drift

balloon · Danskøya · 11 July 1897 · destination 90°N

Andrée, Frænkel and Strindberg launched from this beach at 13:46 with a balloon they could not steer. {{name}} has three altitude bands and a finite amount of ballast and venting. Switch layers to ride whatever wind happens to be going north. Get to the pole.

ready

Pick an altitude, then launch.

flight

hours aloft0
ballast8
hydrogen vents8
km to pole—

altitude bands

3
high · 900 m
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2
mid · 600 m
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1
low · 300 m
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controls

1 2 3 select altitude
↑ ↓ climb / descend
space launch · r restart
climbing costs ballast. descending costs a vent. switching layers is the whole strategy.

flight log