There used to be a really big version of this in the flight center at Huntsville AL. It was for 2 people and simulated moon gravity.

Not a community I expected to exist! Interesting.

If it was perfect, I imagine it would need to be next to a wall to push off of which would then restrict the range of motion.

For this GIF, the counterweight on the other side is probably supporting about 95% of his weight. He adjusts this weight up and down off-camera for the other parts of the video. If it supported over 100% of his weight, then yes, we would never come back down.

Probably at the peak of his jump

Until the counter weight shifts and you get stuck in the air.

Looks like it needs to be balance to the person's weight and it's clearly not fully compensated for or he'd get stuck in the air.

Quick look at the YouTube description and it seems he made this three years ago as part of an ad for the game. Which I'm 1000000% here for. I love that game.

This looks like way too much fun 😁

Whats with the Warframe sign?

Warframe as in the MMO?

cat HakaseNano.txt

Oh, thank you! I tracked it down further and found your neighbor's Facebook post.

There really wasn't any wind at all and they were low on fuel, so I'm impressed the pilot found a place to land. To make the jump, the crew had to refuel the burner and pull the balloon around your house with those ropes.

I wonder if you could talk the balloon company into a free balloon trip for your trouble. Your house ended up on national news, after all.

I've only seen an airship landing that close once, and that's because I knew when and where to see it.

One of the neighbors caught the approach. You can’t see the landing, but you can see them coming in.

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/hot-air-balloon-makes-emergency-landing-in-temecula-backyard/

@hperrin@lemmy.ca Wow, how surreal! I wonder if any of the local cameras caught the balloon descent and tight landing on video. You are really lucky. I'm glad the balloon and passengers made it out of there unharmed. You had a nice block party gathered around at the end there.

Edit: This balloon made a similar emergency landing in 2019

Nature's surprisingly-graceful submarine.

That's fair. The hippo's name is Moyo.

Nunca deixe que os seus medos tomem o lugar dos seus sonhos ! by Moyo the hippo from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay: Instagram #underwater

I found it. This was uploaded March 16, 2021 by @carol_asencioo@threads.net and I couldn't find any earlier posts of it. She recorded this video of Moyo the Hippo at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in 2019. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CMedd44hs5t/

Found it https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ca-TIA8Fjjn/

I like em big, I like em chonky

I credit the hippo

Edit: Source is Instagram

This needs a source. From an image search, I think this is one of the hippos at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay around 2021. !floatingisfun@fedia.io requires sources for all posts, so please try to find where we should give credit.

I don't like posing unsourced art here. What I really wanted to post was this GNU-tan version but I can't find a source! OS-tan groups are unusually bad with stealing art, and I'm afraid the origin is likely lost to link rot.