Flying Pumpkin (Balloon)

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Flying Pumpkin (Balloon) is a Halloween-themed toy/game that harnesses the power of motorized fans, mechanical controls, and aerodynamics to make pumpkins "fly" through the air as balloons. When I was around six years old, I stumbled upon this concept in the vacuum cleaner department at Sears. A clever idea used vacuum exhaust to propel a small beach ball into the air. After months of begging my mother, she finally stood firm and refused to let me use her vacuum cleaner for this purpose. Lucky for me, only a few years later the "Johnny Astro" toy hit the market, and I received one as a birthday gift. I had an absolute blast designing, printing, building, and testing this version. Even with all the miniature helicopters and quadcopters available today, kids and grandkids still have a blast watching their pumpkin balloons take off, soar through the air, and land safely back down. As usual, I probably left out a few files or whatnot, so if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I'm not perfect, and I make plenty of mistakes. This design was created using Autodesk Fusion 360, sliced with Cura 2.7.0, and printed in PLA on an Ultimaker 2+ Extended and a dual-extrusion Ultimaker 3 Extended.