Big Rapids families design balloon-powered cars as part of Winterventures, an eight-week series hosted by the Big Rapids Parks and Recreation ...

In other words, a distinguished and demanding buyer would purchase a rolling chassis for speed and reliability, and then order a custom body ... balloon around. Yes, really, a pre-war balloon car.

It pushes the car forward. The air pressure is turned into forward movement. So, this balloon powered car is a pneumatic device. Air pressure is used in many things to help achieve a task ...

and energy that is separate from the axle using balloon-powered propulsion. These models mirror the difference between road cars, in which the engine powers the wheels, and Bloodhound, which is ...