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[–] 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It makes the balloon suddenly get one whole person lighter and shoot up in the air. The pilot has to prepare for this by being in a descent when the jumper jumps out. If the jump is unexpected, the balloon will climb so fast that the balloon collapses, deflating and falling out of the sky.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Wow, so that would be really rude. I would not have thought it could be so big an issue, but I guess now that I think about it, all I know about hot air balloons is sandbags that you just untie and throw off, which totally cannot be how it works, but I probably saw it in a movie as a child. And I weigh at least like five or six bags of sand.

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