Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 13:12:00 -0500 (CDT) To: balloondeco@fooledya.com From: Mark Balzer Subject: Re: Balloon Pro Drop device >...using the heart drop nets at a Bridal Show.... >One of our members... had the same problem... Apparently, the problem >stems from the angle you're pulling the line from. When you pull the line, >the stitches come undone from the far side, and the net opens down toward the >point. Once you start back up the other side of the point, then you're really >pulling against the stitches, and they are harder to pull. The more >horozontal the line to the floor, the worse the problem. Ideally, you want to >be standing under the heart when you pull the line. However, unless it's YOUR >Wedding, that probably won't work. But the key seems to be to run the pull >line so that you are pulling DOWN rather than ACROSS. > >Adrienne Vincent, CBA I hate to throw engineering at the balloon list, (well, OK, I love to throw engineering at the balloon list...) but this sounds like a job for "Pulley-man", who changes the direction of ropes in a single bound, squeaks when not oiled, is faster than a speeding balloon delivery van, more powerful than a confetti cannon, yada, yada, yada... Mark Balzer, CIA, FBI, IRS, IOU o Balloon HQ The most complete collection of balloon info on the web _/ \_ http://www.fooledya.com/balloon/index.html