Origami Hot Air Balloon

I have a new design for the balloon with a tighter lock on the basket.  The inspiration came from Michelle.  She was folding the classic cup last weekend. I taught it to her to submit to the Origami by Children thing for the Convention last year; I was surprised that she remembered it.  I took the idea of the lock on that, folding down the 2 corners.

So here is a picture of model. CP and/or diagrams to come eventually. As you can see I improvised a stand from an Easter egg dipper. I put a marble in the basket as payload, to keep it from falling out of out of the stand.

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