Balloon world record

Started by Graham Lee, March 14, 2014, 01:04:54 PM

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Graham Lee

I'm just about to set off for Cambridge to help Caroline, Bubbly Maths with her attempt for a world record in balloons.
Details about the record are here,  https://www.facebook.com/Pyraloons
and this is Caroline's facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/BubblyMaths
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KJ Entertainments

#1
Could have met you for a drink! Hope it goes well.

Graham Lee

#2
Just a couple of pictures from yesterday and today in Cambridge, will post many more over the coming week.
David and I setting up, we were the early birds, and the finished triangle thing  :)  ;)
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#3
So a few pictures form the Friday night, David and I arrived at 4.30 to help set up and get the ball rolling.
Steve making the first metre tall Pyraloon (I thought they were called something else though?)
A little in joke with Caroline and I and her walking in the room with the clock  :)
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#4
The balloons they were a pilling up, this is Elizabeth who helped throughout the weekend.
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#5
Back at the hotel Caroline and I recreated a famous picture that we took many years ago coming back from the millennium jam with Caroline's suitcase contents all over the place
as she had mis-placed her passport. Not sure what she was looking for this time but we both smiled from the happy memories that this picture brought back to us both :)
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Areyouhappydad

#6
How many balloons were used? What was the records? It looks really high and freestanding. Final question, did you actually break the record?
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Stuart

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Areyouhappydad

#7
Ignore my last comment, just seen the Facebook link at the top. Off to have a look  :oops:
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Stuart

We all have our cross to bear, but some of us need more wood than others!

Graham Lee

#8
2048 balloons were used they were 350's. The record was I believe 4m and this I thought was measured at just over 8m on the day but Caroline sent this from the official adjudicators,
ACTUAL MEASURED DIMENSIONS
NUMBER OF UNIT TETRAHEDRA 1024
EDGE LENGTH 9.45 metres
EDGE LENGTH 31 feet
ALTITUDE OF TRIANGULAR FACE 8.2 metres
ALTITUDE OF TRIANGULAR FACE 26.8 feet
VERTICAL HEIGHT 7.2 metres
VERTICAL HEIGHT 23.6 feet

So I do believe that once all the official rigmarole has been gone through then yes we did break the record.
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Danny the Idiot

#9
Congratulations - it looks great!

 :D
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Graham Lee

#10
There was sponsorship by The English Cream Tea company so at 6am Saturday morning we were all having a Cream Tea Breakfast  :)
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#11
Where the tetrix was to be built, the floor was a slight problem with popping the balloons, plastic bags to the rescue.
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Pam Pearce

#12
Did you work all night on this as well??

Graham Lee

#13
I think it was from 4.30 till 10.30 Friday night and then 6.00am till 5.00pm Saturday.
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#14
Anna came along and even brought some lovely donuts for a late breakfast early lunch  :) Here we are all tucking in.
David made the coat of arms for Cambridge University
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