The Yi Peng sky lantern drawn with the physics of hot air: why it rises, one flight from lighting to landing, where the wind brings forty lanterns down over Chiang Mai, and how many are up at once. English and Thai.
Live: https://motdang.net/sites/khom-loi/ · https://nanobotco.github.io/khom-loi/
docs/lantern.js— the lantern: ideal-gas lift, fuel burn, heat in and out, drag, wind growing with height.docs/app.js— every drawing on the page.tools/copy_text.py— every word, both languages;tools/build.pywrites the pages (--motdangfor the motdang.net copy).tools/mapdata.py— cuts water and the runway out of Mot Dang's map (OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL).research/facts.md— the sourced notes behind the page.
Text CC BY 4.0, code MIT. Photographs keep their own licences, listed on the page.