellet gun to shoot the balloons for descending. The aircraft carried Larry Walters

Specifications

Crew: 1
Capacity: Pellet Gun, 2 L of Coca Cola, 1 × Pack of Beer, CB radio, Camera
Height: 9.02 m (29.6 ft)
Width: 7.94 m (26 ft)
Length: 6.98 m (22.9 ft)
Powerplant: 42 × 2.4 m Helium Balloon (2,432 m^3 of Helium)
Empty Weight: 7.7 kg (16.9 lbs)
MTOW: 90.7 kg (200 lbs)

Performance

Cruise Speed (Wind Induced): 11.3 knots (20.9 km/h, 13mph)
Climb Rate: 355 ft/m (1.8 m/s)
Service Ceiling: 16,000 feet (4,900 m)
Range (Drifted Distance): 8.53 nmi (15.79 km, 9.81 mi)
Endurance: 45 minutes

Pros

More Single Seat Lighter-than air vehicle
It's a dude trying to achieve his dream of flight

Cons

No blueprints with powerplant
No aircraft control

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight

Blueprints (Without Powerplant):

btw this is a completely serious suggestion

if i get blacklisted from this

[vivid yarrow]

Tom's totally legitimate balloon chair

[nimble zodiac]

its unjustice

[nimble zodiac]

i knew someone would say that

well this is a functional flying aircraft

[vivid yarrow]

yeah no uhm say your final goodbyes

[nimble zodiac]

it has blueprints(kinda), specs, mockups

[meager horizon]

he's right

[nimble zodiac]

even if a L dev decides its apprantly a shitpost

3 instances result in blacklist

so im fine

if the devs are mean

and horrible

it has reasonable specs

[still sable]

aeronauitican upgrade

frfr

[nimble zodiac]

either a convertible

at 300mins

to give esing an aeronautican a use

or make it purchased in norman

cuz thats where california is

[still sable]

or kites

[strange arch]

nono, make it an event plane

or an achievement plane

[nimble zodiac]

the event happened in california

[placid bobcat]

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[nimble zodiac]

kites is washington dc

[still sable]

kites is sandiego airport

its san francisco + washington dc + san diego airport

also norman is las vegas

[nimble zodiac]

tf

[still sable]

golden gate

[wary quartz]

doohickey

[tribal tiger]

I want this

[still sable]

would this be an airship or what

vtol?

heli?

[sick coyote]

Tom's Totally Legitimate Lawn Chair

nvm someone said that already

[still sable]

that range is awful btw

as painful to es as the aeronautican

[sick coyote]

at least it flies...

[still sable]

so does the aeronautican

[sick coyote]

as in

actually flies

the aeronautican glides

[nimble zodiac]

airship

its like the up house

[nimble zodiac]

its kinda depedent on how the wind blows

the range was just distance travelled of the lawnchair

if larry could balance the buoyancy and the weight

he could fly forever

[jagged blade]

make it have infinite range

[sick coyote]

when the overpowered?

wait perfect idea to balance it
if it goes too high, larry passes out and the airship crashes

[cedar acorn]

Yes

[safe prairie]

tom's totally legit hot air balloon

[still sable]

what if larrys a fat ass

or in this case, tom

[nimble zodiac]

the entire craft only weighs 200lbs

larry aint a fatass

[nimble zodiac]

devs are probably too dumbfounded at the stupidity of this suggestion

[fiery sable]

Something tells me you’ve been watching short form video content

[nimble zodiac]

nope my grandpa met the guy and he dropped some stories

i wanted to know more so i googled

then this happened

[still sable]

the dad lore is insane

[tacit blade]

[cerulean linden]

april fools 2026

[nimble zodiac]

this should be a real vehicle

[cerulean linden]

true

[nimble zodiac]

btw the lawn chair also had water ballests

[placid bobcat]

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[nimble zodiac]

the way it went to 16000ft was insane

it never was intended to be that high

larry miscalculated

and put not enough weight

or too many balloons

and it was that high

it was only then that larry started shooting to get down

also he dropped the pellet gun after shooting some

this thing couldve gone way higher

[still sable]

is it unpressurized

[nimble zodiac]

its a fucking lawnchair

no seal at all

fym "is it unpressurized"

larry couldve died

[still sable]

how could he breathe

[nimble zodiac]

he couldnt

[still sable]

why is he not dead

[nimble zodiac]

which caused him to decide to shoot

[nimble zodiac]

u can still breathe above 10k ft

its just not very good

[still sable]

i thought people could not breathe above 10k

hence thats the limit for unpressurized

[nimble zodiac]

10k is like a limit of unable to sustain oxygen

[still sable]

is it a vtol

[nimble zodiac]

where u still lose oxygen in ur body if u breathe

[nimble zodiac]

uh its unpropelled

[still sable]

is it an ultralight

or me like the aeronautican

[tacit blade]

its a airship

[nimble zodiac]

yes

[still sable]

whats the speed in kts

you wrote in m/s

[still sable]

if you go too high will your engines explode

[nimble zodiac]

climb rate is measured in ft/m m/s

[still sable]

oh am i stupid

[nimble zodiac]

yeah they do

[nimble zodiac]

speed is 11.3 knots horizontally

from wind induced

3.5 knots vertically if u wanted

[nimble zodiac]

did the devs ignore this

its been a good damn while

yet no tag

[jagged blade]

if no "denied for now" tag that means it's coming in the next update

[tacit blade]

[jagged blade]

bro can't take a joke