Ballast in gas ballooning is used to control buoyancy (affecting altitude) during flight. Ballast is frequently in the form of sand or water and is carried aloft at launch.
She observes that the so called ballooning is like a kite or balloon; she is mechanically correct about the kite part, as no true balloon is ever formed by the spider as told in the other references.
^ Flying Spiders over Texas! Coast to Coast.
Ballooning
A common mistake is to flare, but not lower enough collective to compensate for the increased lift. This will cause the helicopter to balloon, or gain altitude.
He trained the first American balloonist, John Wise, who in turn trained many others and engendered enthusiasm for ballooning in the United States.
"Ballooning" of wing fabric was a known risk resulting from wing leading-edge damage. Wings failed simply through lack of strength. Wings failed due to a lack of stiffness.
ballooning: See zoom, 1.3.3
bank attitude, 12.9.4, 1, 16.5
bank attitude: definition, 19.6.2
barn door, 3.9
base key point: definition, 15.1.4
base leg, 12.5, 3, 14, 15.1.2
bat effect, 16.17.4
best angle of glide, 7.5.7
best ...
A wide variety of activities are regulated by the FARs, such as airplane design, typical airline flights, pilot training activities, hot-air ballooning, lighter than air craft, man-made structure heights, obstruction lighting and marking, ...
If we approach too fast we use up more runway during the flare and ballooning could occur, the nose wheel will then settle hard maybe causing damage or worse.
Buy the recommended text books - see Ballooning Books & aviation charts from pilot shops.
Also get from the pilot shops
A ruler will the scales of (statute miles / kilometres and nautical miles) ...
Don't over-do speed increase for gusts
Don't blindly add speed to cover a high gust spread. Too much speed promotes ballooning, which increases gust problems.
 See also: Balloon, Flight, Speed, Pilot, Power
  
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