Indoor Free FlightBy Don Slusarczyk | don@slusarczyk.comA STEERING OR RETRIEVAL BALLOON SETUP should be standard equipment for any seasoned Indoor Free Flight (FF) modeler. Having the ability to retrieve your model from a girder if it gets hung up should be enough of an incentive to make owning retrieval equipment as common as owning a winder. I typically use the same balloon for steering and for retrieval; however, in the past few years, I have found that a star-shaped Mylar balloon works well for retrieval. The star needs to be at least 24 inches in size to have enough lift to get to…
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