A Russian TV show recently risked a man’s life, just to prove the
strength of a new type of superglue. They had their producer hanging
upside down below a hot air balloon, with nothing but superglue to hold
him in place!
Scoop has more:
The crew glued the soles of the producer’s shoes to a
wooden board attached to the underside of the balloon, before flying it
up to a height of 5,000 ft. Thankfully, the glue proved to be strong and
the man did not fall.
The bizarre experiment was shown as a segment on the Russian show
Chudo Tehniki (Wonders of Technology), and the footage has now gone
viral on the internet.
It turns out that the producer, Dmitry Demin, is an experienced
parachutist. In the video, he can be seen in the hot air balloon, with a
plank stuck to his feet. Once the balloon reached a certain height, he
let himself out and lowered himself to hang from the balloon. A few
minutes into the gravity-defying stunt, he undid his shoelaces and let
himself free, parachuting to the ground below. He safely landed on a
farm in Moscow.
The team later revealed that they had first tested the glue on rubber
tyres and plastics. When they established that it was strong enough,
they decided to ask Dmitry to try the balloon stunt. It’s one of those
things that you’ve got to see in order to believe!
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