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minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·21 hours agoThey are quite safe and you can land pretty quickly if need be, but yes steering is nigh impossible.
minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·21 hours agoNot impossible if you know what way the winds are blowing at different heights
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·21 hours agoYeah thats why i said “nigh”. Its not really steering because you cant freely decide, its more like choosing from a limited set of directional options.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·21 hours agoomg, life is just a hot air balloon ride
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·20 hours agoJust depends how high you are
minus-squareTheRtRevKaiser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·18 hours agoDepending on how things go, you can land very quickly indeed.
They are quite safe and you can land pretty quickly if need be, but yes steering is nigh impossible.
Not impossible if you know what way the winds are blowing at different heights
Yeah thats why i said “nigh”. Its not really steering because you cant freely decide, its more like choosing from a limited set of directional options.
omg, life is just a hot air balloon ride
Very zen.
Just depends how high you are
always.
Depending on how things go, you can land very quickly indeed.