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🏮 Sky Lanterns Buoyancy Simulator (2D)

2D side view of sky lanterns: gas heat balance, buoyancy, quadratic drag, standard-atmosphere density, wind shear and the float ceiling, with the same solver and five checks as the 3D page.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender💧 Water ⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

2D side view of sky lanterns: gas heat balance, buoyancy, quadratic drag, standard-atmosphere density, wind shear and the float ceiling, with the same solver and five checks as the 3D page.

sky lanternbuoyancyheat balancewind shearfloat ceiling

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install